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Malware Advisor is going to post information specifically related to adware, spyware and malware. Most links will point to my forum, where all are invited to take part in discussion, seek assistance with malware removal and find out about the latest malware threats.

Friday, March 05, 2010

Latest News March 5th

The Morphing PDF
The Thousand-Faced Rogue
Viruses and Digital Signatures
Fake F-Secure Phishing e-mail
Adservers compromised in latest Zbot push
All browsers are (not) created equal
Opera says bug probably can't commandeer machines
Russian Banking Trojan BlackEnergy 2 Unmasked at RSA
Posted by TeMerc at 11:21 PM No comments:
Labels: Banking Trojan, Browsers, Digital Signatures, Fake, PDF, Rogue, Russia, Virus, Zbot

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Latest News March 2nd

Hacker Report 'High Risk' Flaws in Safari Browser
Organiser of Darkmarket fraud website jailed for 56 Months
Sunbelt Software VIPRE 4.0 Free giveaway on twitter tomorrow
MS: Be Careful With Those Function Keys
Spam Quarantine Notification = Spam
Four men charged in computerized online ticket scam
Authorities dismantle botnet with 13 million infected PCs
Microsoft wants to put infected PCs in rubber room
Microsoft Relaunches Troublesome Windows Update
Botnets cause surge in February spam
Posted by TeMerc at 8:21 PM No comments:
Labels: Botnets, Hackers, Microsoft, Safari, Scams, Spam, Windows Updates

Monday, March 01, 2010

Latest News March 1st

Analyzing PDF Files
Rogueware competing with Panda
Talking Bots with Japan’s ‘Cyber Clean Center’
Microsoft Warns of New IE Code Execution Flaw
FAKEAV Rides on the Back of a Killer Whale
Massive Earthquake in Chile Leads to a Surge of Rogue Antivi
Qualys to scan Web sites for malware
Web users offered 'hardened' Firefox for banking
ICQ scam in the wild
World of Warcraft authenticator users come under attack
Free Facebook iPad beta-test offer is a scam
Hacker Report 'High Risk' Flaws in Safari Browser
Organiser of Darkmarket fraud website jailed for 56 Months
Posted by TeMerc at 5:54 PM No comments:
Labels: Bots, Cyber Crime, Facebook, In The News, Microsoft, PDF, Rogue, Social Engineering

IT'S ALIVE!!

Hello everyone, sorry for this space being more or less vacant for the last year, give or take. But with my recent upgrade in the work box, I'm finindg myself with some time to be able to attend to this blog, Twitter and the website.

So, begining tomorrow, you can expect to see some links back to the forum regarding the usual topics.
Posted by TeMerc at 12:15 AM No comments:
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