Search for “Winter Olympics” and Take Your Pick—FAKEAV or Bogus Windows Media Player Updates

Cybercriminals again exploited one of the most-awaited global sports events—the “2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics”—to propagate at least two of their malicious wares. They piggybacked on the Olympics fever to promote malware-ridden sites. In an attempt to affect as many users as possible, cybercriminals poisoned Google search results regarding the upcoming event. As usual, clicking [...]

Windows Update Triggers BSoD Errors

It seems that a recent Windows “patch” has been the cause of a series of blue screen crashes after users install a so-called Microsoft security update. The said patch, MS10-015, is said to be linked to this system malfunction, which leaves user systems with blue-screen-of-death (BSoD) errors. According to an entry in the official [...]