Virus Disguised as IE 7 Download
Watch out for e-mails with a new virus disguised as a test version of Microsoft's current Web browser.
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31.3.2007 New virus threatens Linux and Windows PCs
Hackers have released code for a cross-platform virus that could infect Linux and Windows computers.
The virus, which has been given the names Virus.Linux.Bi.a/ Virus.Win32.Bi.a, was reported at the end of last week by security firm Kaspersky Lab. Researchers worry that the malicious code may be part of a disturbing new trend of viruses that can run on Windows, as well as other operating systems that have been largely ignored by hackers.
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10.4.2006 Best 64-bit Windows Vista Anti-Virus
Windows Vista comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. Unlike Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, which is the last server operating system from the Redmond company, the 32-bit client platform will live long after Windows Vista.
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2.8.2007 Allchin says to use anti-virus with Vista after all
Ever since Microsoft Vista chief Jim Allchin talked about his son not using anti-virus in a recent teleconference with journalists, the world has been abuzz with claims Vista won’t need AV software. Now Jim Allchin has clarified his statements on the official Windows Vista Blog.
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12.11.2006 Super Bowl Virus Spreads
The game's over and patches are available, but many sites are infected with malicious code.
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8.2.2007 Google Adds Virus Scanning to Gmail
Google on Wednesday silently added a new feature to its Gmail service: virus scanning. The company will now check all incoming and outgoing e-mail attachments to keep users' inboxes safe. By scanning outbound attachments, Google can also keep viruses from proliferating by way of Gmail.
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1.12.2005 Microsoft OneCare fails virus test
Independent security certification body Virus Bulletin tested 15 security suites on Windows Vista against a set of malware from the WildList database.
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6.2.2007 Vista attacked by 13-year-old virus
A batch of laptops pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium was found to have been infected with a 13-year-old boot sector virus. Thanks to odeeee for this news.
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17.9.2007 Bizarre Virus Threatens to Kill File-Sharers
A strange virus which taunts file-sharers and threatens to report them to the police and even kill them, is being distributed on the Winny network.
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2.3.2007 AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.463a1000d
AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool.
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22.4.2007 Free Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Internet Security RC1
Kaspersky is making headway with the development of its latest iteration of antivirus products. Both Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Kaspersky Internet Security have reached Release Candidate stage, which means that the RTM is on the horizon.
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31.3.2008 Microsofts XP SP3 Patch Fixes Anti-Virus Glitch
Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 last week that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software.
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2.7.2008 Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
A few months ago, Steve Ballmer publicly noted that Windows Vista was “a work in progress.” That inspired a predictable outpouring of Vista-bashing.
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15.7.2008 Free Avira AntiVir Rescue System CD to Clean Unremovable Virus
Previously I’ve written about Kaspersky offering free Rescue Disk to clean virus without booting in to Windows.
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28.6.2008 Windows Update Blocker Tool Kit - Block Automatic Windows Vista SP2 Update
After availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 for public download I am sure many users would have already installed Vista Service Pack 2 to see the performance improvements and its advisable to install Windows Vista sp2 as it has many noticeable changes and also includes all the fixes released after Vista sp1.
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27.5.2009 Microsoft plans to issue non-update update for Win 7
Microsoft will spit out dummy updates for Windows 7 beta testers next week that will probe the forthcoming operating system’s updating abilities.
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20.2.2009 Microsoft Anti-Spyware Deleting Norton Anti-Virus
Microsoft's Anti-Spyware program is causing troubles for people who also use Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus software; apparently, a recent update to Microsoft's anti-spyware application flags Norton as a password-stealing program and prompts users to remove it.
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12.2.2006 An Update For Windows Update
An infrastructure update has been planned for Windows Update client. The gradual roll-out of this update will begin in late July.
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6.7.2008 You Don't Want This Windows Update
Today, I got an e-mail warning of a new Windows virus and where to get the update to protect against it. Oh, those wicked phishers.
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19.2.2009 You Don't Want This Windows Update
Today, I got an e-mail warning of a new Windows virus and where to get the update to protect against it. Oh, those wicked phishers.
