Though many have labeled Windows Vista a failure, Microsoft plans to end consumer sales of predecessor Windows XP on June 30, 2008. Less than six months from now. Many view ... Read More

Looks like the University of Buffalo was hit by some type of man-in-the-middle attack, possibly ARP poisoning. According to The Spectrum Online, a UB student periodical, "A number of Flint ... Read More

In a despicable attack reminiscent of the March 2006 QuickBatch Trojan, the blind community has once again fallen victim to a hate crime. The latest was in the form of ... Read More

The Internet is an increasingly hostile environment. Malware threats you encounter in this online virtual world can impact your personal and financial life in the real world. These are the ... Read More

Alternate Data Streams (ADS) were originally introduced in Windows to provide compatibility with the Mac OS. Today, attackers frequently use ADS to launch their malware on your systems. Unfortunately, Windows ... Read More

A digital picture frame is one of the best gifts a mom can get. I know because my son bought me one for Christmas. Fortunately, he didn't buy me the ... Read More

Windows is what is known as a "graphical user interface", allowing users to point and click their way through various icons to change settings via various checkboxes and menus. However, ... Read More

Malware can load from a variety of different places on your PC. In addition to the more common modifications to Windows auto start entry points, malware may leverage the shell ... Read More

Much of today's malware is rootkit-enabled and even traditional antivirus software can have difficulty ferreting out these hidden menaces. Fortunately, there are several free rootkit scanners available which can detect ... Read More

Except in the case of rootkit-enabled malware, it's often possible to remove an infection (at least the active components) by removing their startup points. This list of the autostart entry ... Read More

I'll admit to being very skeptical about the Hacker Safe service for all the reasons laid out in this commentary. Now I'm even more skeptical. Recently, Geeks.com (which participates in ... Read More

A rootkit gives attackers full access to the system (hence the term 'root') and typically hides the files, folders, registry edits, and other components it uses. In addition to hiding ... Read More

Malware often drops itself as a hidden file and then disables the Folder Options menu in Windows Explorer so you can't change the settings to view hidden files and folders. ... Read More

The Storm worm botnet is considered to be one of the largest of all botnet populations. And this Storm-related botnet is perhaps the largest conveyor belt of spam, thought to ... Read More

By default, Windows does not display hidden files and folders. Virus writers often take advantage of this by dropping hidden files to the system that the casual user can't see. ... Read More

Today's attacks have moved to the web - and with good reason. It's easy enough for attackers to anonymously host malicious files, they have more control and are better able ... Read More

Matt Hines of Computerworld recently conducted an interview with John Thompson, CEO of Symantec, and David DeWalt, CEO of McAfee. Thompson has been steering Symantec for seven years; DeWalt just ... Read More