Real URL hijacked to dupe unwary. Google adwords account holders are being targeted by criminals out to trick them into handing over credit card information using a clever URL spoof that has gained popularity in recent weeks.

W32.Zatyudi.A spreads by creating a copy of itself to network drives and local removable drives. It also gathers email address from infected computer. 

XP Antivirus 2008 rogue anti-spyware software installed onto your computer through trojan.zlob, trojan.virtumonde or trojan.downloader. XP Antivirus 2008 normally generates fake and misleading system popup error messages so end-users will be tricked into purchase XP Antivirus 2008.

If u faced popup saying: "System Error. Your System is infected by Zlob trojan, It’s very dangerous for your system. Click OK to download antimalware application to clean your hard disk." it means that u really have Zlob trojan in your computer. It’s very nice when trojan reports about itself, but not then when it suggests [...]

The maker of an accounting program said this month more Americans filled out their tax returns this year using the online version of its product than the traditional one in a box. But, “now the trend has reached the darker corners of the software universe,” says The Economist. “Computer-security firms say criminals have adopted the new model [...]

But hesitate to clean up citing liability issues. A group of security researchers Wednesday said they have infiltrated one of the world's biggest botnets and can snatch control of compromised machines from the hackers.

XPAntivirus is a rogue antivirus program that issues false error reports of present threat found on the computer.

Have a service instead, says upstart. Security's rising star, Webroot, plans to offer web and malware filtering as a service to SMBs, the first vendor of any size to offer such a capability in subscription form.

Scammers riding the wave of unified comms hype. Instant messaging attacks leapt 162 percent in April according to security firm Akonix. The company tracked 21 new malicious code attacks over the month.