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21.2.2009 Update for Windows (KB913538)
Install this update to prevent Windows Management Instrumentation enumerations from being canceled before the client computer can finish using the enumerations. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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22.2.2006 Windows update without Microsoft Genuine 2
Not only will it keep you up to date with the latest updates from Microsoft, it will also keep software and drivers from other vendors updated. However, that functionality is currently missing.
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Update for Windows XP (KB900485)
Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a ?stop 0x7e in aec.sys? error message on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The error may occur during startup, or after the system has started. AEC.SYS is the acoustic echo canceling driver. After you install this update, you may have to restart your computer.
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9.1.2006 Security Update for Windows Vista
A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.
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16.1.2006 Windows Defender Beta 2 Update
Microsoft released a new Windows Defender 2, yesterday. Used to check for spyware mainly, Windows Defender is the succesor of Windows Antispyware.
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13.4.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Gets an Update
Today, users running Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta were greeted with an update entitled "Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 1 Update 1" via Windows Update.
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22.6.2007 Confirmation of stealth Windows Update
I can now confirm that the stealth Windows Update that I blogged about yesterday actually exists - because I’ve detected its presence on a machine at the PC Doc HQ.
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14.9.2007 XP SP3: Now on Windows Update
A week after deciding not to release Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download site as planned, Microsoft has begun pushing the collection of updates and fixes through those channels again.
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6.5.2008 Upgrade Coming to Windows Update
Come August 2009 Microsoft will release an upgrade to its update infrastructure. The Redmond company pointed out that both the Windows Update and Microsoft Update services would be impacted by the refresh.
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13.7.2009 Windows update without Microsoft Genuine test
Two weeks ago, I posted simple javascripts to circumvent the dreaded Windows Genuine Advantage system for the sake of my and others clicky-finger. It was this day, or maybe a few days later, that Microsoft's PR looneys acknoledged the fact it can be worked around and will be patching up the holes in the "next version".
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Bird Flu Inspires PC Virus
Security vendor warns of
attachments disguised as
information about avian flu...
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29.10.2005Spanish police arrest creator of mobile phone virus
Spanish police have arrested a
28-year-old man on suspicion
of creating and spreading a
virus that affected more than
115,000 high-end mobile
phones. According to a police
statement, the man was
detained in the eastern
coastal city of Valencia
following an investigation
that lasted over seven months
- the first time that the
creator of a virus that
targets mobile phones was
arrested in Spain. The virus
struck Bluetooth-enabled
phones that run on the Symbian
operating system and it was
disguised as messages claiming
to contain erotic images,
sports information or virus
protection software. It caused
millions of euros (dollars) in
damage to both the owners of
the mobile phones as well as
to mobile services
providors.
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24.06.2007Facebook gets hit with a virus
Facebook has been hit with a virus that could spread to its 120 million users. The virus has been dubbed "knobface", which tries to gather
personal information from users computers such as credit card numbers. The virus dubbed "knobface" sends a message to all the friends of the
infected titled "You look just awesome in this new movie". Users who opened the messaged where asked to download a fake update for Adobe flash
player, which was actually the virus itself being downloaded and installed onto victims computers. If users attempted to use any of the major three
search engines such as Yahoo, Google, or Live search, users would be taken to contaminated sites.
Read full story.....
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06.12.2008Symantec false positive cripples thousands of Chinese PCs
A signature update to
Symantec's anti-virus
software crippled thousands of
Chinese PCs Friday when the
security software took two
critical Windows .dll files
for malware.
According to numerous blog
entries from Chinese computer
users, a virus signature
database seeded yesterday
mistook two system files of a
Chinese edition of Windows XP
SP2 as a Trojan horse which
Symantec dubs
"Backdoor.Haxdoor." The
anti-virus software -- Norton
AntiVirus, for example, or the
anti-virus component of the
Norton 360 or Norton Internet
Security suites -- then
quarantined the netapi32.dll
and lsasrv.dll files.
