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Check My Sidebar For New Links To Secure Your PC

Please have a look at the new links I have added to the sidebar of my blog, to decide if the websites and programs may be useful to you, my readers. I am hopeful that these quick links to online information will help you keep your computers safe and healthy: There is a new section “News” where I have...

Posted to Security and You: dgoslings Place by Dorothy Gosling on Fri, Feb 29 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Software, Forum, Infected PC, Vista, Desktop, hardware, Computer, Laptop, Protection, security, AV, Firewall, Trojans, Viruses, Rootkits, RATs, malware, spyware, Trial Software, Safe Surfing For Children
Santa Brought You A New PC ... 30+ Days and the Clock Is Ticking...

Did you get a new computer for Christmas? If so, you have probably spent the time since Christmas exploring your computer and surfing the internet to find out what all this Internet fuss is about. Perhaps playing games, watching videos, exploring things you are interested in - hobbies etc., chatting...

Posted to Security and You: dgoslings Place by Dorothy Gosling on Sun, Feb 3 2008
Filed under: Filed under: General, Software, Vista, Desktop, Laptop, Protection, security, AV, Firewall, Trojans, Worms, Viruses, malware, spyware, New Computer, Trial Software
Malware Meant To Destroy Your Life As You Know It

Almost 2 years ago I wrote the first article called Protection For Your PC and the second Protection For Your PC - Part 2 almost 6 months ago. All of that information, though 6 months and 2 years old respectively, applies today. However, in the past 2 years since I wrote the first article, the nasties...

Posted to Security and You: dgoslings Place by Dorothy Gosling on Sat, Jan 12 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Infected PC, Protection, security, Trojans, Worms, Viruses, Rootkits, RATs, malware, adware, Pharming, Phishing, Phraud, spyware
But My OS is Linux, I don't need security! ...or do I?

People who use Linux as an Operating System, often say they don't need to protect their computer from Malware,Spyware, Adware, Identity Theft etc etc. because they believe Linux is not at risk partly because it is not the main target of the scumware writers. Well they are wrong. The Malware writers...

Posted to Security and You: dgoslings Place by Dorothy Gosling on Wed, Jan 9 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Wireless Security, Software, Infected PC, Computer, security, AV, Firewall, Trojans, Linux, Worms, Viruses, malware, adware, spyware
A Smattering of Sobers

It's not often we get prior warning of worms spreading. But yesterday, German officials warned that we would see a new Sober variant using the attachment names “Word Text.zip” or “registration.zip” and, sure enough, we have Sober.V . Unfortunately, on the same day, we also have...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Tue, Nov 15 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, Viruses (Medium)
Daily Update -- Monday, November 7th, 2005

It's been a fairly slow week, but today we see a new Linux worm. Lupper takes advantage in a PHP vulnerability. The Register has details here , and the Internet Storm Center has technical details here .

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Mon, Nov 7 2005
Filed under: Filed under: DAILY UPDATES, VIRUSES, SECURITY
Daily Update -- Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

Two new viruses worth mentioning today - one a mass-mailer spreading, one an interesting conceptual specimen. Bagle-Based “Lodear“ Appears A new worm family, Lodear, has appeared. The first variant seems to be spreading some in the wild. Information can be found here . Some antivirus companies...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Tue, Nov 1 2005
Filed under: Filed under: DAILY UPDATES, VIRUSES, Viruses (Medium)
Daily Update -- Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

Not much is in the news today, although I am happy to announce that rumours regarding the discovery of a worm using the latest Windows vulnerabilities was a false alarm. More details follow Trend Announces Fanbot.C Error From InformationWeek: A security firm on Monday mistakenly identified a new Trojan...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Wed, Oct 19 2005
Filed under: Filed under: DAILY UPDATES, VIRUSES, SECURITY
Daily Update -- Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

The Daily Update returns after a small hiatus for testing week... October 2005 Security Release Three critical updates, five important updates, and one moderate update have been released to address issues in Windows. You can view the bulletin here . And make sure to update ! Mytob Over 300 Variants Mytob...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Tue, Oct 18 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES
Daily Update -- Thursday, October 6th, 2005

