Spyware

RegistryGreat is a rogue registry cleaner designed to scare you in order to convince you that you have to purchase its software. RegistryGreat may display fake warning messages that claim that your computer is infected with dangerous parasites which, in reality, are only false registry errors. RegistryGreat infects your computer through a trojan called Zlob. Zlob is bundled in trojan video codecs found on porn websites. In addition, RegistryGreat may generate annoying popup advertisements that may cause unstable system performance. RegistryGreat program may be difficult to remove manually, and will continue to try to recreate itself.

Web searching can expose users to a whole range of malicious sites, so Yahoo is now teaming up with security vendor McAfee to make its search experience more secure for users.

Newsweek senior editor Steven Levy, whose column now appears bi-weekly in The Washington Post, was online to discuss the latest buzz in the tech industry.

Antivirus 2008 is a rogue anti-spyware program that uses false spyware results to lure you to purchase its full version. Antivirus 2008 is usually promoted via a ZLOB/MediaAccess Codec installer found on adult websites. You can also install it manually on the rogue website antivirus-scanner.com. Antivirus 2008 may use its system scanner to display false positives which work as an incentive to make unsuspecting users purchase Antivirus 2008's commercial version. AntiVirus 2008 may also display other third-party ads and, according to its EULA, AntiVirus 2008 has adware terms added. Do not click on any link provided by Antivirus 2008. Once you click on the link provided, you'll be redirected to Antivirus 2008's website (antivirus2008.com) to download and purchase Antivirus 2008's rogue anti-spyware program. Antivirus 2008 has the ability to recreate itself after reboot and its "System scan" messages may continue pop up on your task manager.

InstantSafePage.com is a dangerous rogue website from the Trojan.Zlob family. InstantSafePage.com promotes rogue anti-spyware programs in hopes of profiting from gullible computer users. InstantSafePage.com may hijack your browser and redirect it to other malicious websites that sell rogue anti-spyware programs. InstantSafePage.com may also display misleading error messages alleging to detect virus threats. If you click on the fake error message, it will that take you to a program that promises to alleviate the problem but instead it only leads you to the purchase page of a rogue anti-spyware program. A false system alert message that starts "W32.Myzor.FK@yf has infected your PC..." will appear on your Taskbar. InstantSafePage.com may prove dangerous to your security and privacy and, therefore, should be avoided at all costs. If InstantSafePage.com has already infected your machine, we strongly recommend you to scan your system for Zlob and other possible infections. InstantSafePage.com advertises rogue anti-spyware programs such as Malware Bell and it is a clone of SafeHomeSite.com.

clipped from www.finjan.com Finjan Discovers Compromised Business & Customer Data of 40 Top-tier Global Businesses Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products, today announced its discovery of a server controlled by hackers (Crimeserver) containing more than 1.4 Gigabyte of business and personal data stolen from infected PCs. The data consisted of 5,388 unique log files. Both email communications and web-related data were among them. The compromised data came from all around the world and contained information from individuals, businesses, as well as renowned organizations, including healthcare providers. To illustrate the scope; the server contained among others 571 log files from the US, 621 from Germany (DE), 322 from France (FR), 308 from India (IN), 232 from Great Britain (GB), 150 from Spain (ES), 86 from Canada (CA), 58 from Italy (IT), 46 from the Netherlands (NL), and 1,037 from Turkey (TR).

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Researchers from a little-known security software company named Sunbelt Software have seemingly uncovered a criminal identity theft ring of massive proportions . According to one of their employees, Alex Eckelberry, during the course of one of their recent investigations into a particular Spyware application - rumored to be called CoolWebSearch - they've discovered that the personal information ...

Researchers from a little-known security software company named Sunbelt Software have seemingly uncovered a criminal identity theft ring of massive proportions . According to one of their employees, Alex Eckelberry, during the course of one of their recent investigations into a particular Spyware application - rumored to be called CoolWebSearch - they've discovered that the personal information ...