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Why the Need to Remove Adware and Spyware

2007-08-01 19:18:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...infects the computer through whatever files a user downloads from the internet. Adware and spyware attaches themselves on these files and can rapidly spread throughout the computer's operating system. The sypware will commonly records information like IP addresses, credit card numbers, lists websites you visit and so on But as the spyware...
 
Tags: spyware, spyware programs, spyware infects, regular spyware, spyware program infects, software crashes, software, anti-virus software, anti-spyware software
 
 
 
 
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Where Computers and Biology Intersect What is Life?

2008-08-07 11:52:28 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...infects an amoeba, it uses its large array of genes to build a viral factory, a hub where new viral particles are made. Sputnik infects this viral factory and seems to hijack its machinery in order to replicate. The team found that cells co-infected with Sputnik produce fewer and often deformed mamavirus particles, making the virus less...
 
Tags: giant virus, virus, biological virus, sputnik, sputnik produce fewer, computer virus, life, mamavirus, mamavirus particles
 
 
 
 
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Disable Your Computer's Parasites

2007-08-01 19:23:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...infects other systems connected to yours This is why any sensible computer user has anti virus programs installed in one's computer for protection against attacks from viruses and worms that proliferate the Internet. The good thing about viruses and worms is the fact that it is easier to spot them trying to get into your system. For...
 
Tags: computer, adware, adware continues, internet, internet connection pretty, spyware, anti virus programs, unwittingly install adware, regular computer
 
 
 
 
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Appliance detects sneaky malware

2008-02-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b18674 in Network World on Security
 
Endeavor Security has launched what it claims is a new way of detecting obscure malware before it infects networks, the fruits of a research program funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS Fundamental Principles of Network Security Advertisement Protect the organization. Learn the 'Need To Know' aspects of network security....
 
Tags: network security, homeland security, infects networks, obscure malware, endeavor security, fundamental principles, free paper, research program, advertisement
 
 
 
 
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Malware Infected Hosts as Stepping Stones

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2008-02-21 22:03:01 by HASH0x8b1f7bc in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...infects hosts, and with today's reality of malware, spam and phishing coming from such, China will also undoubtedly top the number one position on malicious activities However, with lack of accountability and so many infected hosts, is China the puppet master the mainstream media wants you to believe in so repeatedly, or is the country's...
 
Tags: hosts, malware, socks hosts, malware infects hosts, top application, application, stones, top, activities
 
 
 
 
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Huge Web hack attack infects 500,000 pages

2008-04-25 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Hundreds of thousands of Web pages, including some belonging to the U.N., have been compromised and are being used to install malware on unsuspecting users' computers, security researchers said today
 
Tags: web pages, install malware, security researchers, thousands, hundreds, users, computers
 
 
 
 
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Huge Web hack attack infects 500,000 pages

2008-04-27 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472eb4 in Network World on Security
 
Attacks on legitimate Web domains, including some belonging to the United Nations that began earlier this week, have expanded dramatically, security researchers said Friday, with hundreds of thousands of pages hacked by Friday
 
Tags: friday, web domains, security researchers, pages, attacks, thousands, week, nations, hundreds
 
 
 
 
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Firefox Infects Vietnamese Users With Trojan Code

2008-05-08 01:00:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
Vietnamese users of the open source Firefox browser may have nasty Trojan horse code inside their browsers, thanks to rogue code that sat inside a Vietnamese language pack for more than two months. Mozilla, the maker of the browser, is now changing how it scans for Trojans and viruses in the add-ons it offers for download
 
Tags: browser, source firefox browser, vietnamese users, vietnamese language pack, rogue code, add-ons, maker, offers, inside
 
 
 
 
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Altman Weil online store compromised

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2008-06-16 15:27:28 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...infects 500,000 pages ", an attack like the Slammer worm (some would argue that this is the true "SQL virus") or just poor coding that led to a simple SQL injection attack Upon learning of this unauthorized breach and attack, on that same day, Altman Weil immediately authorized the hosting company to shut the site down so that access is no...
 
Tags: altman weil, breach description, breach, security breach, altman weil immediately, altman weil customers, credit card information, potential security breach, information
 
 
 
 
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The End of Neosploit?

2008-07-24 00:00:00 by RSA FraudAction Research Labs in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast