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Malware

Type: Keyphrase
Name: Malware
description: "A generic term (short for malicious software) that describes a variety of malicious programs that may be installed on machines with or without the users’ knowledge. Also called scumware; subcategories include viruses, worms, spyware and others. "
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Security software company, PC Tools, says it has identified a new way cyber criminals are trying to prey on the fans of the Twilight series with anticipation of the upcoming “New Moon” movie, which comes out tomorrow, reaching a fever pitch.According ... [ITWire - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 Documents
Complete 10-1 Protection from Viruses, Spywares, Hacker and all kinds of Malware ( read more ) ... [Softpedia - 17 hours ago]
First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents
Ever heard of Induc, Sninsfs or OSX.iservice? These new types of attacks emerged in 2009 and could become more prevalent in the year ahead. ... [Internet News - 17 hours ago]
Entities: Malware, Mac OS X, emergency
First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Survey reveals behaviors that may put shoppers' personal and financial information at riskBOULDER, Colo., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- From phony emails to Facebook phishers, cybercriminals are casting a wide net to lure online shoppers this season. According ... [Dark Reading - 7 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Viruses and malware are words not normally linked to video games, that is until you talk to Michael Helander, VP of Sales and Marketing at Lavasoft. His software company has developed a new product, , that's designed to protect online gamers from viruses, ... [PC World - 11/19/2009]
Entities: Lavasoft, Malware, Virus
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
3 Hours AgoNewcomer, in trainingMember since: Mar 2009, 19 postsMissing .dll (and I cannot find it on the internet).Hello, I was on a friend's computer and when I clicked on various applications such as Paint, an error would pop up stating that the application ... [TechSpot - 11/19/2009]
Entities: Malware, AVIRA, Virus
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
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I've been trying to figure out how to fix this for a few days now. I have the annoying Google Redirect Virus, as well as something that prevents my computer from rebooting in Safe Mode. Any help is GREATLY appreciated. ... [TechSpot - 11/19/2009]
Entities: Malware, Google Inc, Virus
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
I've been able to delete malware that sends command to load this program that msconfig blocks. I want to get rid of this program that appears in msconfig. According to msconfig the program, I want rid of, resides in HKCU/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run. ... [TechSpot - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Cyber criminals have moved from traditional e-mail infection methods to sophisticated Web attacks, says Kaspersky. ... [IT Web - 11/19/2009]
Entities: Malware, Criminal
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Emsi Software ,Engine ,Internet ,Microsoft Windows ,Security ,Spyware ,Spyware, Adware & Malware ,Source:Overview:A-Squared Anti-Malware uses two full scan engines in the battle against Viruses, Trojans/Backdoors, Spyware/Adware, Worms/Bots, Keyloggers, ... [ZDNet - 11/19/2009]
Entities: Spyware, Malware, ZDNet
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
iPhones are becoming a standard in the enterprise. And with the the iPhones, we are seeing a number of applications for a variety of different uses. The latest is an application for security managers made by Cisco. The application alerts managers to ... [ReadWriteWeb - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
I recently had to reload XP Home on an infected PC that was rendered usless by a fake Anti-Virus. After cleaning the HD of all traces of the Viruses and Malware, it was working fine until, IE7 was updated, since then whenever I click on the IE7 icon it ... [TechSpot - 11/20/2009]

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...'sinkholes', the experts are watching with wonder as the hits role in and trying to chart the reach of the botnet by measuring the rate of activity. "After about 5 days we saw 487,430 unique IP addresses connecting to us. It's difficult to estimate the true size of this botnet using this number, but we can get a good idea of where the infected systems are" writes Todd Rosenberry of FireEye Malware Intelligence Lab in a blog post
"64-bit Windows has some of the lowest reported malware infection rates in the first half of 2009" said Joe Faulhaber of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center in a post to the group's blog yesterday...
...the system to declare certain components of the operating system 'wrong,' which apparently may be duedue to either malware or system updates. "We're taking what used to be a painful imaging process, and we've made it transparent, saving your system settings."

