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HowTo: Check/Fix Mac Infected w/ Flashback Trojan

Friday, April 6, 2012

According to Russian antivirus company Dr. Web, there are about 600,000 Macs around the world that are infected by different variations of the Flashback trojan and are now part of a fast-growing Mac botnet. Of the 600,000 infected Macs the majority are located in North America – 57% from the US and 20% in Canada. [...]

Beware of Fake iTunes Receipt Emails

Thursday, March 8, 2012

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If you own an iPhone, iPod or iPad then you’re used to regularly receiving iTunes receipt emails on your inbox. Last week, my wife was surprised when she received an iTunes receipt in her email inbox amounting to $699.99. As soon as she told me about it, I knew right away that it could be [...]

Facebook Password Reset Scam

Thursday, March 18, 2010

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If you receive a password reset email from Facebook on your inbox, be careful! Facebook users are being warned of a malicious email password reset scam that is making its rounds and quickly spreading across the social network the past couple of days. This massive spam run is the latest version of malicious emails targetting [...]

WordPresz.org – Fake WordPress Site

Thursday, November 6, 2008

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Just found out from Weblog Tools Collection about a certain website with the name WordPresz.org that pretended to be WordPress.org and tried to release a backdoored (trojanised) version of WordPress to unsuspecting users who are still using older versions of the popular blogging platform. Blogger Craig Murphy was the first to report about this issue [...]

Blogger.com Hijacked by Scammers

Sunday, March 18, 2007

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Be careful with what blogs you visit. Google’s Blogger.com is reportedly being hijacked by scammers to spread malware through fake blogs. Security experts are calling this the “fake blog scam”. Blog hopping or surfing hasn’t been this dangerous. Scammers are creating what would seem as a normal-looking blogs with ordinary topics like “Star Wars, school, [...]

Spread Love not Viruses

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

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The title may be misleading. This post is about computer viruses. In some parts of the world, people are already celebrating Valentine’s Day. During this special day, married couples and sweethearts are not the only ones who are busy. Spammers and malicious programmers are also busy spreading spam emails, viruses and trojans. Remember the famous [...]