Archive for the 'Virus/Worm Alerts' Category

Circuit City Forum Hacked

Saturday, June 3rd, 2006

Circuit City, a popular electronics retail company has announced that its home theater forums have been attacked. When vistors visited the forum they were forwarded to a site located in Russia. Once there the site tried to install a “backdoor” on the victim’s PC.

Internet Explorer Flaw Made Public

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Well, it’s been well documented that Microsoft’s Internet browser, Internet Explorer has been found to be flawed many times and used by virus creators to unknowingly install and run malicious commands.
Well, recently, a newly discovered critical flaw in the browser was made public. The flaw has been posted on a number of sites around the […]

Virus Alert: Kama Sutra Virus to Attack Feb. 3rd

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

A new threat as come onto the computer scene. Known as the Kuma Sutra, Grew.A, or MyWife virus, it has most like spread to thousands of computers.
The worm poses as a pornographic e-mail with subject lines: “Hot Movie”, “give me a kiss” and “Miss Lebanon 2006″.

Viruses: The Next Wave

Monday, January 16th, 2006

All of us have probably experienced different forms of viruses and worms on our computer.
With that of course comes the slow computers, the Internet misconnections and the lengthy amount of time you spend on scanning and downloading tools to help you remove these problems.
Well, if you think that viruses will be on you computer […]

Santa Delivering More Than Just Presents

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Well, it seems that Santa is a little naughty this year. The Santa Claus worm known has IM.GiftCom.All has been infecting PCs through instant messaging services.