A new security flaw is abused in the wild to compromise PCs – up-to-date anti-malware protects Tettnang, 14 September 2010 – A so-called zero-day vulnerability within Adobe’s Flash Player gets currently exploited, warns IT-security specialist Avira. An update to fix this is announced for the end of the month – until then, users need protection
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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
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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
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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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The worm Zimuse is overwriting the master boot record from the hard disk so that the system won’t start anymore Tettang, 26 January 2010 – Cybercriminals spread the malware “Zimuse” via compromised web sites, for example as alleged “IQ-Test” programs. It deletes important sections of the hard disk so that the operating system cannot start.
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