When it comes to IE, it seems everyone wants a piece of it. While legitimate toolbars and other browser helper objects (BHOs) are fine, some aren't so legit or - ... Read More

Antivirus vendors generally assign virus names consisting of a prefix, threatname, and a suffix. Not all vendors follow this convention, however, and even those who do may sometimes use different ... Read More

A Microsoft glitch led to the unintendend installation of the beta version of service pack one on some Windows Vista 64-bit systems. The version may lead to a loss of ... Read More

Many users have reported repeated warnings of infection by JS/Psyme each time they open their browser. Even after running a wide range of security tools and making multiple configuration changes, ... Read More

Remember those Trojan-infected Insignia photo frames sold by Best Buy over the holidays? Turns out, it wasn't just Insignia frames that had been compromised. Reportedly, digital picture frames made by ... Read More

Here's a good example of why people need more real world experience before being set loose in a research lab: Friendly 'worms' could spread software fixes. There are so many ethical, ... Read More

It's hard to know where to start with this one. Seems some 14-year-old kid in Romania was blackmailing a MySpace teen with threats of 'send me your naked pics or ... Read More

A decade old patent award continues to raise cries of foul. The controversial patent filed by Trend Micro in September 1995 involved using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Simple Mail ... Read More

It is a testament to the times and the power of the Internet that to the thousands who knew him, he was known simply as Dude VanWinkle. His real ... Read More

Money laundering scams target the greedy with promises of riches for very little effort. The 'job' generally consists of cashing money orders and wiring the funds (minus a retained commission) ... Read More

Phishing, password-stealing Trojans, and data security breaches are just three of the items contributing to high levels of ecommerce credit card fraud. According to CyberSource, the combined impact of ecommerce ... Read More

Malicious code writers use a variety of tricks to prevent users from cleaning an infection. One common technique is designed to make manual inspection and removal more difficult by disabling ... Read More

Here's a twist on the old Nigerian 419 advance fee fraud scam: REF/PAYMENTS CODE: ECB/06654 $150,000 USD You have been approved by Nigerian Government for payment for being a victim of ... Read More

Keeping systems safe today means more than just a signature-based antivirus scanner. There are plenty of tools on the market that claim to add that needed extra layer of protection. ... Read More