Backing up data is one of the most important, yet also one of the most neglected areas of computing. It should be at the top of your computer maintenance list, right next to virus protection. Without data backup or virus protection, you are running the risk of losing your data. And it will happen, don’t […]
Technical Description A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by remote attackers or malicious users to cause a denial of service or take complete control of a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a heap overflow error in the “BowserWriteErrorLogEntry()” function within the Windows NT SMB Minirdr “mrxsmb.sys” driver […]
Facebook photos have become a new target for cyberthieves looking to direct users to malicious sites. Recently spam chat and email message were sent from compromised Facebook user account to their friend list. The Facebook chat messages include text such as “hahahah foto” and the phony Facebook application pages. Clicking on the link, to look […]
Today I received mail claiming it has been sent from facebook as below. ************************************************ From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Facebook Support. A new password has been changed. ID4696 Date: Friday, January 28, 2011 3:36 PM Dear user of FaceBook. A Spam is sent from your FaceBook account. Your password has been changed for safety. Information […]
Recently I came across a software claiming itself as HDD Diagnostic. Just as rogueware applications, I found this computer optimizers as threat which seems to be causing many problems. As seen from the below image Fake Hard Drive Diagnostic pretends to be legitimate software. However, this software does not improve the performance of your PC […]
It is observed that there is rise in Lottery Scams And Fraud Winning Notifications. These all are advance-fee “fraud” which begins with an unexpected email notification that “You have won!” a large sum of money in a lottery. Many email lottery scams use the names of legitimate lottery organizations or other legitimate corporations/companies, but this […]
Today I received a mail saying, “Congratulations on taking me up on this limited offer” In this mail it was explaining me how can I can make profit online using affiliate marketing in 4 primary ways. To add more it also provided a link with title “SHOCKING & CONTROVERSIAL VIDEO” which took me to another […]
Today i received a mail as below. ************************************** from cox rooney reply-to mr.coxrooney@live.com to date Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:50 AM mailed-by indiatimes.com signed-by indiatimes.com Dear Winner We are Pleased to inform you that you have won a prize money of ( £500,000.00 GBP ) by Google /Rediffmail Lottery inconjunction with the GOOGLE GMAIL […]
Today I came across below with a link saying https://youtube.com-prizes.com/win/ [DO NOT VISIT THIS LINK] Congratulations! You’ve been selected for our survey. Answer the questions below and claim $2,741.88! It asked me few question and then diverted to below link. https://www.5staroutlet.com/crown/v95/weborder.asp?sk=LZXA91&oid=12345678 [DO NOT VISIT THIS LINK] We doubt if its really a genuine link. I […]
Many user on Orkut are receiving scraps form their friends with words “Bom Sabado!”. The word “Bom Sabado” means “Good Saturday” in Portuguese. This is a Worm which has attacked the social networking service today. The worm seems to be posting scraps with the text “Bom Sabado” and also adding affected users to new Orkut […]
