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January 25, 2011 |
ICQ Users Fend Off Fake AV Campaign A new scareware scam is taking flight on ICQ, attempting to infect users' PCs and mobile devices while selling them a bill of goods.   |
InternetNews
March 12, 2010 |
McAfee's Got the Skinny on Scareware McAfee's advisory details the dangers of downloading fake antivirus software, often referred to as 'scareware.' |
InternetNews
September 15, 2009 |
Malware Ads Hit New York Times Media company's advertising staff approved bogus Vonage ad that distributed malware. |
InternetNews
January 22, 2009
Richard Adhikari |
Spammers Are Gaming Google's Adwords Researchers are warning of some bad actors in paid results on Google. |
InternetNews
February 24, 2009
Richard Adhikari |
Supertoxic Site Infects eWeek.com Hackers attacked news site eWeek through DoubleClick network. |
InternetNews
September 9, 2009 |
IRS Spoof Latest Cutwail Spam Scam McAfee's MX Logic says new botnet spam campaign targets paranoid taxpayers at more than 90,000 messages an hour. |
InternetNews
January 20, 2011 |
New Worm Takes Twitter Users For a Ride Twitter fans have a new malware campaign to worry about this week after security researchers at Kaspersky Lab identified a new scareware come-on. |
InternetNews
May 8, 2009
Alex Goldman |
Panda Security: Beware Black Hat SEO Purveyors of malware have progressed from building link farms to building custom search engines. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006
Cade Metz |
The Sorry State of Security Time to face facts: when it comes to our online safety woes, everybody is to blame. |
PC World
June 13, 2002
Sam Costello |
First JPEG Virus Identified McAfee studies lab virus that could change the way digital infections spread -- and are contained. |
PC Magazine
August 17, 2006
Neil J. Rubenking |
McAfee Total Protection Ambitious McAfee Total Protection has a million features and significant flaws. |
InternetNews
March 3, 2009
Richard Adhikari |
Digg Hackers Strike Next at YouTube Attacks are on the rise, with malware authors dabbling in spreading worms and scareware via comments. |
PC Magazine
August 1, 2007
Larry Seltzer |
A Long-Ignored Threat: RTF Files A new danger is being exploited by malware. Learn which steps to take in order to avoid becoming a victim... Biggest and worse malicious programs and viruses... |
InternetNews
June 1, 2010 |
'Scareware' Targeted by FBI The FBI has moved to nip one of the largest so-called "scareware" Internet scams going. How big has the damage been to date? |
InternetNews
April 8, 2009
Alex Goldman |
Microsoft Warns 'Scareware' on the Rise Beware of anti-spam and anti-virus software you're unfamiliar with - and don't get fooled by fear. |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2005
Gottesman & Karagiannis |
A False Sense of Security Only 85 percent of the AOL/NCSA survey respondents were running antivirus software. Worse, while 71 percent of those people thought they were updating their protection at least weekly (including automatic updates), barely half of them actually were. |
InternetNews
January 27, 2009
Richard Adhikari |
Spammers Ramp Up Short-Lived Web Sites Sites that are here today, gone tomorrow are difficult to track and block. |
InternetNews
April 27, 2009
Alex Goldman |
Conficker Awakens With Scareware and Spam The new activity on the Conficker botnet shows that the criminal economy is functioning well. |
InternetNews
September 18, 2009 |
Microsoft Takes 'Malvertisers' to Court Microsoft on Friday said it has sued five so-called "malvertisers" in Seattle civil court as part of an effort to stop the practice of hiding malicious code in seemingly safe online ads that instead seek to prey on users. |
InternetNews
December 4, 2009
Larry Barrett |
Latest Spam Attack: Phony Swine Flu Warning Antivirus firm warns of e-mail that solicits registration for a fake "H1NI vaccination profile." |
InternetNews
February 23, 2009
Richard Adhikari |
Malware Authors Exploit Facebook App Is a bogus application making the rounds on Facebook just a failed marketing ploy? Or something more dangerous? |
PC Magazine
September 15, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
Norton vs. McAfee: Top Antivirus Apps Square Off The best antivirus apps distinguish themselves by adding features outside the ordinary, features that give them additional power against attack by viruses, worms, or Trojans. |
InternetNews
February 11, 2009
Richard Adhikari |
Cybercriminals Launch Attacks Through Digg Bad guys leverage celebrities' names to put malware on victims' PCs. |
PC World
September 2001
Sean Captain |
Stealth Fighters Today's best antivirus programs are tough on PC parasites but easy on users... |
PC World
September 24, 2001
Sam Costello |
Worm Takes Advantage of Terrorist Attacks 'Vote' worm preys on user's feelings about recent events to delete files from your hard drive... |
InternetNews
