Fake ‘Conficker.B Infection Alert’ spam campaign drops scareware

October 19th, 2009 Posted by Dancho Danchev @ 3:01 pmCategories:Anti Virus, Botnets, Browsers, Hackers, Malware, Microsoft, Spam and PhishingTags:Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Internet, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Security, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Dancho DanchevAn ongoing spam campaign is once again attempting to impersonate Microsoft’s security team — the same campaign was first seen [...]

Fake Agents for Russian Websites Spreading

In the past few weeks, Trend Micro researchers have become aware that the Russian cybercriminal underground has been overflowing with offers for a new kind of information-stealing malware. These new malware variants pose as agent programs used by Russian social networking sites, such as Odnoklasniki and Vkontakte. (Agent programs are programs used by some [...]

New Banking Trojan Uses GMER

Brazilian banks are once again in the hotseat as a banking Trojan emerges with a new technique. This time, the cybercriminals targeting these banks are using GMER, a popular anti-rootkit application. Trend Micro detects this banking Trojan as TROJ_DLOAD.BB. Upon execution, this Trojan downloads a legitimate copy of GMER and a malicious rootkit component [...]

Help Keep Your PC Protected with Free Tools from Trend Micro

Finding and eliminating Spyware, Viruses, and other forms of Malware on your computer can sometimes seem like an endless battle. Today we take a look at some free tools from Trend Micro that you can add to your anti-malware arsenal. A few months ago we showed you how Malware can get on your computer. Asian [...]

Norton Antivirus 2010 [Review]

Norton Antivirus 2010 defends your PC against viruses, spyware, bots, worms, and other malware without slowing things down or getting in your way. For faster, less frequent scans, intelligence-driven technology identifies and targets only files at risk. Note: This is a review of a commercial software package, which shouldn’t be considered an endorsement, but rather [...]