Avira informs about ransomware, which threatens to inform the public prosecution department about pirated content on the PC, but in fact steals credit card data
Tettnang, 14. April 2010 – Currently active blackmail Trojans are using a new scam, as the IT security specialist Avira informs. In order to avoid a complaint because of downloading illegal
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Avira informs about ransomware, which threatens to inform the public prosecution department about pirated content on the PC, but in fact steals credit card data
Tettnang, 14. April 2010 – Currently active blackmail Trojans are using a new scam, as the IT security specialist Avira informs. In order to avoid a complaint because of downloading illegal
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On the servers of the Mozilla Foundation an infected Firefox Add-on was available for download which Avira antimalware solutions already detectedTettnang, 09 February 2010 – The infected Add-on for the popular web browser Firefox which was available on the servers of the Mozilla Foundation has been detected as being malicious by Avira antimalware solutions for
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On the servers of the Mozilla Foundation an infected Firefox Add-on was available for download which Avira antimalware solutions already detectedTettnang, 09 February 2010 – The infected Add-on for the popular web browser Firefox which was available on the servers of the Mozilla Foundation has been detected as being malicious by Avira antimalware solutions for
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Avira’s IT security specialists have discovered a wave of infections whereby forums and servers in the Internet are infected by means of a link to harmful JavaScript. This exposes surfers visiting the hacked pages at risk to an infection from fraudulent antivirus software
Tettnang, 01 October 2009 – The WebGuard included in Avira’s Premium and Professional
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Adobe Reader currently features a vulnerability that allows attackers to use manipulated PDF files to smuggle in harmful software
Tettnang, 12 October 2009 – Harmful PDF files are currently in circulation that are exploiting vulnerability in Adobe’s widely-used PDF Reader to create system backdoors.
Adobe has now announced an update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat that is
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Emails with malicious PDF documents get spammed currently – Avira protects the users
Tettnang, 15 December 2009 – Currently malicious PDF documents find their way into the mailboxes of internet users. They abuse a new security hole in Adobe Reader and Acrobat to infect the computer with malware.
Adobe is investigating the yet unknown security vulnerability. Avira
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