According to AVG, the scenario goes like this — “After masquerading as a Google patch update, the malware then asks for a number of powerfulﾠ…
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SourceForge commits reputational suicide
This is a problem many times with FREE software, it comes with strings attached in the name of other software or adware. Usually you have the option to “uncheck” a box to not download the additional unwanted software. However in some cases they are more subversive as in this case with SourceForge, a well known open source download site. Read on ….
The advertisements were not only visually distressing; they were also often deceptive adverts for alternative downloads laden with adware and otherﾠ…
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Some GTA V Mods Contain Malware, Download At Your Own Risk
game mods might not be the first thing you think of as a delivery method for malware. Specifically, some GTA V mods actually have a nice little payloadﾠ…
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Watch out for ‘Breaking Bad’-themed malware
Security researchers at Symantec uncovered the new strain of computer virus. The ransom demand message is branded as a billboard for “Los Pollosﾠ…
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Refer a Friend $25 x 2 Discount
Refer a friend and receive $25 off your next service and your friend receives $25 off their first service.
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Tripwire Study: C-level Executives Cyber Security Confidence Gap
C-level executives are less confident in cyber security board presentations than business and technology executives in Fortune 500 firms. (Graphic:ﾠ…
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Illinois and Massachusetts Police Pay Bitcoin Ransom to Hackers
… a month later in Illinois, where police in Midlothian discovered their computer system was hacked by someone using the computer virus Cryptoware.
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LightEater Malware Virus Attacks: Exposes Units with Unpatched BIOS – Here’s How
Update your Bios, Now. After my original post I figured I should add some instructions
And here’s how. To easily check what bios version you’re at I recommend running Belarc Advisor. Download Here This is a wonderful free personal inventory tool that will give you everything you didn’t want to know about your computer. It also reads the license keys of your software like Windows and Office. This is handy if you need to reinstall and you don’t know your license key. After you run Belarc Advisor and find out Bios level your at. Go to Dell Support or HP Support etc and see if there are any updates to your Bios for your PC. You will probably need your Serial, Model or Dell Service Tag (all discovered in Belarc Advisor). Download the Bios Update, make sure your computer is plugged in, because this is not a good time to lose power in the middle of a Bios Firmware update.
If you have any questions, ask joe@mycomputerguyjoe.com
Joe
At a security conference CanSecWest, a presentation entitled “How many million BIOSes would you like to infect?” by security researchers Coreyﾠ…
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LightEater Malware Virus Attacks: Exposes Units with Unpatched BIOS
Update your Bios, Now. After my original post I figured I should add some instructions
And here’s how. To easily check what bios version you’re at I recommend running Belarc Advisor. Download Here This is a wonderful free personal inventory tool that will give you everything you didn’t want to know about your computer. It also reads the license keys of your software like Windows and Office. This is handy if you need to reinstall and you don’t know your license key. After you run Belarc Advisor and find out Bios level your at. Go to Dell Support or HP Support etc and see if there are any updates to your Bios for your PC. You will probably need your Serial, Model or Dell Service Tag (all discovered in Belarc Advisor). Download the Bios Update, make sure your computer is plugged in, because this is not a good time to lose power in the middle of a Bios Firmware update.
If you have any questions, ask joe@mycomputerguyjoe.com
Joe
At a security conference CanSecWest, a presentation entitled “How many million BIOSes would you like to infect?” by security researchers Coreyﾠ…
Arkansas Law Could Force Workers to Friend Their Boss
ConnectSafely.org and most other Internet safety groups advise teens and adults to be very careful about who you “friend.” In our Parents’ Guides toﾠ…
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