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Sources for Computer Virus News Alerts
If your concerned about security and need to know the latest information about possible virus and malware threats, then take a quick look at the following list. The data from these sites is updated regularly and can help you keep ahead of an outbre...
How To Do A Free Online Virus Scan
Do you think your computer might have been compromised? No anti-virus, no problem. You can do an online virus, spyware, and malware scan using some free tools on the web....
Greeting Card Virus
A computer virus has been circulating as a “Greeting Card” email message. The message title contains the words “Greeting Card”, “E-Greeting”, “Christmas Card”, “Online Greeting”, "Greeting for you" or some variance thereof....
Microsoft Plans to Give Away Anti-Virus Software
Microsoft has recently announced their plans to release free software to protect against viruses, spyware, and malware....
USB Thumb Drives Can Pose a Threat To Your Machine
Have you ever found a USB stick in the lobby of a hotel? Perhaps there are two or three in a pile or on a display that asks you to "take one". Maybe you work at a company and someone has dropped of a pamphlet or flier for a product and left a USB t...
AVG Anti-virus Kills Critical Windows XP User32.dll File
AVG anti-virus recently released an update to their virus definitions file which incorrectly detected a critical Windows file as being a Trojan horse program....
Obama Virus
Hackers and phishers are taking advantage of your need for election news by using President-elect Barack Obama's name to get you to click on links and run programs that will infect your machine with malware....
