Articles Archive for 13 January 2010

Ghost Antivirus
Posted in Information and Removal on 13 January 2010

Ghost Antivirus is a scam application that is similar to Internet Antivirus Pro which caused lots of infections in 2009.  It is fake security application, a rogue anti-virus that should be removed on first signs of infection. Ghost antivirus popups, blocked sites and lots of security alerts are a sign that your PC needs to be [...]

One Patch For January Patch Tuesday
Posted in Information and Removal on 13 January 2010

Following the usual cycle of monthly patch releases, Microsoft just issued its first for this year last January 12. Microsoft has released one advisory to address the vulnerability found in the way the Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine can render a specially crafted EOT font file in several Microsoft applications, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, [...]

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One Patch For January Patch Tuesday

Don’t Get Infected by Rootkits!
Posted in Information and Removal on 13 January 2010

Rootkit infection is one of the worst infections a computer user may be challenged. Typically, rootkits hide their presence on the system evading standard operating system security scan, anti-virus or anti-spyware scan. Often, they can be Trojans, thus trying to make users to believe they are safe to run on their systems. Rootkits modifies the [...]

Win32/Bredolab.B!generic
Posted in CA Security Advisor on 13 January 2010

 

Win32/ShlBack.C
Posted in CA Security Advisor on 13 January 2010

 

Application:W32/Hoax
Posted in F-Secure on 13 January 2010

A legitimate application that may introduce additional security risks or be used for malicious purposes.