June 20, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
According to a report by the Federal Communications Commission, most of the ISPs out there aren’t even providing their customers with the broadband speeds that they are paying for. Can you believe it? You probably can. Chances are, you are wondering why you even pay for the crappy internet connection you have right now
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June 19, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
The Great And Powerful Ebay Today’s Top Threat Downloader.Filcout The Downloader.Filcout is aTrojan horse that downloads various threats onto your computer. It is classified as a medium payload, given enough time on your system it can get really nasty. While the distribution is classified as low, you will want to get i
Read more →June 18, 2014 · Computer Repair
Home, Sweet Home. Today’s Top Threat InboxToolbar Today’s top threat, is less of a threat and more of an annoyance. The InboxToolbar is classified as a potential unwanted program (PUP) and can modify settings across your web browsers. I have seen firsthand how PUP toolbars can make browsing the internet a pain for the
Read more →June 17, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
A View To A Kill Today’s Top Threat Android.Rusms The Rusms is a Trojan horse specifically designed for Android devices, once your phone is infected it will send SMS messages and steal information from phones. Today’s Top Stories Template Document Exploit Found in Several Targeted Attacks “The use of contextually-relev
Read more →June 16, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Bigger, Faster, Stronger Today’s Top Threat W32.Zorenium The Zorenium worm opens a backdoor to your computer and steals information from you. It has been targeting log in credentials for payment services and video games. If you notice this virus on your pc, please change all of your passwords. Today’s Top Stories Taiwa
Read more →June 13, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Wireless, With Out Strings Attached Today’s Top Threat Infostealer.Bucuper The Bucuper is an infostealer class Trojan that will steal information including banking accounts from the compromised computer and send it back to its host. It is classified as a low threat, but is still a very bad virus to have. Today’s Top St
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June 12, 2014 · Computer Repair
If I Flip A Bitcoin, Do I Always Get Tails? Today’s Top Threat SONAR.Fakeavlock!gen1 The Sonar.Fakeavlock is in the family of the Trojan.Fakeavlock, as you can imagine by its name the Trojan gets on your computer and locks it down and wants you to purchase software to remove a threat that doesn’t actually exist.
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June 11, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Just Walk Right In Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Cryptdef!gen1 The Cryptdef is in the same family of Trojan as the Cryptolocker. This is the virus that has been making news lately, it will get on your computer and lock down your files and force you to purchase a password to unlock them. The only remedy
Read more →June 10, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
The Vulnerabilities Of Internet Explorer Today’s Top Threat Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-1780 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability The devious people we often call hackers have found another memory-corruption vulnerability in internet explorer and have been doing their best to seize the advantage. Versions 10
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June 9, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
I Am Begging You! Today’s Top Threat Android.YuMe The Android.Yume is a pretty simple and low damage annoyance that is hitting Android users lately. While not necessarily malicious it is super annoying and not asked for. It is an advertisement library that gets bundled with other Android applications. Today’s Top Stori
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June 6, 2014 · Computer Repair
Sounds So Amazing Today’s Top Threat Trojan.FakeAV!gen124 The real harm with these fake anti-virus viruses is that they actually lower your security settings on the computer, which then makes it easier for other malicious software to load on to your computer. Probably the most annoying part is that they tend to lock do
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June 5, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
The Almighty Dollar Today’s Top Threat VBS.Dunihi!gen3 The Dunihi virus is spread through removable media and opens a backdoor onto computers. Removable media is anything that is not permanently attached to your computer, like USB drives, CD’s, DVD’s, and portable hard drives. The risk factor is low, but the potential
Read more →June 4, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
The Mechanical Man! Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Snifula!gen3 I reported on an older version of the Snifula Trojan and it is still up to the same trouble has the previous version. Once the virus is on your computer it will start stealing information. The virus sometimes will masquerade as Trojan.Neverq. Today’s Top Storie
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Removing That Virus Today’s Top Threat Packed.Dromedan!gen9 The packed dromedan is another easy to remove but nasty while it’s on your computer virus. The Dromedan will download other viruses onto your computer. I mentioned before, it is a relatively easy to remove virus. Today’s Top Stories Why Are Password Crackers “
Read more →June 2, 2014 · Computer Repair
The Best Defense, Is A Good Offense Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Cryptolocker.F The Cryptolocker Trojan virus is an incredibly annoying and nasty virus. We often find this virus lying in wait in unsolicited emails pretending to be important. When the cryptolocker hits your computer it will encrypt all the files on your PC
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