I just commented a couple of days ago that IM worms pose significant threat. Here's a timely example - it seems the University of Maryland has been hard hit by ... Read More

This year I began informally tracking Instant Messaging worms after a friend's PC became infected with one. The infection happened when the daughter clicked a link in one of her ... Read More

In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, unscrupulous Netizens began scooping up website domain names that include the words Katrina or Rita. Some of these websites are fraudulently soliciting ... Read More

The Internet makes it possible for a new virus to spread around the globe in only minutes - making antivirus software must have protection for any Internet enabled PC. These ... Read More

F-Secure has discovered a Symbian phone Trojan that copies itself to the memory card of Symbian phones. Unsuspecting users who insert the memory card into their PC and then open ... Read More

Recently, dozens of Bagle downloader Trojans were mass-spammed. By the time protection became available from antivirus vendors, many systems may have already been compromised. Worse, the Bagle Trojans disable antivirus ... Read More

Well over a dozen new variants of the Bagle downloader Trojan have been mass-spammed since Monday. Sandwiched in between them were at least 3 new Mytob variants. The Bagle downloaders ... Read More

Security Tip: Read your email in plain text only. Reading email in plain text offers important security benefits that more than offsets the loss of pretty colored fonts. Check out ... Read More

Getting stubborn adware and spyware off your PC can be frustrating. However, there are steps you can take to make the process easier and more effective.

Email is not the only favored target of malware authors. Instant Messaging is becoming an increasingly popular target - in large part due to unsuspecting IM users who don't yet ... Read More

The newly discovered Cager.A Trojan (aka Yusufali.A) acts as a porn policing morality monitor, blocking access to content it deems objectionable. The Cager.A Trojan monitors the Internet Explorer title bar, ... Read More

AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall Edition is light on resources, heavy on protection. The firewall provides permission-based access control reminiscent of the popular ZoneAlarm firewall. The high level of control and ... Read More

Antivirus vendor Sophos has spotted phishing scams posing as breaking news reports about the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The email uses a blurb from a legitimate news story, then provides a ... Read More