May 9, 2014 · Computer Repair
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
Read more →May 8, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
I Do Not Like Spam, I Do Not Like Them, Sam-I-Am Today’s Top Threat Bloodhound.PDF.39 The Bloodhound.PDF.39 is a variant of the older Trojan.Pidief. The PDF.39 will exploit some of the vulnerabilities of adobe reader or adobe acrobat. The virus is spread by clicking on a malicious link and being spread by emails, so
Read more →May 7, 2014 · Computer Repair
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
Read more →May 6, 2014 · Computer Repair
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
Read more →May 5, 2014 · Computer Repair
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
Read more →May 2, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
If Only Robocop Were Real! Today’s Top Threat Boot.Kerlisen The Boot.Kerlisen is a very dangerous virus, Symantec only rates it at a medium, but the potential is much higher. The Kerlisen will affect your MBR (Master Boot Record). If you are unaware the MBR is part of how Windows actually boots up, needless to
Read more →May 1, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Passwords, Get Your Passwords Here! Today’s Top Threat Android.Samsapo The Android.Samsapo is a virus that affects android systems, when the virus infects the phones the phone will automatically sent out SMS text messages to all contacts stored on the device. Suffice to say this virus can get pretty nasty and really an
Read more →April 30, 2014 · Computer Repair
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
Read more →April 29, 2014 · Computer Repair
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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April 29, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Right now, Microsoft is hurrying to fix a problem in its popular Web browser that was found over the weekend by security experts at FireEye. This bug is something that hackers have caught on to and are exploiting it as hard as they can. Basically, hackers have began setting up websites that they are tricking
Read more →April 28, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Microsoft To Windows XP Users About Zero Day Bug: No Updates For You! Today’s Top Threat Backdoor.Zegost!gen2 The Backdoor.Zegost virus is a typical Trojan virus that will open the “back door” of your computer and let all of his buddies in to wreak havoc on your system. Symantec classifies this virus as easy to remove
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April 25, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
If AOL Can Get Hacked, So Can You! Today’s Top Threat IOS.Passrobber The IOS.Passrobber is a very serious threat that is easily dealt with. As the name suggest this virus aims for the IOS systems, including the iPhone. Once the virus is on your system it will start stealing information including Apple ID’s and
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April 25, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
It’s something we do everyday without thinking. We go online and shop, tweet, Facebook, and more. All of the websites that we access everyday look so pretty and well designed don’t they? It’s not by accident, that much is for sure. There is a lot more going on with the design of a website than
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April 24, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Safety Tips, The Business Edition Today’s Top Threat Trojan.Shredboom The Shredboom is a typical trojan that will perform a host of malicious attacks on your computer. The most noticable effect of this virus will be how it effects the speed of your computer. Today’s Top Stories Keeping Your Business Safe From Attack “A
Read more →April 23, 2014 · Managed IT & On-Site Support
Spammers… A New Version Of The School Yard Bully Today’s Top Threat Infostealer.Neabolsa has a fun and interesting name, however this virus is neither fun nor interesting. As the name suggests it will get into your system and start sending sensitive data back to an off-site server. The virus is very easy to remove,
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