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Researchers predicted that Storm was on the horizon for a new spam bout in mid-February - in order to take advantage of Valentine’s Day - but it seems to have hit a month early.
You may enjoy seeing messages of love in your e-mail inbox, but you need to be especially cautious of their validity; Storm [...]
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Full View / NID: 20024 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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The folks at Zango contacted us about our blog posting triggered from the Zango/Facebook article that was posted over at Fortinet. They are not happy with the manner in which we’ve handled our corporate ethics when reporting this information. We’d like to reprint their comments and give them fair space here so that you hear [...]
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Full View / NID: 20002 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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Zango, despite their best intentions, just can’t seem to help themselves. They are at it again, this time using social engineering to help spread their worm that is masquerading as a secret crush on your Facebook page.
Before you can find out who the secret crush is you have to agree to download an application that [...]
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Full View / NID: 19960 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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Zango, despite their best intentions, just can’t seem to help themselves. They are at it again, this time using social engineering to help spread their worm that is masquerading as a secret crush on your Facebook page.
Before you can find out who the secret crush is you have to agree to download an application that [...]
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Full View / NID: 19954 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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The software update to 7.0.2.6 contains some exciting new additions to Ad-Aware 2007.
First of all there have been changes made to various parts of the scanning engine, which improves the detection and removal of malware affecting LSP and NSP, a network scanning problem has been fixed, and the malware removal at Windows startup now removes [...]
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Full View / NID: 19928 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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Some of the most common methods of malware infection are through exploits of unpatched operating systems (like Windows), web browsers, and software programs. In spite of that, only one out every 20 users is running a fully patched Windows PC, according to recent reports.
How do you stay current and up-to-date? You can use the Microsoft [...]
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Full View / NID: 19915 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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It’s not too late to commit to those New Year’s resolutions that you made at the end of December.
We’re making it easy for you to start 2008 off right by protecting the private information on your computer; learn how to get a fresh start for your PC and find out what you should be doing [...]
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Full View / NID: 19869 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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Full View / NID: 19792 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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It’s the time of year when we typically reflect on the past and make predictions for what the New Year may hold.
In terms of estimating the severity of the nasty tricks we can expect from online scammers in 2008, a good starting point is to understand how the malware economy itself has evolved into the [...]
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Full View / NID: 19762 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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Since we are closing the book on 2007, we wanted to look back and highlight a couple of the most interesting posts of the past year in a couple of different categories.
Security Tips
Protect Your Passwords with Digital Lock
How to use Lavasoft Digital Lock (also included in Lavasoft Privacy Toolbox) to keep your password close and [...]
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Full View / NID: 19724 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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The infamous “Storm Worm” malware is at it again - this time changing tactics to be in line with the holidays. Following an onslaught on Christmas Eve, when holiday-themed spam spread to tempt users to visit a malicious X-rated website, security researchers are now spotting New Year’s e-greeting cards with similar ill-willed intentions.
The unwanted e-mails in circulation have [...]
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Full View / NID: 19694 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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Full View / NID: 19645 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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With the New Year just around the corner, it’s the perfect time for fresh starts and new beginnings. Make a resolution to fix-up or maintain your PC. Lavasoft is helping you do that with the release of our new tool, Lavasoft Registry Tuner.
Errors and debris in the registry are among the most common causes of [...]
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Full View / NID: 19631 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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The December edition of Lavasoft News was the premiere for a new design of the newsletter and we would like to thank all of our readers who wrote in with positive feedback. In order to give the newsletter a more coherent feel, we overhauled the design, both in terms of appearance and content.
Visually. we aimed [...]
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Full View / NID: 19630 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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This past summer, the U.S. FBI announced the results of Operation Bot Roast, its ongoing cyber crime crackdown, launched to battle the growing botnet threat.
The second phase of the investigation against computer crime perpetrators, dubbed Bot Roast II, has resulted in a new string of arrests. To date, as a result of the ongoing investigation:
The [...]
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Full View / NID: 19584 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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(Yes, it is one of those strange Swedish traditions.)
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Full View / NID: 19520 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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“Loss from online fraud in the U.S. is projected to reach $3.6 billion this year, up 20 percent from last year, according to a CyberSource survey.”
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Full View / NID: 19492 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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The stats from the Ballot Box poll currently on our homepage show that over 65 percent of Lavasoft website visitors are very worried about online threats this shopping season. It’s no wonder that computer users are concerned; the latest industry news and reports show frightening figures in terms of an increase in holiday related scams, phishing victims, [...]
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Full View / NID: 19457 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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Full View / NID: 19448 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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Full View / NID: 19405 / Submitted by: The Spirit of Zuron
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