Posts Tagged ‘anti virus’

Pop-Up Security Warnings Pose Threats

Filed in Malware on Jan.12, 2010

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Malware: Fighting Malicious Code
By FBI NPO
The FBI warned consumers today about an ongoing threat involving pop-up security messages that appear while they are on the Internet. The messages may contain a virus that could harm your computer, cause costly repairs or, even worse, lead to identity theft. The messages contain [...]

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Digital frames and malware threat

Filed in Malware on Jan.06, 2009

No doubt, the digital frame is a hot state of the art technology item today. Some digital frames in the market carry a risk of infection through a Trojan horse (malware) which is capable of monitoring keystrokes and sending useful information back to its originator. In Jan 2008 there were multiple reports that digital picture [...]

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