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SaveSoldier is a rogue system security tool coming from the creators of some recent chain of malicious applications SaveKeep, WiniShield, WiniFighter and WinBlueSoft. What SaveSoldier does is generate fake system security warnings and perform falsified security scans that display numerous threats being found on the computer. All this is done to scare the user into purchasing the SaveSoldier software which is presented as a legitimate security application.

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According to an association of bandwidth providers, security companies, as also other interested entities -MAAWG (Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group), online networks of about 10-25% are possibly contaminated with malware or bots inflicting their PCs, while these bots spew 90% of spam.
A number of clues exist that suggest the presence of bots on the networks of large organizations. These networks are precious to cyber-criminals as they contain priceless data of bank or treasury transactions. Moreover, the bots could as well be utilized to seize personal information alternatively to launch distributed denial-of-service assaults, MAAWG reported.
Says Chairman Michael O’Reirdan of MAAWG, ISPs have special worries regarding the problem, as the bot menace involves snatching identities off people. IT departments of large organizations should also be similarly concerned for, such organizations have computers, which travel not only between work and home but also around the globe and do not always have patches installed, according […]

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According to security firm PandaLabs’ recent report, with cyber-criminals becoming increasingly advanced, hackers are taking advantage of people’s popular use of search engines in attempts to divert them onto malicious websites. Reimage.com reported this on August 1, 2009.
Experts at the firm noted that hackers, during the past, employed malevolent ‘Blackhat SEO’ or Search Engine Optimization techniques to raise their web-pages higher among the results on major search engines. However, according to Panda Labs, cyber-criminals are now creating search engines of their own so that they may direct users towards rogue websites that distribute viruses.
In this connection, the company reported that a particular search engine that managed to survive had by now drawn about 195,000 users, who were potentially in danger of becoming infected.
Furthermore, Head of Sub-Saharan Operations Jeremy Matthews for PandaLabs said that when the company’s researchers began searching for issues and phrases that cyber-criminals commonly exploited such as […]

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The death news of Corazon Aquino former lady President of The Philippines who suffered a heart attack on August 1, 2009 is currently a reason for mourning amongst the people in the country, but simultaneously it is reported that cyber criminals are also exploiting it to reap personal benefits, according to Trend Micro the security company.
Says Trend Micro that cyber criminals utilize high interest and popular events to boost their malicious intentions - in the current incident, to distribute bogus anti-virus (AV) software that Trend Micro has detected as TROJ_FAKEALRT.FK.
This malicious program, according to the company, is a Trojan that can be taken down from remote websites via the use of other malicious programs. It might get installed on users’ PCs when other malware might drop it alternatively a user unknowingly downloads it while browsing malicious websites. Apparently, to download harmful content this Trojan relies on a particular URL. However, […]

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BitDefender has recently released its ‘E-Threats Landscape Report’ for the H1 (first half) of 2009, according to which, writing malware is now a flourishing business that essentially mimics corporate models. Marketwire.com reported this on August 3, 2009.
States the report, malware authors constantly strive towards infecting end-users so that they may snatch control of their computers and/or gain financial benefits. Also, in this venture, there is an increase in Trojan malware that has contributed to some 83% of the worldwide malicious programs detected, the report notes.
Further according to BitDefender, whereas Trojans represented e-threats with the maximum activity during January-June 2009 (H1-2009), the infamous Downadup virus resulted in the maximum destruction to computer users. This virus succeeded in infecting unprecedented 11m computers the world over and appeared in the headlines of numerous mainstream media and computer journals.
Apart from this, BitDefender observed that during H1-2009, the countries that most actively distributed malware included […]

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Twitter, the micro-blogging website has started to filter tweets containing links, which divert users onto sites that reputed entities recognize as malicious. TheRegister reported this on August 3, 2009.
In the endeavor to sieve malware sites, Twitter is receiving Google’s help. Accordingly, Google has lent its ‘Safe Browsing ‘Application Programming Interface’ (API) feature to Twitter that helps client software to examine if the URLs received are malware or phishing pages against a continuously updated blacklist from Google.
Meanwhile, Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen at security firm F-Secure who discovered the malware filtering tool on Twitter on August 3, 2009 says that whenever a tweet carries an URL link connecting to a Google blacklisted site, a message appears on Twitter which warns the user that his tweet has a URL connecting to a malicious site, thus reports PCWorld on August 3, 2009.
Subsequently, Twitter deletes the message after keeping it on the screen momentarily.
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Total Security 4.52 is a malicious program made to look like a legitimate security tool. It's almost the exact copy of the other Total Security applications Total Security and Total Security 2009. All of these programs are dangerous computer parasites and should not be treated as security tools.Total Security 4.52 installs itself with the help of trojans without the user's permission and even their awareness. It then performs false system scans reporting various threats to be found.

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Dear Senator/Congressman I am a victim of Identity Theft | The CyberHood Watch Blog
When it comes to Identity Theft, there are two organizations Sonya Smith-Valentine recognizes who are trying to introduce better laws and consumer protection,
Should I Go for Free Criminal Background Checks or Paid Criminal Background Checks
Instead of opting for free criminal background checks, opting for paid services is a better choice for you. Criminal background checks that are paid are more

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Top AntiSpyware is a false system security tool. However, TopAntiSpyware is not as dangerous as most of the programs of the kind. Although it is promoted the same way as most of the malware (websites, spam emails, software download sites) it does not employ trojans to be downloaded into the particular computer. Top AntiSpyware is downloaded by the users who tend to believe that it is an actual security program.

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Companies are increasingly blocking access to social networking sites, according to a new survey.

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