A dozen years ago, viruses most commonly spread from PC to PC via infected floppy disks. As writeable CDs and DVDs took over, the floppy disk went by the ... Read More

Just two years shy of the now legendary Sony rootkit fiasco, Sony Corporation is once again making headlines for including rootkit-like software with certain brands of their USB sticks. Acting ... Read More

Whether you're going off to college for the first time, or are a returning student, chances are you're on a tight budget. Fortunately, that doesn't mean your computer security has ... Read More

Greeting card scams have morphed into bogus confirmation emails. One example, sent in by reader John S., reads as following: Dear Member, We are glad you joined Wine Lovers. Member Number: 94395182769799 Your Login ... Read More

An interest twist on the classic phishing scam. This one pretends there's been a virus advisory from antivirus vendor Sophos, and instructs Merrill Lynch customers to login to their account ... Read More

More tweaks are being made both to the message sent as part of the greeting card Trojan spam run and also to the file being downloaded. The latest message pretends ... Read More

The message used in the run of Tuesday's greeting card trojans changed on Thursday, presumably to bypass spam filters setup to detect the previous run of cards. An example of ... Read More

The Sunbelt Software Malware Research Team discovered a new ransomware Trojan on Wednesday, which appeared to be pushed onto the system via the IFRAMEDOLLARS adware. According to Sunbelt, the Trojan ... Read More

A new run of greeting card scams pointing to malicious sites hosting Trojans appeared this morning. The sent 'greeting card' has the following characteristics: has created card for you ... Read More

Brontok, also know as Rontokbro, is a mass-mailing email worm that also spreads via USB and thumb drives. Brontok is a stubborn infector that takes a multifaceted approach to defy ... Read More

Quick - when you think of Commission Junction and ValueClick, what's the first thing that comes to mind? If you said adware, you wouldn't be alone. Just a few months ... Read More

Symantec has released a patch for an ActiveX control input validation vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The vulnerability impacts Norton Antivirus 2006, Norton ... Read More

Most everyone realizes that antivirus and firewalls are must-have protection. But when that protection interferes with online gaming, it can be sorely tempting to disable it in favor of uninterrupted ... Read More

The headlines say it all: New storm worm run called largest virus attack in two years, Storm e-mail worm evolves as it wreaks havoc on Net, DoS Attack Feared As ... Read More

The Internet makes it easier to accomplish many things - banking, research, travel, and shopping are all at our virtual fingertips. And just as the Internet makes it easier for ... Read More

Virus hoaxes and myths waste time and money, and make the sender look foolish. Don't fall victim to a hoax. Use the Hoax Encyclopedia to check out the facts behind ... Read More

Getting a virus on your system is frustrating to say the least, and can be hazardous to the health of your computer. Indeed, today's malicious software can even steal your ... Read More