Showing posts with label virus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label virus. Show all posts

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Google acquires VirusTotal


VirusTotal is a cyber security firm that has just been purchased by none other than Google , the Internet giant. What will you do with VirusTotal Google? Probably better protect their Internet services.
The purchase will be beneficial for us users, as it can improve the quality and performance of search tools and cleaning malware, which, according to analysts, will begin to be used almost immediately in services such as Gmail and Play app store Google.
Apparently, VirusTotal, will continue to operate by itself independently, but obviously now have extra chores. Google did not announce what the cost of purchase or the terms of the agreement.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Spyware are computer virus information

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The antivirus company Kaspersky Lab announced today that it has detected a virus in the Middle East capable of spying on financial transactions, emails and social networks, similar to others used against Iran.

The virus "Gauss" which so far has infected computers in the Middle East mostly "is designed to monitor online banking accounts," to steal user information, visit history or passwords for access to payment systems or banking.

"Gauss is a complex tool, supported by nations for cyber spying, designed to steal sensitive information," says the company Kapersky antivirus and computer security in a statement.

According to Kaspersky, the virus was found in June while investigating another called "Flame", to which it very similar, and was designed to infect, among others, the teams from the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran.

Likewise, the new virus has similar structure to Stuxnet, another set of algorithms designed to attack Iranian nuclear facilities and allegedly used U.S. and Israel to boycott Iranian center for uranium enrichment.

According to Kaspersky, Gauss was developed between 2011 and this year and is dispersed in the Middle East team, especially in Lebanon, where about 1,660 computers are counted, and Israel in second place with 483 computers.

Although the security company has identified about 2,500 affected computers since May, estimated that "Gauss" was able to reach tens of thousands of computers.

Kapersky remember that these numbers remain lower than in cases of attack and Flame Stuxnet and Duqu, another virus with similar characteristics.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Google Chrome is the product of more attacks


Google Chrome es el producto con más ataques

INTECO (National Institute of Communication Technologies), warning users about cybercrime attention to mobile devices and SCADA systems.

INTECO is responsible to warn and inform users about security flaws that exist in operating systems, hardware and applications. Now it happens that your repository has grown vulnerabilities in the first quarter of 2012, so you have 2112 new vulnerabilities with severity levels of medium and high.

First is Google Chome as the product most affected. Note the increase in operating systems like Linux and IOS, this indicates that we should stop thinking that there are operating systems that are safer, we must use the updates.

Third are the vulnerabilities of the operating system for mobile devices from Apple. It is very important that the case of Apple, but that is a mobile operating system, giving us a clue of where is deepening.

And that cybercriminals are pending in the mobile malware (both Apple, Android, Windows Phone, etc.), is a good idea to take care of security on these devices. In addition the report also adds that browsers are up and are a 'prime target' for cybercriminals.

Friday, July 13, 2012

Inteco alert for a Trojan that uses the image of Kenyan Prime Minister


The virus has cataloged Inteco Voterai.H., A Trojan for the Windows platform that opens the image repeatedly Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the display of photos while in the background, performs malicious actions.

The virus can reach the system through different channels, for example, through downloaded files on P2P networks, by email or through units extraíbles. El virus infects all removable drives connect to the system

While the image of Kenyan Prime Minister opens (repeatedly) the Trojan copies itself to different directories on the system modifies the Windows registry, opens a backdoor and connects to a remote malicious server. This is one of the 15 virus documented in the last 7 days Inteco, together with 50 vulnerabilities.

On the other hand, from the Inteco have also reported that the phone operator Megafon last week detected the arrival of a Trojan through stores iPhone App Store and Google's Android Play. This malware uses the agenda for the victim to send spam to your contacts.

The application, mimicking a legitimate, requested email and phone user to search for contacts, to which the sender sends sms using as the victim and therefore become more credible the message.

Therefore, from the National Institute of Communication Technologies recalled the importance of having an antivirus installed on the phone and keep updated all updates as of this tool as the operating system.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Q Any Virus : Top 5 Best Free Scan Virus Online

To get your PC virus free without downloading any free antivirus software their are several online tools or web applications which can scan your files online and removing it if necessary.
Next time you don’t have to get an anti-virus software which makes your PC slow and needs updating every other minute. The best thing about these online virus scan and removal tools is that they have multiple antivirus engines which can check the files to its real bits.
This multiple antivirus engines always detect a very miniature threat and can easily detect the malwares, so they are much effective than some installed antivirus programs. Let us know if you have used any of these lately and how was your experience with them.
So am here posting 10 best Online Scanners which are free and easy to use.

1. BitDefender – An online version of the BitDefender software. Will scan your drives, files, and boot sector. Works only with Internet Explorer.
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2.Kaspersky is one of our favorite online virus scanner tool, it detect the virus and spyware using the same method as in the fully-functional anti-virus solution provides.It allows malware detection and to compare your result with the malware database for effective result. 
 


3. ESETESET Online Scanner is a user friendly, free and powerful tool which you can use to remove malware from any PC utilizing only your web browser without having to install anti-virus software. ESET Online Scanner uses the same ThreatSense® technology and signatures as ESET Smart Security/ESET NOD32 Antivirus, and is always up-to-date.
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4. NanoScan - NanoScan is an new and fast online virus scanner developed by Panda Software. It takes only 1-2 minutes to scan your whole PC. NanoScan is a free online solution that detects different kind of malware that could be running on the computer.
5. McAfee FreeScan - McAfee FreeScan is a great virus scanner using the award-winning McAfee Scan Engine. Uses ActiveX component
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