"With these files
removed, Windows XP will no
longer start up, and even the
system Safe Mode no longer
functions," said one user
writing to the
alt.comp.anti-virus newsgroup
this morning...
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19.05.2007First Mac OS X Virus? Apple
Says No
Loyalists on both sides of the
Mac versus Windows debate shot
into action Thursday following
news that the first virus had
been spotted for Apple's
operating system. The malware,
dubbed Leap.A, spreads through
iChat and infects local
applications. But Apple
downplayed the threat, saying
malicious software is
different from a virus...
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17.02.2006HP MediaSmart Server Update Arrives, With New Media Streaming, Anti-Virus Capabilities
HP have released their "April" update for the HP MediaSmart Server to the Web, which brings new, DLNA-complaint media streaming and anti-virus
capabilities to the home server, along with a suite of bug-fixes for HPs own add-ins.
The following new (optional) add-ins are
included...
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22.05.2008McAfee Updates Anti-Virus for Mac OS
McAfee on Wednesday announced that its Virex anti-virus software would now support Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger." The program is aimed at the business community to help prevent the spread of Windows worms and viruses. Although there still is no known virus that can infect a Mac OS X system, it can still act as a "carrier."..
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24.08.2005Virus Disguised as IE 7 Download
Security experts reported no
widespread damage Friday
morning from a new e-mail
which claims a virus is a
Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2
download. The reason you are
reading about this one and not
another is because the e-mail
includes a convincing blue
Microsoft-style graphic and
the virus is delivered when
recipients click on the linked
graphic rather than in an
attachment, which makes it
harder to stop it from
reaching in-boxes. Warn your
less tech-savvy friends. The
e-mails carry the subject line
"Internet Explorer 7
Downloads" and appear to come
from admin@microsoft.com. The
file, called IE 7.exe, is
actually a new virus called
Virus.Win32.Grum.A, and
security experts were still
analyzing it Friday to see
what it does.
Sophos PLC said it can
spread by e-mailing itself to
contacts in a user's address
book. The virus tampers with
registry files to ensure it
gets installed, and it tries
to download additional files
from the Internet, said Graham
Cluley, a senior technology
consultant for Sophos. " We
don't know anything yet about
where it is coming from. It's
fairly well made and hard to
analyze with normal
tools ," said Mikko
Hypponen, chief research
officer at F-Secure
Corporation. F-Secure had
received many reports of the
e-mail but few submissions of
the virus itself, indicating
that damage so far is limited.
Cluely agreed: " I
wouldn't classify this as one
of the biggest viruses of the
year, but that doesn't mean
it isn't a threat ." The
virus is being hosted on
several servers around the
world, which will increase the
time it takes to identify and
clean them all. They appear to
be Web servers that have been
hacked, Hypponen said.
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31.03.2007Adobe, Kaspersky warn of botnet worm spreading via social networks
The maker of Flash and the leading security lab said earlier this week that a worm first discovered last Thursday is being spread through social
networks disguised as a update to Flash Player...
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07.08.2008Anti-Virus Solutions for the Windows 7 Beta
Folks have been asking about anti-virus solutions that work with the Windows 7 Beta. In anticipation of this, Microsoft has been actively working with
security partners to help them get their applications ready for Windows 7. Three security vendors have taken the build we released to developers at
the PDC in October and have developed solutions available today that work with the Windows 7 Beta. The following anti-virus solutions are available
via
Windows 7 Security Provider page...
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15.01.2009Kama Sutra Virus a Dud So Far
Reports indicate that damage
from the Kama Sutra virus
appears to be minimal thus
far, however at least one
security firm warned that the
real results from the worm may
not be known until later in
the weekend. The virus will
attempt to stop antivirus
software and delete files...
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03.02.2006Apple Says Virus = Windows
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14.10.2007Apple Ships iPods with Windows Virus
Apple apologized Tuesday for
shipping video iPods
containing the Windows virus
RavMonE.exe, which apparently
made its way onto a small
number of the ubiquitous
devices at a manufacturing
plant. Around 1 percent of
units shipped after September
12, 2006 are affected...
