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  • How To Block Malicious Website Access, Sites List for Hosts File

    Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 02:21 in malware

    With each passing day, the security concerns over Internet are growing and gaining bigger dimensions. You never know, which websites and links are harmful and a click on their URL and infect your computer. The situation becomes very complicated when ...

  • Scan Windows Registry, Processes, Services to Remove Malware

    Posted on Saturday October 10th, 2009 at 23:14 in malware

    Most of today’s Security Software Applications work on the principle of malware signature identification. They depend on the identification of a malware, developing its counter measure, inclusion of its definition in the database, subsequent do...

  • Detect Virus and Spyware in Emails/Websites with Online Link Scan

    Posted on Sunday April 12th, 2009 at 01:23 in malware

    This is a known fact that Emails cause the spreading of more than half of Virus and Spyware. The bad links, wrapped and disguised in seemingly un-harmful and innocent emails, create havoc with your internet security. Savvy Internet users can detect t...

  • Vundo Trojan - Changing from ScareWare to RansomeWare

    Posted on Sunday March 29th, 2009 at 22:28 in malware

    Vundo is a Trojan Horse, which is responsible for pushing an advertising lots of scareware and rogue antispyware software like Antivirus 360, WinPC Defender etc. What are Scareware or Rogue Antispyware If you are wondering, let us tell you that as so...

  • Antivirus 360 Using Google Homepage to Infect Your Computer

    Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2009 at 13:34 in malware

    Browser Hijacking is a common practise among the rogue security software to infect user’s computers with malware. Recently, one of my colleague sent me this screenshot. It is the screenshot of a Browser in a computer, which is already infected...

  • Disable AutoRun.Infi and Secure Your PC from USB Infections

    Posted on Tuesday March 10th, 2009 at 21:21 in malware

    AutoRun.Infi is the configuration file used by the Microsoft Windows machines to decide the action to be taken when a removal media like a USB or Audio / Video CD is inserted into the machine. It surely saves some time for the user when without clic...

  • How to Block Rogue Websites and Browser Hijackers

    Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 09:11 in malware

    Almost 100% of the Malware take the help of your browsers to spread and infect your PC and other’s PC. And attempting to take control of your browser is an integral part of almost all malware attacks. There are many shapes and forms of these at...

  • BitDefender Discovers Malware Stealing Passwords in Firefox

    Posted on Saturday January 3rd, 2009 at 21:56 in malware

    BitDefender discovers a password stealing malware targeted at Firefox Users. Know more about it and how to remove it....

  • BitTera.C | Create Your Own Malware with this DIY Virus Constructor

    Posted on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 at 00:41 in malware

    Thousands of new malware and written and distributed every day. Most of them could not make significant impact, but some of them really go viral and create havoc to the Internet Security. But have you ever come across a tool, which can create a custo...

  • 5 Tips on How to Combat Spyware

    Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 02:27 in malware

    The most sure-fire way to be certain that spyware and other unwanted programs don’t infiltrate your system is to prevent them from finding their way in your system. Being aware of threats that are out there and practicing safe surfing are the best...

  • Get Warning Alerts to Protect Your Website from Malware Attacks

    Posted on Wednesday July 2nd, 2008 at 13:15 in malware

    Malware Attacks on websites and blogs are increasing day by day. There are many forms and shapes in which these malware programs attack your websites. Some are easily seen, while some are hidden and not easily discovered. For instance, if a website i...

  • DOM-x Player Malware - Don’t search for it

    Posted on Tuesday July 1st, 2008 at 22:43 in malware

    DOM Player is not actually a media player. It is a malware, don't search and install it....