malware

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Scareware – the latest wheeze

This entry was posted in Comment Tips and tagged malware Scareware on October 5, 2012 by HAL

A parent reported a problem with a childs netbook to me. A distraught child had found on booting the machine that it had launched an application which claimed they had visited sites and viewed pornography and that the Metropolitan Police were aware of this behaviour. The user was told that if they entered credit card […]

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When is a blackhole not a blackhole ? When its a blacole !

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged malware Microsoft Security Essentials on February 15, 2012 by HAL

Some things only show up for a short period of time – one I noted was the detection – by Microsoft Security Essentials – on the google home page when I opened it of a malware called blacole.bw. Turns out this was a false detection and has been corrected. Heres what Microsoft said … Summary […]

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Are we in Morto(l) danger ?

This entry was posted in Software Tips Web and tagged malware Morto on September 13, 2011 by HAL

Dealing with malware on a fairly regular basis – its no surprise to see a subtle change in the approach used by the applications to “phone home”.  A recently discovered threat –  Morto – more info here targets RDP as a means of infiltrating remote machines and spreading itself. The interesting thing is that rather than […]

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A right pain in the Googles

This entry was posted in Must Have Software Tips and tagged Hitman Pro malware TDL3 TDSS on March 23, 2011 by HAL

A recent incident with Malware on a client machine showed the tenacity of this particular variant. The client knew they had done something wrong when they ran the source program. They had been expecting something but not this. After using the usual tools MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) , Malwarebytes and Spybot and a side order […]

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Wise up

This entry was posted in Hardware Interesting and tagged Antistatic malware on February 1, 2011 by HAL

From a Microsoft site this morning … http://www.microsoft.com/athome/setup/addmemory.aspx?WT.rss_f=At Home RSS&WT.rss_a=More RAM please: Add memory to your computer&WT.rss_ev=a RAM: Add more memory to your computer Your computer is a little like your physical work area. The hard drive is the filing cabinet where you store your documents, and memory—or RAM (random access memory)—is the desk where […]

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