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18.10.2006Microsoft Acknowledges Anti-Virus Failed VB100 Test
A Microsoft spokesperson
confirmed to BetaNews this
afternoon that it has learned
its Windows Live OneCare
anti-virus package has failed
a test conducted by the
respected British laboratory
Virus Bulletin ,
disqualifying it from carrying
the "VB100" logo
denoting 100% detection of a
selected battery of common
"in the wild" viruses...
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07.02.2007Microsoft Acknowledges Vista Anti-Virus Failed VB100 Test
A Microsoft spokesperson
confirmed to BetaNews this
afternoon that it has learned
its Windows Live OneCare
anti-virus package has failed
a test conducted by the
respected British laboratory
Virus Bulletin ,
disqualifying it from carrying
the "VB100" logo
denoting 100% detection of a
selected battery of common
"in the wild" viruses...
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07.02.2007First StarOffice, OpenOffice
Virus Found
Security researchers may have
found the first known virus
for StarOffice and
OpenOffice.org. According to a
Kaspersky Lab researcher, the
exploit is known as a
"macro virus,"
previously only known to
infect Microsoft Office
applications...
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01.06.2006Conficker virus grounds French fighter planes
A virus making the rounds on Windows machines apparently left three French fighter jets unable to load their computers' flight plans, according to
news reports from Europe...
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10.02.2009Virus Posing As Messenger
Plus! Live
The virus is posing as
MsgPlusLive 4.0.2006.0566,
well the latest WLM version is
566, and the year is 2006 so
it looks ok, but I can ensure
this is not the correct
version.
In
fact, there is no leak of the
program what so ever and if
there were, you would not be
able to sign in. Please be
careful what you find, when
the program is out you can
finally use it, although it
maybe a while.
A lot of people are looking
forward to this amazing
update, and i'm sure it will
be well worth the wait.
Be careful
what you
download!
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23.03.2006Threat Alert: Instant
Messaging Attacks
Worms disguised as harmless
links or attachments wriggle
through chat software...
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30.09.2005Microsoft Statement Concerning
Windows Meta File
Vulnerability
Microsoft has completed
development of a security
update to fix the
vulnerability and is now
testing it for quality and
application compatibility,
with a goal of releasing the
fix worldwide on Jan.
10.
n Tuesday,
December 27, 2005, Microsoft
became aware of public reports
of attacks on some customers
that exploit a vulnerability
in the Windows Meta File (WMF)
code area in the Windows
platform. Upon learning of the
attacks, Microsoft mobilized
under its Software Security
Incident Response Process
(SSIRP) to analyze the attack,
assess its scope and determine
the appropriate guidance for
customers, as well as to
engage with anti-virus
partners and law
enforcement.
Mi
crosoft has completed
development of a security
update to fix the
vulnerability. The security
update is now being finalized
through testing to ensure
quality and application
compatibility. Microsoft???s
goal is to release the update
on Tuesday, January 10, 2006,
as part of its monthly release
of security bulletins on the
second Tuesday of the month.
The update will be released
worldwide simultaneously in 23
languages for all affected
versions of Windows once it
passes a series of rigorous
testing procedures. It will be
available through Microsoft
Update and Windows Update, as
well as Microsoft???s Download
Center and through Windows
Server Update Services for
enterprise customers.
Customers who use Windows???
Automatic Updates feature will
be delivered the fix
automatically.
Base
d on strong customer feedback,
all Microsoft???s security
updates must pass a series of
testing processes, including
testing by third-parties, to
assure customers that they can
be deployed effectively in all
languages and for all versions
of the platform with minimum
down
time.
Microsoft has
been carefully monitoring the
attempted exploitation of the
WMF vulnerability since it
became public last week,
through its own forensic
capabilities and through
partnerships within the
industry and law enforcement.
Although the issue is serious
and the attacks are being
attempted, Microsoft???s
intelligence sources indicate
that the scope of the attacks
is limited. In addition,
attacks exploiting the WMF
vulnerability are being
effectively mitigated by
anti-virus companies with
up-to-date signatures...
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