Archive for November 30, 2012

‘Ransomware’ locks up computers

November 30, 2012 / / Comments Off on ‘Ransomware’ locks up computers

This Ransomware seems to be pretty prevalent. Be careful what you click on. Avoid the urge to click 🙂 on pop-ups, instant messages or social media messages from people you don’t know. Keep your Windows maintenance up-to-date and make sure you have a good Anti-Virus. As I said before, there’s no need to pay for an Anti-Virus. Microsoft Security Essentials is an excellent FREE Anti-virus and best of all its Anti-Annoying, unlike the major Pay-for-annoyance brands. 

Practice Safe Computing!

Joe

A tricky new computer virus is making the rounds. Infected users see pop-up messages that claim to be from the FBI and threaten people with a fine or prison unless they pay up. The virus, meanwhile, locks up the computer, holding it and the user …

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Goblin Computer Virus – Kirkland, WA Patch

November 30, 2012 / / Comments Off on Goblin Computer Virus – Kirkland, WA Patch

Oh, the irony. In the middle of Microsoft central, the Lake Washington School District continues to battle a pernicious computer virus called “Goblin,”causing …

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‘Miss, a virus stopped me from doing my homework!’

November 30, 2012 / / Comments Off on ‘Miss, a virus stopped me from doing my homework!’

How times have changed, the dog is second fiddle now ….

According to Slashdot, pupils at the Lake Washington School District had been issued laptops in order to improve remote working, however a computer virus caused havoc for the district as it worked its way through the laptops. Geekwire reported that the …

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Category: cybersecurity, news /

Go Daddy Attributes DNS Hack to Phishing | threatpost

November 28, 2012 / / Comments Off on Go Daddy Attributes DNS Hack to Phishing | threatpost

A spokesman at Go Daddy, the popular domain registrar and web host company, believes that some of its users may have been phished – and that’s to blame for the barrage of ransomware some of its customers have been seeing in past …

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Category: cybersecurity, news, phishing /

Best computer virus answer siteforum Yahoo Answers

November 26, 2012 / / Comments Off on Best computer virus answer siteforum Yahoo Answers

When many people get a computer virus they go to some forum and post stuff … Generally sites that ask for logs and similar are either scams trying to get …

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John McAfee Owes Me Dinner

November 17, 2012 / / Comments Off on John McAfee Owes Me Dinner

Computer virus guru John McAfee is apparently on the run in Belize, wanted for the murder of a neighbor. He allegedly squandered upward of $100 million, his payout from the selling of his company, McAfee Associates, which went public in a pre-crash IPO.

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Wanted by the FBI?

November 17, 2012 / / Comments Off on Wanted by the FBI?

I’m posting another article about this FBI Virus because there seems to be multiple iterations and occurrences of it. Be Careful what you click on!While it is not a real message from the FBI, it is a very real computer virus and one that is hitting Greene County computer owners at an alarming rate. Computer technician Jeremy Miller of Millennium 3 Computers in Paragould, where Edgar took his …Paragould Daily Press

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Windows Defender Stops 85 Percent of Common Malware: BitDefender

November 13, 2012 / / Comments Off on Windows Defender Stops 85 Percent of Common Malware: BitDefender

Research from security vendor BitDefender underscored recently what many Windows users already know—running a machine without antivirus can be risky.

In an analysis, the firm found 15 percent of what the security firm classifies as the malware families most favored cyber-criminals this year were able to successfully run on Windows 8 with Windows Defender on. That translated into 61 of the 385 malware samples the company tested.

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Amount of Android Malware Surges in Q3 2012

November 13, 2012 / / Comments Off on Amount of Android Malware Surges in Q3 2012

During the third quarter of 2012, Android’s malware issues escalated considerably, according to a mobile threat report from security firm F-Secure. The company detected “a whopping 51,447 unique samples” during the quarter, representing an increase …

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Chevron braced against Stuxnet

November 12, 2012 / / Comments Off on Chevron braced against Stuxnet

SAN RAMON, Calif., Nov. 12 (UPI) — U.S. supermajor Chevron said there were no negative effects from a computer network infection caused by the Stuxnet virus, a spokesman said. Chevron, which has headquarters in California, confirmed that its computer …

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