A new exploit code has been seen in the wild that attacks Windows, Unix, Linux, and Mac OSX systems. Given this ambitious range of targets, the exploit itself is rather old-style and short, but effective.It takes advantage of a buffer overflow vulnerab...

Today, at 18:00 (GMT + 1), the 2nd Security Blogger Summit will open at the Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid). Organized by Panda, the three-hour Summit will consist of a roundtable discussion, bringing together several American and Spanish security experts: Kurt Weismer, renowned security opinion leader and author of the blog ...

Microsoft has announced in Advisory (980088) that there has been a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer, versions 5 through 8. Users not running Internet Explorer in Protected Mode are at risk of having information, in files with predictable names, accessed by attackers. This vulnerability cannot be exploited to execute remote code or used for [...]

New, shiny products always tend to catch people’s attention, and spammers are continually looking for ways to do exactly that. So it’s not surprising to see spam tempting people with the promise of a new iPad, and a FREE one at that: The image they’ve used is very sketchy too, patched together from other existing Apple [...]

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably figured out by now that Your PC Protector is a virus. It’s nothing but badware with no antispyware capabilities, and its antivirus scans are just faked animations designed to make you think the program’s doing something. Those Your PC Protector pop-ups may look like the real deal, but it’s all a scam. And not a very original one. In reality, this fake antispyware is just trying to scare you into paying for a Your PC Protector activation key. And the funny thing about that activation key? It doesn’t exist. Even if you pay, you won’t get one. Ready to get your sanity back? I’ll show you how to uninstall Your PC Protector for free.

In a recent blog post, security guru Bruce Schneier draws a bleak picture for supporters of universal identification on the net. According to him, anonymity has always been here and is also here to stay mainly because of the structure of the web, making each packet of data incredibly difficult (if not impossible) to truly track [...]

XP Antispyware 2010 spreads via trojans and deceptive online advertisements. Avoid installing this program if you have a choice. XPAntispyware 2010 targets your money. It loads imitation of system scan and then displays fabricated system scan results. XPAntispyware2010 urges paying for the program for deleting the imaginary threats. Trust none of the notifications loaded by XP [...]

You may get involved into misleading information about W32.Gosys worm detected on your PC. Bear in mind that if you are informed by Antivir anti-spyware about this infection you should NOT follow any suggestion given by Antivir. That’s because in reality it’s just that rogue or the other its variant called Antivir 2010 try to [...]

Content Cleaner (ContentCleaner) pretends to prevent identity theft and to remove unnecessary files. It states that files, which are in fact harmless or do not exist, compromise your privacy and are used as a part of identity theft scam; remove Content Cleaner, especially in case it has made its downloading and installation into your PC, [...]

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Microsoft announces its aspiration to investigate another Internet Explorer flaw. This time the vulnerability is different from the one used to attack Google and the U.S. companies. As a result of this flaw, the IE users may loose their information by a fault of unknown disclosure. This can happen for those who run their browsers on some older operating systems.

XP Antispyware 2010 is actually a rogue anti-spyware application not meant to protect your system from malware, adware, spyware or any other kind of unwanted software. The thing with XP Antispyware 2010 is that it is a malicious application itself. The goal of this program is to make the user purchase the license for using it. In order to do so XP Antispyware 2010 pretends to be a legitimate security tool and urges you to pay for it.

Vista Internet Security is not a real Windows Vista security application. The program might pretend to be a legitimate protection tool, although its actual purpose is to take the user's money for using this malware and leave their computer with even more security flaws.

Vista Internet Security is annoying and deceptive application. Furthermore, it is malicious. Vista Internet Security is designed to look like it was a part of Windows Vista operating system. It is installed by trojan which loads a falsified Windows update alert inviting victims to download the fraudulent program. The goal of Vista InternetSecurity is tricking people [...]

Five years ago such financial crimes like trading of credit card details was an increasing problem for the finance industry and its loyal customers. Those who were pleased to have platinum or corporate cards were unpleasantly surprised when their money was stolen unexpectedly. However, today cyber criminals rapidly change their tactics and have even started to [...]

At least 20.000 people have been recently sent an e-mail telling about tax refund deadline. The email pretends to have come from HM Revenue & Customs and gives a link to the application form online.Those who have received the email are recommended to fill it in. The form asks the details of your credit card [...]

Trojan:Win32/Hiloti.gen!D Severe description: Trojan:Win32/Hiloti.gen!D Severe is a popup warning produced by trojan notifier subservient, in particular, to Windows Defender malware. To remove Trojan:Win32/Hiloti.gen!D Severe popup you need to get rid of Trojan:Win32/Hiloti.gen!D Severe related popup producer, which is a true trojan. If you have been unfortunate to confide in Trojan:Win32/Hiloti.gen!D Severe popup, so you have [...]

Trojan:W32/Inject cannot be removed in case you see the alert as that in the screenshot. You need to remove Trojan:W32/Inject related adware, i.e. to get rid of Trojan:W32/Inject related fake antispyware alerting you misleadingly of the dummy trojan infection, if you see such alert. Click here to initiate free Spyware Doctor scan and perform safe [...]

It is highly recommended avoiding Security-Personal2010.com domain because it is known to be malicious. That’s because Security-Personal2010.com is closely connected to Internet Security 2010 rogue anti-spyware which uses this website combined with browser hijacker for a successful distribution. Hijacker is usually distributed by Trojans viruses that modify Hosts file and change browser settings to make [...]