Spyware

Anti-malware company Symantec has accused Microsoft of withholding key information about its upcoming Vista OS , in an attempt to gain an unfair advantage in the security market.

Anti-malware company Symantec has accused Microsoft of withholding key information about its upcoming Vista OS , in an attempt to gain an unfair advantage in the security market.

The Norton Internet Security 2008 is a complete security solution that runs quietly in the background to detect and block today’s complex online threats. Norton 360 combines complete security with online and local backup, as well as tune-up in an easy to use all-in-one solution.

The Norton Internet Security 2008 is a complete security solution that runs quietly in the background to detect and block today’s complex online threats. Norton 360 combines complete security with online and local backup, as well as tune-up in an easy to use all-in-one solution.

Here is a page discussing various myths surrounding Firefox . "We have all seen these banners before or heard people say 'Firefox is faster, Firefox has lower requirements, Firefox is secure, Firefox defends me from all spyware, etc.' How misleading is it? Read on."

Here is a page discussing various myths surrounding Firefox . "We have all seen these banners before or heard people say 'Firefox is faster, Firefox has lower requirements, Firefox is secure, Firefox defends me from all spyware, etc.' How misleading is it? Read on."

On Thursday, antivirus firm F-Secure published a brief analysis of a proof-of-concept adware program for the Mac OS X that could theoretically hook into any application to run attacker-specified code.

On Thursday, antivirus firm F-Secure published a brief analysis of a proof-of-concept adware program for the Mac OS X that could theoretically hook into any application to run attacker-specified code.

InternetSecurityDeluxe, also known as Internet Security Deluxe, is a rogue anti-spyware program that infects your computer with the help of Trojan Zlob. Once you're infected, InternetSecurityDeluxe may use it's fake system scanner to report false spyware detection reports. Internet Security Deluxe may also start issuing fake system alerts and warning messages "informing" you about the supposed spyware threats. These messages may look like: "WARNING! Found spyware threat Spyware amount: 5 System protection rate: low Click the "Full system cleanup" button to erase all spyware programs and viruses. Click the "Protect system now" buttons to protect your system from spyware threats." If you dare click on these rogue messages, you'll be redirected to Internet Security Deluxe's website (or some other rogue website) where the full InternetSecurityDeluxe version of the program is sold for $59.95. Moreover, InternetSecurityDeluxe may hijack your homepage and change your desktop's wallpaper image. Since Zlob may also open security breaches through which other malware may be installed, it is considered a major threat to your data's security.

My laptop is now running so unbelievably slow that I'm sure something nasty is running on it. It's also crashing a lot recently. I'm running Avast, Zonealarm, Spybot S&D and Spyware Terminator, so it's reasonably well protected, but I still think some nasty little thing has got through.