Posts Tagged ‘ one of the pioneers ’

Ransomware threatens with official complaint of piracy

Apr 15th, 2010 | By admin

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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Ransomware threatens with official complaint of piracy

Apr 14th, 2010 | By admin

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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Infected Firefox Add-on: Avira protects

Feb 10th, 2010 | By admin

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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Infected Firefox Add-on: Avira protects

Feb 10th, 2010 | By admin

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 protects from Zimuse worm

Jan 26th, 2010 | By admin

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.
By overwriting
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