June 2, 2014 · Computer Repair
If you have been keeping up with the technology news lately you may have noticed a trend growing, the FBI is getting fed up with hackers, scammers, and virus creators. Today in the latest string of massive arrests the FBI came down on a group of users spreading the elusive Gameover Zeus Botnet virus. The
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May 29, 2014 · Computer Repair
A Backup Is Worth A Thousand Documents Today’s Top Threat W32.Changeup!gen46 TheW32.Changeup is a worm that will attack every system on a network. We have not seen too many worms lately, but the changeup spreads through removable and mappable drives. What it does is affect the Microsoft Windows Shortcut ‘LNK’ Files Aut
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May 22, 2014 · Computer Repair
Do. Or Do Not. There Is No Try Today’s Top Threat Backdoor.Korplug!gen4 The Korplug!gen4 is a new generation of the slightly older Korplug virus. The Korplug is a pretty standard backdoor virus designed to open your computer to other viruses and steal information. It may be your run of the mill virus, but it is
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May 21, 2014 · Computer Repair
Like Spring Cleaning, But For Your PC Today’s Top Threat Adware.Maltrec.TS!g5-13 In the past week more and more versions of Maltrec are being released on the world. It would be very wise to keep a keen eye out for any version of this virus. Today’s Top Stories AVG Study Reveals Small Business are Positive
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More Maltrec, More Fun? Today’s Top Threat Adware.Maltrec.TS!g13-22 Yesterday our top threat was Maltrec.TS!g12, the g12 stands for what version the virus is on, and as you can see the same virus maker let loose a whole string of them recently. There are multiple versions floating around which essentially do the same t
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Malware Installing Malware Installing Malware… How Meta Today’s Top Threat Adware.Maltrec.TS!g12 Maltrec is an adware that associates itself with a previous virus called the adware.zangosearch. Zangosearch itself is particularly annoying pest, that monitors the contents of internet browsers and will open partner sites
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Did You Know That You Can Recycle That Old Computer? Knowledge Is Power! Today’s Top Threat Exp.CVE-2014-1815 Another day and another vulnerability exploited. This one is aimed against Internet Explorer which means that in a few days Microsoft will likely be patching up the issues for Windows Vista users and better pre
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If A Thing Is Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing Well Today’s Top Threat Infostealer.Boyapki The Boyapki is a rather ruthless virus, essentially it starts with redirecting network traffic from specific websites in order to steal your information. Think about it like this, you are shopping at your favorite online store and y
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Round ‘Em Up Pardners Today’s Top Threat Microsoft Office Web Apps CVE-2014-1813 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability It looks like there is another round of attacks on Microsoft office with another exploited vulnerability. Microsoft is sure to patch this issue is shortly, but in the meantime it is wise to keep an eye o
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Time Is Of The Essence Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Nancrat The Trojan.Nancrat is pretty standard fare when it comes to Trojan viruses. When the virus is on your PC it will attempt to perform a whole host of malicious activities. With a medium damage level and easy to remove it is always something to keep
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Back Back Back It Up Today’s Top Threat Backdoor.Grexden The Backdoor.Grexden virus is a pretty straight forward back door Trojan that is going to open your computer up to a whole series of malicious attacks. The slightly nastier part of this virus is that it will actually move some files, so it can be
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Patience Is A Virtue, Not Having Viruses Is A Blessing Today’s Top Threat Android.Lockdroid.G The Andoird.Lockdroid.G may sound ominous, because it is. The Lockdroid will literally lock down your phone and demand a ransom amount in order to unlock your phone. It will even go as far as adding an icon to your home
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Happy Cinco De Mayo! Today’s Top Threat PUA.Maltrec.TS!g2 The PUA.Maltrec.TS!g2 virus is another version of the stereotypical “anti-virus” virus that affects users every day. This virus is tagging along with the OneScan virus. Fortunately these viruses are very easy to remove, but can have a pretty annoying effect on y
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I Will Take One Of Everything, But Make It Free! Today’s Top Threat Adobe Flash Player CVE-2014-0515 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Symantec went into depth with this virus to properly explain what versions of Adobe Flash are affected and what the likely out comes for versions affect by the vulnerability. They explain t
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Retro Style Viruses, A Whole New Threat Today’s Top Threat Bloodhound.Flash.24 The Bloodhound.Flash is a virus that is “attempting to exploit the Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerability(CVE-2014-0515).” Which simply put means that through a weakness in Adobe Flash your information, including usernames and pass
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