A quick daily update today. Symantec has now named Sober.Q (aka .R) to be a low-medium (2) risk, although McAfee maintains it at Medium. It looks like this one is not going to be a huge outbreak. More coverage of Sober.R should be available tomorrow as we start to see reports on spread rates coming in...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Thu, Oct 6 2005
Filed under: Filed under: DAILY UPDATES, VIRUSES, FOLLOW-UPS
Sober.R - Developing Outbreak

A new worm, Sober.R, is spreading moderately in the field. More details about this when they are available, and can be found here in the meantime: http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=136390

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Wed, Oct 5 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, Viruses (Medium)
Daily Update -- Monday, October 3rd, 2005

Yes, Daily Updates are back. And permanently this time! Good News, Bad News: Virus Attacks Down, but Attacks More Sophisticated As anyone who follows viruses knows, this has been a rather quiet year for viruses of all types, especially mass-mailers. This is part in thanks to better technology and enforcement...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Mon, Oct 3 2005
Filed under: Filed under: DAILY UPDATES, VIRUSES
Zotob Authors Nabbed

The good news about the Zotob outbreak is that we're unlikely to see future versions after two men - one in Morroco and one in Turkey - were arrested Thursday. From The Washington Post 's article : The FBI and Microsoft Corp. collaborated with law enforcement officials in Turkey and Morocco to secure...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Fri, Aug 26 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, FOLLOW-UPS
Retrospective Zotob Articles

Here are a collection of recent articles on the Zotob worm, which is at this point no longer spreading very quickly: Some XP machines vulnerable to Zotob worm (TechWorld) - A full news article about the (rare) registry modifications that can result in Windows XP being vulnerable to the Zotob worm. Not...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Thu, Aug 25 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, FOLLOW-UPS
Zotob - Slowing Down

Good news on the Zotob front. McAfee has lowered the risk to Medium. Correspondingly, it is now considered a moderate outbreak.

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Wed, Aug 17 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS
Looking more at Plug N' Play worms and Zotob

If you've been following the news about Zotob, IRCBot, Bozori, and the other families of worms to attack the recent Plug-and-Play vulnerability (MS05-039), you know that another worm war has begun between the latter two worm families and Zotob, which so far is not “fighting back” with a new...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Wed, Aug 17 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS
Zotob.E (IRCBot) Outbreak News Round-Up

Early news reports indicate that the group most affected (or at least most publicly affected) by the IRCBot is the media. Brian Krebs at The Washington Post reports : ABC News had an extensive outage today due to infections from Zotob or one of its variants [most probably IRCBot, which is also known...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Tue, Aug 16 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, FOLLOW-UPS
OUTBREAK: Zotob.E (IRCBot) worm hitting unpatched systems

A new worm utilizing the MS05-039 vulnerability has became a major outbreak. More coverage upcoming. Details IRCBot is a fast-spreading worm affecting systems not patched for the MS05-039 vulnerability. Infected machines will reboot frequently, as well as connect to an IRC server and await further instructions...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Tue, Aug 16 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, Security (Medium), Security (Urgent), Viruses (Medium), Viruses (Urgent), Security (Very Urgent), Viruses (Very Urgent)
Zotob - New worm hitting unpatched machines

A new version of the extensive and successful MyDoom worm family has appeared. Fortunately, like many recent variants, this version has got off to a slow start and is unlikely to become a major threat. Details MyDoom.CF was discovered Tuesday, June 28th, 2005. It is a standard MyDoom family member, faking...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Sun, Aug 14 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES, SECURITY, Security (Medium), Viruses (Medium)
Trend Micro: "Massive hike" in computer virus infections

Although we have not seen many outbreaks today, antivirus vendor Trend Micro still reports a 22 percent increase in infections since last quarter: During the second quarter (April-June) of this year, more than 10 million virus infections have happened worldwide, according to Trend Micro, a leading anti...

Posted to Security Manifest by trafton on Sun, Jul 17 2005
Filed under: Filed under: VIRUSES

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