Worm.P2P.Palevo.AT

Pushdo has been in the news lately as the culprit of a mass Denial of Service attack against a variety of well-known web sites. Some articles have documented this recent attack extensively. After spending some months last year studying and monitoring the Pushdo botnet and after checking these latest samples, we can affirm that this [...]

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The Pushdo Puzzle – DDoS or not DDoS?

You may get involved into misleading information about W32.Gosys worm detected on your PC. Bear in mind that if you are informed by Antivir anti-spyware about this infection you should NOT follow any suggestion given by Antivir. That’s because in reality it’s just that rogue or the other its variant called Antivir 2010 try to [...]

At least 20.000 people have been recently sent an e-mail telling about tax refund deadline. The email pretends to have come from HM Revenue & Customs and gives a link to the application form online.Those who have received the email are recommended to fill it in. The form asks the details of your credit card [...]

It is highly recommended avoiding Security-Personal2010.com domain because it is known to be malicious. That’s because Security-Personal2010.com is closely connected to Internet Security 2010 rogue anti-spyware which uses this website combined with browser hijacker for a successful distribution. Hijacker is usually distributed by Trojans viruses that modify Hosts file and change browser settings to make [...]

A new spam campaign gives the phrase “too good to be true” a whole new spin: spammed messages purporting to come from Google in response to job applications. While most spammed messages take advantage of a specific special occasion, holiday, or even a currently newsworthy item, spammers have hit a new low with their latest [...]

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Spammers Fake Responses from Google Job Applications