Monthly Archives: March 2011

Cringely Reports Microsoft spreading the Wazzu Virus

WAZZU Gets Another Free Ride According the the “Notes From the Field” column by “Robert X. Cringely (R)” published in the August 11, 1997 issue of INFOWORLD, Microsoft has yet provided distribution to MS Word macro viruses. Cringely writes: While … Continue reading

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Descriptions of Common Viruses

Although there are now (mid 2001) more than sixty thousand different viruses, only a small number of viruses account for most of the infections. The following viruses account for 95 percent of all viruses reported to Stiller Research world-wide. If … Continue reading

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Excel Macro Viruses

Laroux was discovered July of 1996. This is the first working macro virus to infect Microsoft Excel spreadsheets (*.XLS files). (We have some Excel malware called DMV but this was unable to spread and really shouldn’t be considered a virus.) … Continue reading

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New MS Access Macro virus

A New Type of Virus? We have seen (and announced here in the Stiller Research virus news pages) viruses written the macro language for MS Word and MS Excel. These viruses all use the built-in basic-like macro language common to … Continue reading

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How to safely take advantage of large FAT32 disks

BIG FAT32 DISKS ARE SUPPORTED WITH WINDOWS 95 OSR2 AND WINDOWS 98 With Windows 98/ME as well as Windows 95 OSR2 (OEM Service release 2 and 2.1), Microsoft has introduced support for FAT32 disk partitions. FAT32 supports disk volumes (and … Continue reading

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How to remove viruses and fully protect your PC from all threats

“In a side-by-side comparison, this product beats everything on the market. With its built-in scanner, Integrity Master will not only find every known virus, it will also handle polymorphic and other odd type viruses. This is the anti-virus software I … Continue reading

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How to Get the Most From Your Anti-virus Product

How Does Anti-virus Software Work? There are several techniques that can be used to detect or eliminate viruses. Each technique has its strengths and weaknesses. It’s vital to understand exactly how much protection your anti-virus software can offer you. I’ll … Continue reading

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Webroot Antivirus 2011

Webroot Antivirus Spy Sweeper with antivirus and antispyware perfect. The software is easy to use and provides effective protection and performance just as effective. Spy Sweeper with Antivirus combines all the components that allow it to be one of the … Continue reading

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The top 20 most common viruses

She left these days by the Kaspersky Lab a ranking that reveals which are the most common malware between Pc. The top of the chart shows a malware called Win32.Kido.ir, A new generation. The malware in fact, ‘forward’ through the … Continue reading

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Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Internet Security 2011

First and foremost it is worth mentioning the new installer. The new version of both versions of the program (Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Kaspersky Internet Security) is distributed in one distribution, and functional depends on the type of license installed. Also, … Continue reading

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