November 29, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Cyber Crime Grows More Dangerous And Sophisticated McAfee study finds online threats are getting more complex and brazen in what they target, like the U.S. military. |
PC Magazine
November 25, 2003 |
Under Attack! If you're not running software to protect your PC, you should be! We test 12 products that will protect your PC and those with which it shares cyberspace. |
InternetNews
November 3, 2009 |
'Scareware' and Worms Top Corporate Threat List Despite headway, IT still has their security work cut out for them. |
InternetNews
January 29, 2010 |
Another Bogus Virus Warning Disrupts Facebook The clever scam had Facebook users sharing and posting the bogus virus alert throughout the social networking site. |
PC World
May 9, 2002
Brian Sullivan |
'Cute' Trojan Horse Spreading by E-Mail Worm has been rated low risk, but could damage firewall and security programs on infected PCs... |
InternetNews
July 1, 2010 |
Malware Leverages 'Twilight: Eclipse' Mania Fans of the 'Twilight' vampire movies had best be careful when searching the Web for movie information. |
InternetNews
September 9, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
Malware Scanning Moves to the Cloud Instead of burdening the client computer with all the scanning work, antivirus vendors are doing the processing on their systems. |
PC World
February 2005
Mary Landesman |
Internet Security Suites Face Off These products promise to protect you from more than just viruses. We see how they stack up. |
InternetNews
November 17, 2010 |
Stuxnet, Mobile Threats Top 3Q Malware Report Security software vendor McAfee's 3Q Threats Report takes note of some older malware scams from the past and some new and discouraging new ones. |
InternetNews
September 29, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
Microsoft, Wash. State Sue Over 'Scareware' Those annoying pop-up ads are the target of a flurry of new lawsuits by the state's Attorney General and Microsoft. |
InternetNews
February 17, 2005
Tim Gray |
MyDoom Back For More Another MyDoom variant is back and threatening Internet users by spreading through e-mail addresses found on popular search engines. |
InternetNews
March 29, 2011 |
Is McAfee.com Insecure? Security researchers publicly expose vulnerabilities on McAfee's website. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2009
Richard Adhikari |
Fake Celeb Profiles in Spam Attacks Want to see "more" of your favorite actor or pop star? Bad idea. |
CIO
November 1, 2005
Matt Villano |
Seeing No Evil CIOs are growing increasingly frustrated at the laissez-faire attitude of many ISPs toward security. Is it time to consider regulating the ISP industry? |
InternetNews
April 10, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner |
Conficker's 'Kido' Spinoff Gets Busy Spamming Report says one bot can send up to 80,000 e-mails a day. |
PC Magazine
February 8, 2010
Neil J. Rubenking |
McAfee Total Protection 2010 With a totally new user interface and tough new technology, the latest McAfee suite is well equipped to protect your computer. |
InternetNews
April 27, 2010 |
McAfee Makes Amends For Embarrassing Gaffe McAfee is offering to reimburse customers who had to go into their own pockets to resolve a false positive that wreaked havoc on users' systems. |
InternetNews
January 13, 2010 |
Hackers Eye BlackBerry Messenger The omnipresent Research In Motion BlackBerry is an enticing target for evildoers - no wonder, then, that McAfee is warning about a new threat making the rounds. |
CIO
June 1, 2001
Sarah D. Scalet |
Outbreak In 2000, computer viruses caused more than $17 billion in damage to businesses worldwide. Read one CIO's story to prevent an invasion in your company... |
InternetNews
January 14, 2010 |
McAfee Fingers Microsoft IE Flaw in Google Attack McAfee's researchers say 'Operation Aurora' used a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft's browser software to penetrate Google's networks. |
PC Magazine
June 21, 2006
Matthew D. Sarrel |
Safety in Layers A successful antivirus strategy is one that stacks security. |
InternetNews
September 28, 2009 |
McAfee, Adobe Partner on Enterprise Security Software leaders team up on security for intellectual property and regulatory compliance data. |
PC Magazine
March 26, 2010
Neil J. Rubenking |
Lab Testing Antivirus Software Roundup Many users prefer to build their own protective suite from separate best-of-breed components. Here's a run-down of your choices for standalone antivirus utilities. |
InternetNews
December 14, 2009 |
Security Firm Finds Spammers Thriving in U.S. McAfee's December spam report finds spammers are still operating with relative impunity despite looming six-year anniversary of FTC's Can-Spam Act. |
PC Magazine
May 5, 2004
John Clyman |
McAfee AntiSpyware McAfee AntiSpyware is a solid--but not impenetrable--defense against spyware and adware |
