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I download apps all the time to review. You might download apps to play games, or just for utilities. But some of those apps might be doing more than just turning your phone into a flashlight. They might be malware, or they could be taking more personal information than you know. That is where TrustGo […]
Remember Microsoft Live OneCare? That’s okay. No one else does either. It was Microsoft’s effort to copy what other companies already did better–provide virus protection. Like MS Live Search, it didn’t catch on. Reuters reports that Microsoft is going to try to crack the anti-virus market again. The story is here. An excerpt:
Well, not exactly. But it has morphed. According to the New York Times, a new, improved, better version of the Windows Trojan that we don’t yet know what it is supposed to do is in the wild. Read the full story here. If you run Windows, make sure the operating system and anti-virus are updated […]
The New York Times speculates on what the Conflicker worm is all about. Read the full story here: Make sure your Windows boxes are updated, your firewalls are secure, and your anti-malware programs are current.
Judging by this description from McAfee, when Koobface infects a computer, it connects to the net and downloads additional malware. Here’s one item it attempts to download. The worm uses social engineering to spread. It sends users bogus messages posing as an invitation to watch a video and prompts the user to download malware disguised […]