Your comment is awaiting moderation. Exactly where does malware come from? The festering colon of the Internet s rampaging id, sure. But where geographically? And how much of the volume of daily email get accounted for by spam? Tackling the problem

Malware Causes Users To Download Infected Software - Redorbit.com
A Microsoft Corp report published on Wednesday showed that computer users’ growing fear of worms and viruses could be behind a recent spike in attacks on PCs via bogus security software, Reuters reported. With malware such as the Conficker worm and

Microsoft Warns ‘Scareware’ on the Rise - InternetNews.com
Purveyors of malware have progressed from exploiting feelings of love to manipulating fear. Microsoft has released volume 6 of its biannual Security Intelligence Report and one finding stands out: a new category of threat, known as rogue security

The Malware that Murders Windows - PC Magazine
Malware usually makes Windows run badly, but it usually wants to keep it alive. Not always. The S21sec Labs blog details a few examples of malware that deliberately kills Windows . The three examples are InfoStealer, Zeus/Zbot and Nethell/Ambler. All

Internet Flooded With Spam Much Of It Dangerous - Redorbit.com
According to a recent report issued by Microsoft s security wing, more than 97% of the e-mails sent daily over the internet are spam. The overwhelming majority of spam-mail consists of product advertisements, many of which contain hidden computer

Paul McCartney Got A Shot Of Malware - News Tortalit
The David Lynch fundraiser concert in New York got the two former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr on stage. Hackers were ready for the event and infested McCartney s website with malware. The event was bound to bring a lot of extra traffic

Paul McCartney’s official site serving malware - ZDNet Blogs
All you (don t) need is malware on Paul McCartney s official web site. According to Mary Landesman at ScanSafe , the official web site of Paul McCartney ( paulmccartney.com ) has been compromised, and is serving live exploits to its visitors

Fear of viruses could be causing PC attacks: report - Reuters
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Computer users’ growing fear of worms and viruses could be behind a recent spike in attacks on PCs via bogus security software, according to a Microsoft Corp report published on Wednesday. As the Conficker worm and other malicious

Microsoft Security Report Tracks Rogue Software - PC Magazine
The really big story in Internet security in the last year was the rise of rogue security software. We’ve had plenty of coverage of it in this blog. In Microsoft ’s new volume 6 of their SIR (Security Intelligence Report) they detail this and a

The Top 10 Computer Viruses - Popular Science
Whether you clicked on a misleading banner ad, opened a file sent by a Nigerian prince or simply downloaded the wrong porn, everyone s dealt with a computer virus at some point. While bad programming or virus checking software contains most

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