Articles Archive for 5 January 2010
Posted in Information and Removal on 5 January 2010
PcsProtector is one more example of an anti-spyware program that is usually installed into computers via Trojans. These Trojans spread through the programs that pretend to be essential in order to watch videos. As soon as the user downloads the Trojan, it installs anti-spyware that starts automatically when computer is turned on. Next PcsProtector scans [...]
Posted in Information and Removal on 5 January 2010
Desktop Protector 2010 (sometimes called as DesktopProtector2010) is a rogue anti-spyware application that usually uses trojans to get into the compromised PC without being noticed. The main thing about Desktop Protector 2010 is that this rogue uses malicious tactics trying to scare its victims and seeks only steal their money. It is closely connected to [...]
Posted in Information and Removal on 5 January 2010
“No Malware” (also called as NoMalware) is a rogue anti-spyware program that uses fake system scanners usually announcing about tons of infections detected. “NoMalware” generates only invented system security results because it seeks to get PC user’s attention. The only purpose why this badware was created is trying to fool its victims and push them [...]
Posted in Information and Removal on 5 January 2010
Hot on the heels of the Cross Site Scripting attack on the Spanish EU Presidency site, the official web site of President Ahmadinejad of Iran appears to have also been compromised.
The site www.ahmadinejad.ir, otherwise known as “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – The Official Blog – Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran“ has been compromised and is currently hosting a [...]
Posted in Information and Removal on 5 January 2010
As reported by Reuters and the BBC, the official website set up by the Spanish government to mark it’s six-month presidency of the EU was briefly compromised yesterday afternoon.
Mischievous hackers reportedly took advantage of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities on www.eu2010.es and replaced an image of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero with the smiling face of [...]
Posted in Information and Removal on 5 January 2010
I recently made up two nonsensical domain names—eixpay.com and eixpay.com—can you spot the difference between them?
In a modern Unicode-capable browser, they are likely to appear identical but if you copy and paste each one into a search engine, you will get different results. The domain on the right was created using Cyrillic characters while the [...]
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