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 | [ATTACH=RIGHT]22213[/ATTACH]You may not be a big fan of Microsoft, but you wouldn't expect your computer to be held to ransom by the company would you? In recent months it has become quite commonplace, at least across Europe, for scammers posing as Microsoft technical support staff to 'cold call' people on …  |
| | With no actual Halloween-based security threats to report, it looks like the security vendors have had no choice but to start reporting scary stuff that might happen to your data instead. While I have no qualms about genuine warnings to 'be careful out there' this Halloween, a little reminder about … |
| | All right stop, collaborate, and listen. A new variant of the ZeuS financial malware platform known as Ice. This baby Trojan spawned from the original Ice IX is targeting bank customers on both sides of the pond. Here in the UK the 'big three' telecommunications providers are where it is … |
| | Microsoft has published an [advance notification](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-jan) for vulnerabilities that will be patched in the January 2013 'Patch Tuesday' security bulletin due next week. However, anyone hoping for a permanent fix to deal with the Internet Explorer zero-day exploit that surfaced during the seasonal holiday period is going to be disappointed. … |
| | Why has it taken six years for someone to take a contract out on my life? Or, more accurately, for a scammer to send me an email demanding payment of a bribe in order for him to cancel a supposed contract. The first hitman scam was spotted almost exactly six …  |
| | A recent survey, conducted by IT risk management specialists nCircle, suggests that as many as 50% of IT security professionals think that the organisations they work for are a potential target for state-sponsored hackers. A number that Tim Keanini, nCircle Chief Research officer, thinks is rather on the low side … |
| | Think of spam and chances are your mind immediately turns to China or Russia and messages about sexual dysfunction or a financial deal you cannot believe. Maybe, though, your thoughts should be closer to home. Especially if home is in the United States. [ATTACH=RIGHT]22797[/ATTACH]According to the latest research from security … |
| | At the risk of being somewhat obsessed by hitmen after [one recent news story](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/news/441025/dont-be-fooled-by-the-fake-hitman-scam) here at DaniWeb, I'm running another. This time though, it's cybercriminals and hackers who would hold your computer and data to ransom that are the target of a contract killer. The killer in question being the … |
| | You might not have heard about Dirt Jumper yet, but the bad guys have. In fact, the high-risk and highly-effective DDoS toolkit is probably the most aggressive of the malware tools being employed by DDoS attackers at the moment, and the situation is set to get much worse very quickly … |
| | The latest VIPRE report, detailing the ten most prevalent malware threat detections spotted by [GFI Labs](http://malwareprotectioncenter.com/) and the ThreatNet Detection System, reveals that Google, LinkedIn, Skype and Mass Effect 3 were amongst the big brands being exploited by cybercriminals in order to leverage trust whilst distributing malware-laden emails. As a … |
| | China may be odds-on to top the medal table at the London 2012 Olympic Games, with less than a week to go, but according to a new report South Korea has the Chinese well and truly beaten as far as malware infected PCs are concerned. And unlike at the Olympic … |
| | Hi everyone, I wonder if you could help me since a couple of days ago i tried downloading a program and all it has gave me since is a pop up survey that wont go way ive tried clicking the 'x' but it will not shift it wont let me …  |
| | Whichever browser I have installed (set as my preferred browser) will open a browser window without user input (and one is not open), will reset to the home page if a browser is open, and open another tab or window at random. There are no pop ups, no specific sites … |
| | New research shows that hackers are becoming increasingly lazy in their search for online exploits, with 98% of Remote File Inclusion and 88% of SQL injection attacks now being fully automated. It comes as no surprise whatsoever to DaniWeb administrators and moderators that your average cybercriminal is looking for the … |
| | i have a dell vostro 1540 laptop windows 7 home edition. for the first time it turned off after 2 3 hours of working..this happened 4 or 5 times again...i thought it was virus and wanted to re-install windows..but i couldn't because the time of turning off had been shorter … |
| | IE download window keep opening can't do anything. Bought kaspersky but I can't load it. My computer just show multi windows of "view downloads" download showing is explore.exe most of the time but could be anything. Any help would be much appreciated.  |
 | Hi there everyone, my laptop began behaving strangely last week or so, and I've exhausted my limited knowledge of computers but to no avail. Im hoping someone on here my be able to provide some assistance, as I see you've managed to help a lot of other people. Right, I'll …  |
| | Whether you travel on business or for pleasure, the chances are pretty high that you will make use of the Internet while abroad. If you are staying at a hotel then, given the high cost of international data roaming on most mobile networks, the chances are that you will make … |
| | With the London 2012 Olympics due to open in just a few days time, the expected push by the bad guys has started. No, I don't mean the banning of wearing Pepsi T-Shirts in the Olympic Stadium as it might upset official sponsors Coke, or the fact that nobody is … |
| | Hi, a month ago I installed Performersoft to check my drivers since I had audio problems. My microphone was not working right and I needed it to use with Skype.Since it didn't fix the problem ( I found out that there is something loose in my audio input)I uninstalled it. … |
| | Continuing our round up of 2013 IT security vendor predictions, we've got the thoughts of three of the big Infosecurity Europe exhibitors: Palo Alto Networks, SafeNet and Kaspersky Lab.  Brian Tokuyoshi from Palo Alto Networks predicts that social media, data decryption and virtualised network security will be high … |
| | Anonymous hacktivists took aim at the websites of the UK Justice Department, the Department of Work and Pensions, the Home Office and even the Prime Minister's own Number 10 site. All of them were successfully targeted overnight and went down for a period of time. The attacks were part of … |
| | Apple, Facebook and Twitter have all been the target of hackers recently, and now Evernote has admitted to a potential breach that has forced it to reset the passwords of approximately 50 million registered users. Evernote, a kind of web scrapbook that enables you to take notes, save web pages … |
 | Hello, I got really annoyed today. I was even hitimg my mouse into table. I can't stand those search engines. Gooogke is best search engine, so why do I ever need those another autoinstalling without asking me? Those no name, like babylon search and so on. I delete them and … |
| | Security vendor Malwarebytes has reported that a new variation of an old password stealing Trojan is out in the wild, but all is not as it may seem. Notably, this particular Trojan is signed with an apparently 'genuine' digital certificate that authenticates the file. Which rather prompts the question: "say … |
| | I can't download any attachments from gmail anymore, not in IE nor chrome. I always get the message that the attachment 'contains a virus and is removed'. Problem started when I installed AVG, but stays now I removed that. What to do?  |
| | Just to make sure before I delete these; [CODE]Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 21:00:00, on 25/10/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\RUNDLL32.EXE D:\Microsoft AntiSpyware\gcasServ.exe C:\Program Files\Common … |
| | Internet Explorer keeps opening on its own with a bunch of weird websites that I've never visited. I receive messages about Host Processes not working any time my computer goes to sleep, and then I have to disconnect from the internet and reconnect. My computer is pretty old and the … |
| | The 'World's Greatest Anti-Malware Software' is the spurious claim being made by Malwarebiter, which just so happens to sound an awful lot like Malwarebytes which could perhaps justifiably lay claim to that accolade. Take a look at this forum and you will see that Malwarebytes is a very valuable tool … |
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