Malware filters bad for business

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Up to 80% of Web sites flagged as malicious by antivirus and search engine indexes are legitimate businesses, according to security experts. Experts said while the security industry is on top of conventional spam and phishing attacks, more effort needs to be put into preventing and eliminating so-called drive-by-downloads. The attacks allow ...

Why Your Computer Runs So Slowly

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

The first thing I suspect when someone tells me that their PC is running slowly is that they may be dealing with adware or spyware. Typically, a computer infected with this type of malware will display other symptoms as well. Odd behavior such as pop-up ads, your internet home page ...

Top 15 Malicious Spyware Actions

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Spyware authors have ramped up their malicious code to invade users' privacy at unprecedented levels. The following list describes some of the most malicious activities of today's spyware, illustrating the need for solid antispyware defenses. Changing network settings: To prevent signature updates for antivirus and antispyware tools, some spyware alters the ...

Five of the Dirtiest Malware Tricks

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

If the crooks behind viruses, Trojan horses, and other malicious software were as stupid as they are scummy, we'd have a lot less to worry about. But as protective measures get better at stopping the obvious attacks, online creeps respond with underhanded moves to invade your PC. Here are five ...

Antivirus software too inconsistent

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Anti-virus technologies are inconsistent when it comes to identifying attacks such as worms, phishing and botnets. That's according to a report from the University of Michigan's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department and network security company Arbor Networks, antivirus products are inconsistent at best when it comes to identifying attacks such ...