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eWeek Security Watch: Sizing Botnets No Exact S... [eWeek - 31 mins ago]
Webroot Alerts Online Shoppers To Holiday Cyber... [Dark Reading - 7 hours ago]
DeVry University to Examine the Demand for Info... [SAP Developer's Journal - 12 hours ago]
Anti-Trojan Elite 4.7.6 [Dark Vision Hardware - 15 hours ago]
Chrome OS Security: Initial Impressions [Information Week - 16 hours ago]
Quick Heal Total Security 2010 11.00 (4.0.0.1) ... [Softpedia - 17 hours ago]
Past Year's Malware Could Shape 2010's Threats [Internet News - 17 hours ago]
Quick Heal Total Security 2010 11.00 (Trial) [Softpedia - 18 hours ago]
MailMarshal SMTP 6.7 Leverages First Behaviour-... [IT Backbones - 20 hours ago]
Article :: Exploiting phpMyadmin: How to Get ro... [InformIT - 20 hours ago]
Scam puts Twilight fans at risk [TechDay.co.nz - 21 hours ago]
DeVry University to Examine the Demand for Info... [Business Wire via MSN Money - 22 hours ago]
DeVry University to Examine the Demand for Info... [Business Wire - 22 hours ago]
Lauching IE7 creates a shortcut [TechSpot - 11/20/2009]
New Ponemon-Lumension Study Reveals Companies S... [IT Backbones - 11/20/2009]
More Details On Google's Chrome OS [Business Insider - 11/19/2009]
Microsoft: 64-bit Windows safer [Computerworld Hong Kong - 11/19/2009]
Live report: Will Google Chrome OS change Linux? [Beta News - 11/19/2009]
A-Squared Anti-Malware 4.5.0.27b (Windows) [ZDNet - 11/19/2009]
41st Parameter Inc.: M-Commerce Fraud Groundswe... [RBC Dain Rauscher - 11/19/2009]
Malware on the rise [IT Web - 11/19/2009]
Problem: Malware in registry [TechSpot - 11/19/2009]
Securing Windows Autorun/AutoPlay: Good Method ... [Datamation - 11/19/2009]
eWeek Security Watch: Unified Creeps: Cyber-cri... [eWeek - 11/19/2009]
Plethora of Malware (Google Redirect, too) 8 Steps [TechSpot - 11/19/2009]
Missing .dll (and I cannot find it on the inter... [TechSpot - 11/19/2009]
Beware the new moon, cybercrims are on the prowl [ITWire - 11/19/2009]
Report By VirusBuster: Computer Viruses In October [XpatLoop.com - 11/19/2009]
Malware writers feeding on Twilight mania [Computing.co.uk - 11/19/2009]
Viruses, Malware Creeping into Online Games [PC World - 11/19/2009]
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Cisco iPhone Security App Reaches Across the Ne... [ReadWriteWeb - 11/20/2009]
iPhones are becoming a standard in the enterprise. And with the the iPhones, we are seeing a number of applications for a variety of different uses. The latest ...
Security considerations for virtual environments [CNET News.com - 11/13/2009]
The cost benefits of virtualization are well-documented, allowing enterprises to significantly reduce the space and electrical power required to run data centers ...
Malicious iPhone Malware Steals Private Data Fr... [Cult of Mac - 11/11/2009]
iPhone ‘worms’ haven’t been much of a threat till now. However, things have changed with a new malware, discovered by Mac security firm Intego. Identified as iPhone/Privacy.A, ...
Microsoft patches critical hole in Windows kernel [CNET News.com - 11/10/2009]
Microsoft on Tuesday issued six security bulletins fixing 15 vulnerabilities, including a critical patch for holes in the Windows kernel and other Windows and Office ...
Bot Herders Used Google Apps To Spread Malware [ReadWriteWeb - 11/10/2009]
Google has confirmed news today that bot herders gained control of Google Apps to feed commands to networks of infected computers. According to Arbor Networks, the ...
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