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Microsoft has released an “important, non-security update” ( KB971029) that restricts Autorun entries in the AutoPlay dialog to only CD and DVD drives. This update is apply for Windows XP/Vista/non-Windows 7. Applying this update will help in curbing the malwares using the Autorun feature as mentioned in This blog. We highly recommend the users to […]
People have started getting the following email claiming that “Facebook Copyrights Department” has detected unusual Copyrights activity linked to your Facebook account , please follow the link bellow to fill the Copyright Law form. https://www.facebook.com/application_form When we click on this URL “https://www.facebook.com/application_form”, it redirects to below URL and the “bot.exe” malicious binary gets downloaded. https://bon[xxxxx]elersport.nl/facebook/bot.exe […]
Windows Optimization Center is a rogue security and system optimization program that performs a fake scan on your computer and reports false threats. It produces a variety of genuine looking Windows system alerts that makes it people into paying for the tool. Windows Optimization Center is a fake security program that is promoted via trojans […]
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 […]
Fake AVG Antivirus 2011 is a rouge antivirus program which is designed to mislead people. At first the rougware program may give user the impression that it is the legitimate antivirus program AVG, but in reality it is only a fake version of the original software. Fake scan websites that promote “AVG Antivirus 2011” is […]
Autorun is a most common default feature in Windows operating systems. It was introduced in the Windows XP which enables media and devices to launch programs by use of commands listed in a file autorun.inf, stored in the root directory. Now a days this feature is mostly utilized by malware to infect the system. Since […]
Microsoft has warned all windows users about a publicly disclosed scripting vulnerability in MHTML protocol handler. This is a MIME Encapsulation of Aggregated HTML termed as MHTML which is used by applications to render certain kinds of documents. The vulnerability affects all users on Windows XP and later. The vulnerability could be exploited through any […]
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 […]
Facebook is the fastest growing social networking site in the world today with up to 250,000 new users being added every day. But sharing information has lots of risks including your name which can be accessed by others and your profile can be viewed. Anyone can get valuable information and private photos from your profile, […]
