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How I Protect my Devices and Computer from Internet Threats
Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 08:22 Written by Naota Monday, 23 April 2012 06:00
How I Protect my Devices and Computer from Internet Threats
By Naota
Date: 4/18/2012
Devices: iPod Touch, Windows 7 Desktop, Windows 7 Laptop, Nokia Lumia 900
Remember back when it was safe to browse the internet? Neither do I. I do however, remember a time when it was only PCs that needed protection. These days, even mobile devices need all the security they can get. In fact, I am starting to wonder if I need security for my new Smart TV! It is time for Security 101.
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Apple Malware Infection Rates Rapidly Increasing
Last Updated on Friday, 20 May 2011 02:01 Written by Naota Friday, 20 May 2011 01:22
You thought you were safe Mac Users? You thought wrong! Malware rates have been increasing at a dramatic rate. This has been unprescented in the Mac World. Hide your iPod, hide your iPhone and hide your Mac Book because they are infecting everyone in here!
According to many Apple Store Employees, there has been a dramatic influx in malware infections on the Mac OSX Systems. Users have been getting tricked into installing “Mac Defender” and “Mac Security” when in fact these programs are malware under the guise of being helpful. Windows users are already well aware of these “tricks”, but this is very new in the OSX World.
The unfortunate part about this problem, is that it is not covered in Apple Care, though most employees will still be willing to help sort out your problem… for now at least. According to ZNET, Apple Employees have been told to not confirm or deny the fact that there is now Malware. They have been instructed to stay away from removing the malware and to guide users to purchase antivirus software. You can find the full leaked email by clicking the photo below.
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The WikiLeaks Data Bunker
Last Updated on Friday, 3 December 2010 01:46 Written by servbot_kill Thursday, 2 December 2010 08:49
In the fallout over the second massive WikiLeaks document dump of classified US State Department cables, a DDoS attack forced the whistleblowing site off its original host (PRG) and then political pressure from the US government forced it off its second (Amazon.com, whodathunk). Where to now?
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Free Full Version License Key for Ashampoo Anti-Malware
Last Updated on Saturday, 25 September 2010 11:39 Written by Naota Tuesday, 28 September 2010 12:00
Ashampoo is giving out free license keys for the full version of Ashampoo Anti-Malware. You can acquire the license key for the free full version of Ashampoo Anti-Malware here, and download it there as well.
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Malware Imitating Warnings Closer Than Ever
Last Updated on Sunday, 5 September 2010 01:30 Written by servbot_kill Saturday, 4 September 2010 03:08
Ars Technica brings a piece on the evolution of malware into something worryingly resembling the advertisements for the software used to fight it in the first place. The piece of malware, listed as “Rogue:MSIL/Zeven” (copy everything inside those quotes as they are) detects what browser you use and then generates an imitation webpage that very closely resembles the pages warning of malware from those respective browsers. It’s all quite airtight; a user actually has to look carefully through the webpage in order to figure out that it’s not legit, and only then on a couple of them by catching the spelling errors (this further means that if you can’t spell, you’re pretty fucked).
Clicking on the upgrade buttons sends you to a fake anti-virus/anti-malware page that also closely resembles the page for Microsoft Security Essentials.
Not that this is the first time at all that malware has been imitating legitimate anti-virus products, but the scheme has gotten pretty close to imitating the real thing now. Informed users, beware.
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