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June 12, 2014 · Computer Repair

Computer Security Watch – June 12 2014

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 9, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support

Computer Security Watch – June 9 2014

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

Computer Security Watch – June 6 2014

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

Computer Security Watch – June 5 2014

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

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June 2, 2014 · Computer Repair

Feds Shut Down Zeus Botnet

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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