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Six security updates for Windows in March

March has a relatively quiet pleisterdag for Microsoft. The software giant gives every second Tuesday of the month of security updates for Windows. This time six, of which only one criticism. The critical flaw is in the Remote Desktop Protocol … Continue reading

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Win32.Elkern.A

Manually removing an infection from your computer can put your data at risk for damage that may or may not be recoverable. Central Command strongly recommends that you backup all of your data prior to attempting to remove an infection … Continue reading

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Avast Internet Security 2012 Review

Avast Internet Security is an excellent and powerful internet. Avast an acronym for “anti-virus advanced set” was first designed and developed by Czech researchers. It’s close to perfect core protection is solid and its intelligent virtualization processes are great features. … Continue reading

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Win32.Klez.A@mm

Manually removing an infection from your computer can put your data at risk for damage that may or may not be recoverable. Central Command strongly recommends that you backup all of your data prior to attempting to remove an infection … Continue reading

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Worm/Klez-E

Manually removing an infection from your computer can put your data at risk for damage that may or may not be recoverable. Central Command strongly recommends that you backup all of your data prior to attempting to remove an infection … Continue reading

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The hacker infiltrated that became the FBI’s secret weapon

With a sort of cartoon of action, who was one of the most feared on the web, now helps the U.S. government against Anonymous. Hacker, activist, rebel collaborator and now FBI informant: The Many Faces of Hector Xavier Monsegur, a … Continue reading

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Hackers publish source code for Norton 2006

The group of ‘hackers’ Lords of Dharma raja has published a copy of Norton antivirus source code 2006, the security software company Symantec, as confirmed by the software manufacturer. Symantec spokesman Cris Paden said last Friday that the release of … Continue reading

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Virus Hoaxes

There are many viruses discovered every day, however few of them exist only in the imagination of the public or the press. Following is a list of viruses that DO NOT EXIST, despite the rumors. Please ignore any messages regarding … Continue reading

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ESET warns Zimusem

ESET warns against a new, extremely dangerous worm Win32/Zimuse. The threat affects a key element of the hard disk – the master boot record, corresponding to such for running the operating system. Win32/Zimuse cleverly avoids detection by antivirus programs, and … Continue reading

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What is an antivirus researcher?

People ask me all the time “what exactly is an antivirus researcher?” Sometimes I point them to the “what I do” section of this site, but lately it’s occurred to me that I might make a more formalized picture of … Continue reading

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