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Basic anti-virus vs multi-functional anti-virus
Published May 23, 2012
Are your computers adequately protected? If your answer is along the lines of “I have installed AV (free or paid), and now I don’t have to worry about security anymore”—then I’m afraid you are wrong. There are no 100% effective anti-virus solutions that excuse the need for consumers and businesses alike to take responsibility for their own protection. The most effective way of… Read more
Wikipedia ads could mean you’re infected with malware!
Published May 16, 2012
According to Threatpost, the Wikimedia Foundation is warning its millions of visitors that if they're seeing ads appearing on any of the Foundation's Web sites, then their computer is probably infected with malware. The Foundation issued a statement on Monday clarifying that it never runs ads on the Web site for Wikipedia, the massive, crowd-sourced encyclopedia. Visitors who are seeing ads for… Read more
Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 23 vulnerabilities
Published May 10, 2012
This week, Microsoft released seven bulletins fixing twenty-three vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday. Three of the bulletins are rated as ‘critical,’ which could lead to remote code execution, whereas the remaining four are rated as ‘important.’ The first critical bulletin resolves a privately reported bug in Microsoft Office through which an attacker could remotely execute code after the… Read more
Protect yourself from DNSChanger
Published May 10, 2012
As part of Operation Ghost Click, the FBI brought down an Estonian hacker ring last year, which resulted in the takeover of the rogue DNS servers. Now, the Internet Systems Consortium is gearing up to permanently shut down deployed DNS servers that are currently serving as temporary surrogates for confiscated rogue DNS servers. As of last month, 84,000 U.S. computers still used the “pwned”… Read more
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