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POPSFraud Alert: Avoid Fake 2010 U.S. Census Email Scams Cyber-criminals and phishing scammers will look for any opportunity to steal your money or personal information. With the 2010 U.S. Census process starting, cyber-criminals will take advantage of this ‘census-taking’ event to send out email scams impersonating the Census to draw potential, naive and overly trusting victims.
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POPSKoobface Worm Returns to Twitter, Facebook, and Myspace f you use Facebook, Twitter or MySpace, then you should be aware of a new version of Koobface which is back with a vengeance. The infamous Koobface Worm, which is known to attack popular social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, is back and more intelligent than ever.
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POPSCredit Card Fraud: Are We Fighting a Losing Battle? Just how safe are we when using our credit card, whether it be online or in the fast-paced working world? Many of the new security measures put in place to keep us protected, such as PIN or chip numbers, may no longer be enough, as the British government has effectively decriminalized routine credit card fraud in the United Kingdom and the United States seeks to convict a former US secret service individual for the theft of 40 million credit identities.
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POPSTotal Security 2009 Info & Removal Guide The purpose of this “Total Security 2009” article is to educate users on how to identify and remove Total Security 2009. This guide will be updated as more information becomes available. If you have any information about Total Security 2009 or you would like to share your experience dealing with Total Security 2009, we encourage you to post your comments.
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POPSSmart Virus Eliminator Info & Removal Guide The purpose of this “Smart Virus Eliminator” article is to educate users on how to identify and remove Smart Virus Eliminator. This guide will be updated as more information becomes available. If you have any information about Smart Virus Eliminator or you would like to share your experience dealing with Smart Virus Eliminator, we encourage you to post your comments.
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POPSFake “Novel H1N1 Flu Situation Update” File Drops Troj/Agent-KPU on PCs With the Swine Flu H1N1 pandemic still ongoing, otherwise known as H1N1 influenza A, it is no surprise that malware creators are taking advantage of its global panic as another fear tactic to continue infecting computer users with malware. There have been numerous attempts to lead Internet users astray by playing on their fears regarding the sickness.
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POPSWind Optimizer Info & Manual Removal Guide Wind Optimizer is a rogue Windows optimization software from the same developers as Personal Antivirus, the rogue anti-spyware application. Once installed, Wind Optimizer will be configured to run automatically when Windows starts up.
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POPSCoreGuard SafeBrowser Info & Manual Removal Guide CoreGuard Safebrowser, also referred to as CoreGuard SafeExplorer, is a fake error message pop-up related to the rogue anti-spyware application CoreGuard Antivirus 2009. The CoreGuard Safebrowser pop-up resembles the recent dangerous CoreGuard Antivirus 2009 message, which aggressively appears on your system, claiming there are infections.
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POPSMalware Cleaner Info & Manual Removal Guide Malware Cleaner is a rogue anti-spyware program. Malware Cleaner confuses computer users by using the name of a legitimate application called Norma Malware Cleaner. The rogue anti-spyware program Malware Cleaner is not associated with the company Norman ASA. The rogue anti-spyware program Malware Cleaner is not able to detect or remove malware files.
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POPSAV Antispyware Info & Manual Removal Guide AV Antispyware, also known as AVAntiSpyware, is a rogue anti-spyware program that downloads and installs onto your computer system with the assistance of the Trojan Zlob, that either finds its way into your system through vulnerabilities in your security, or is downloaded and installed onto your computer manually.
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POPSExtra Antivirus 09 Info & Manual Removal Guide Extra Antivirus is a malicious application that uses scare tactics to convince you to purchase it’s full version. This rogue application is a clone of infamous P Antispyware 09 malware and Trojans can be blamed for its delivery to the host system; there are also malicious websites that it can be downloaded from.
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POPSConficker Worm Awakens to Drop Potentially Dangerous Payload The Conficker worm is currently active and updating via peer-to-peer (P2P). Researchers and security experts are analyzing the code of the software that is being dropped onto infected computers. We suspect that the code may be some type of logging program that has the ability to steal or compromise data on an infected system. Many people are surprised as to the new developments of Conficker as they thought April 1st marked the date for Conficker performing any malicious actions but they failed to realize that Conficker only downloaded an update on April Fool’s day. Judging from today’s actions, it is safe to say that we have yet to see the true devastation of Conficker.C.
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POPSCould cyber attackers bring down the U.S. electrical grid? Spies have reportedly been probing the U.S. electrical grid for months and planting software that could be activated at a future date, according to The Wall Street Journal. The report highlights the latest vulnerabilities facing U.S. power infrastructure.
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POPSApril Fool’s Day and Still No Sign of Conficker.C Was Conficker.C really an April Fool’s Day joke? Many experts believe we may see other malicious actions take place from Conficker.C in the days to come. The April Fool’s Day Worm or Conficker.C infection has not caused any major issues as of yet. We have kept an eye on Coficker.C all day for April 1st and so far and we do not have any incidents to report. This does not mean everyone is in the clear when it comes to being infected with Conficker.C as experts continually work with 116 countries to combat the worm before anything malicious happens.
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POPS7 sites using software-free toolbars (and why it matters) Searching for images on Google, Ask, Live, and Yahoo all bring along a framed toolbar, or a special framed bar that segments the content. When you click on an image from the results on any of these engines it keeps a little frame on the top of the page that gives you copyright and size information, along with a link to the full-quality version.
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POPSWhere Are They Now? 25 Computer Products That Refuse to Die Old computer products, like old soldiers, never die. They stay on the market--even though they haven’t been updated in eons. Or their names get slapped on new products that are available only outside the U.S. Or obsessive fans refuse to accept that they’re obsolete--long after the rest of the world has moved on.
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POPSConficker.C Worm Flaw Found: Security Experts Expect Easy Detection Security experts have discovered a security hole within the coding that commands Conficker Worm. This discovery may be the light at the end of the tunnel for those who worry that Conficker.C may be a devastating and an uncontrollable worm infection, infecting millions of computers all over the world. You may ask, what is this special discovery and how will it ease the worry of Conficker.C?
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POPSConficker Info & Removal Guide Conficker, also known as W32/Conficker.worm, Win32/Conficker.A, W32.Downadup, Downadup and Kido, is a worm that exploits flaws found in Windows MS08-067 vulnerability. When Conficker infects your PC, it may prevent you from accessing security websites and disables Windows system services such as Windows Security Center, Windows Error Reporting and Windows Defender.
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