October 9, 2014 · Computer Repair
The Right Choice Today’s Top Threat Packed.Generic.468 “Packed.Generic.468 is a heuristic detection for files that may have been obfuscated or encrypted in order to conceal them from antivirus software. This heuristic detection is used to detect threats associated with multiple threat families. “ Today’s Top Stories Is
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Faster Is Usually Better Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Gofcbot There is not a lot of information posted about the new Gofcbot, but what we can tell is that it will infect your computer steal information and allow other viruses onto your machine. It seems to be your run of the mill Trojan virus. Today’s Top
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September 9, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
All Roads Lead To Rome Today’s Top Threat Microsoft Lync Server CVE-2014-4070 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability The program Microsoft Lync has a weakness to cross-site scripting that has been exploited recently. Through the weaknesses the attacker may be able to obtain sensitive information from web sessions. As with
Read more →September 8, 2014 · Computer Repair
What Time Is It!?! Today’s Top Threat Backdoor.Finfish!gen3 The backdoor Finfish is a backdoor virus that much like any other Trojan will open up additional doors for other viruses to infect your pc. While the finfish itself may not be much of a threat, the other viruses that will come along with it are. Today’s
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September 5, 2014 · Computer Repair
Prepare For Distaster Today’s Top Threat OSX.Slordu “OSX.Slordu is a Trojan horse that opens a back door on the compromised computer and may steal information.” Today’s Top Stories Data Breach – The Best Defense is Vigilance “There have been several high-profile data breaches impacting millions of consumers in the past
Read more →August 28, 2014 · Computer Repair
Fast Response Time Today’s Top Threat Backdoor.Ratenjay!gen3 The Backdoor.Ratenjay is a backdoor virus that design to open the ports and allow traffic to flow through and add more viruses. Today’s Top Stories Social Media Scams Based on Current Events “We are sure you’ve seen them lurking in your news feeds- breaking n
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August 27, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Its Saves Time! Today’s Top Threat OSX.Freezer The OSX.Freezer was originally detect in 2013, but it appears to be making a comeback. If you do a quick search it will appear as an app for Mac’s that will let your freeze processor intensive programs, but it does so much more to your computer. Today’s
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August 26, 2014 · Computer Repair
The Best Kept Secrets Today’s Top Threat Backdoor.Darkmoon.G The Backdoor.Darkmoon is a Trojan horse that open backdoors on a compromised computer. There is not much known other than the basics of the virus currently. Today’s Top Stories Netis Routers Leave Wide Open Backdoor “Routers manufactured by Netcore, a popular
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August 25, 2014 · Computer Repair
All The Small Things Today’s Top Threat W32.Changeup!gen50 The W32.Changeup is a worm that spreads through removable and mapped drives. If you are on a network, this worm can do some pretty serious damage, and spread like wild fire. Today’s Top Stories Website Add-on Targets Japanese Users, Leads To Exploit Kit “In the
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August 19, 2014 · Computer Repair
Call The Cable Guy Today’s Top Threat W32.SAPE.InstallRx.1e The InstallRX, is one of many viruses that masquerades as an anti-virus system, it will “detect” multiple issues with your machine, sometimes even saying your hardware is bad. Today’s Top Stories How to Spot a Fake Android App “Malware on mobile devices is ram
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August 18, 2014 · Computer Repair
Networking In More Than One Way Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Volgmer Currently there is not much known about the Volgmer torjan virus, what we do now is that it has a relatively low infection rate lately, and it will be performing malicious activities on an infected computer. With not much being known, it’s important to k
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Try Before You Buy Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Blueso The Blueso Trojan will actually inject malicious code into existing programs on the infected PC. Which means that it can make almost any program a virus! Today’s Top Stories Mobile Security Advice For The New Term “Technology and education now go together more closely
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Colorful World Of Cabling Today’s Top Threat Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-2824 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability For most people this particular exploit shouldn’t be an issue, it is target at Internet Explorer 8, and will executed arbitrary code in an attempt to use your browser for a denial of service att
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August 12, 2014 · Computer Repair
Better Safe Than Sorry Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Synolocker Ths Synolocker is carrying on where the Cyrptolocker left off; it is encrypting files and demanding a ransom for the un-encryption key. This is a very nasty virus. Today’s Top Stories BYOD in K-12 Schools: 5 Tips to Help Parents Keep Their Kids Safe “Despite c
Read more →August 6, 2014 · Computer Repair
It Is Now Or Never! Today’s Top Threat Trojan.FakeAV!gen128 I think it’s a crucial thing here to look at the name, it is the 128th generation of this virus, which means this is a very common infection. It is a common infection, because it works on people who do not know better. It is wise
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