Spyware Doctor With Antivirus: First Look

Shortly after we completed our current antivirus roundup, PC Tools released Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 2010 ($40 for a one-year, three-PC license), the latest version of its paid antivirus tool. Though it came out too late for us to include in our malware detection testing, we were able to take the program for a [...]

De-Worm Your iPhone

So you jailbroke your iPhone. Maybe you wanted to try out some of the third party apps. Maybe you just wanted to tweak your interface. Either way, you did it without changing your root password. Now you’re helplessly staring at a picture of Rick Astley, thanks to one of the new iPhone worms that [...]

Spoofed Trend Micro Email Leads to Phishing Site

Trend Micro threat analysts recently unearthed spammed messages that purported to have come from Trend Micro. Targeting trusted organizations is not an uncommon technique, used by cyber criminals when carrying out spam campaigns.  In this case, the phishing URL and domain are already inaccessible. The emails bear the subject, “Malware Blocking Tests put Trend [...]

US$1 Tickets to Brazil Come with Hidden Costs

Users who are currently planning to go or return to Brazil, especially with the holidays coming up, should watch out for a recent spam run. Spammed messages fashioned to look like an email from a Brazilian airline are offering users tickets to Brazil for just US$1.

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Internet Explorer Vulnerability Exploit Detected

Threat researchers have been alerted to the discovery of a new exploit targeting Internet Explorer. Analysts have conducted tests and confirmed that the exploit affects versions 6 and 7 of the browser. Although the exploit is currently unreliable, cybercriminals may be able to create a reliable exploit in the near future. This may allow them [...]