The much loved and ever present Twitter social networking platform has again been hit by a scam in the form of a seemingly innocent ploy of a “Best Video” link that led gullible users to a site that downloaded a PDF file that was loaded with malware, loaded with exploits getting people’s computers infected yet again. The web site downloaded exploits in what seems to be a drive-by move by a worm that redirected people towards a seemingly legit site. The so-called TwitterCut site informed them of an infection and re-directed them onto another page where they were presented with page after page of warnings that said they were infected with some malware, in actuality, they were being pre-loaded with malware that resulted in thousands of affected users of the popular social networking site. Read the rest of this entry »

Google has long been a web leader and with that in mind, they have worked hard to keep their system safe and along with that, their users get the same protection. Two of the largest search engines in the world Yahoo and Google have long been using products from Symantec to handle their web related security issues and this is very much evident when you use their free mail facilities. Most malware bombs come in as attachments to email that are opened even with the stern and repetitive warnings from industry experts the world over, people are simply too unreliable and are known to do stuff that should not be done at all. Read the rest of this entry »

There are a lot of stand-alone products that work well if you keep them updated as much as you should. Life is hard enough by the existence of malware all over the world and though some spyware are more on the identity theft side of the law, they are still malware and should be treated as seriously as other forms of malware. True to this, some of them open doors for more serious threats, being used as a litmus test by hackers to probe the internet for vulnerable computers and mobiles. They may already be within your computer system or network without much fuss, so firewalls and other intrusion prevention systems are a must to keep you safe from all of these threats that plagues the net. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the regular maintenance you should be doing on your computer or laptop from time to time is running your anti-spyware programs. Unlike viruses, spyware and other related fiends are more subtle and are harder to detect, which is why you need to run a scan at least once every one or two months. You might be surprised at how much suspicious software and data your system has. Especially if you haven’t run one yet, ever, or for a long time, you had better set aside a significant amount of time for you to scan your PC or laptop for potentially suspicious malware, adware and spyware that can compromise your system. At the very least you might find it to be the reason for too much spam in your inbox.

There are several good anti-spyware software on the market that makes very good protection from the nastiest malware around including worms, viruses and spyware. Some can be purchased independently (stand-alone), while some are available only as bundles but their low prices makes them just as available for they offer more protection. Some of the older versions of these bundled products were quite bulky in a sense that they ate up a lot of the computer system’s resources. Due to continued efforts to make them work better, they have been streamlined enough to allow them to work seamlessly without causing much of a slowdown which is what made them undesirable in the first place.
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