Phishing – Order Confirmation number: WC2905036
I recently received a phishing email loosely disguised as an order confirmation that attempted to install the Backdoor.Win32.Haxdoor.ga virus. It was pretty obvious that it WASN'T a legitimate email...
View ArticleFree Avast Instead Of Not-So-Free AVG
After many years of using and recommending the great free AVG antivirus software, Grisoft has finally decided not to make it free anymore. *sob* It's still a great antivirus program -- much better than...
View ArticleJava Byte Verify Exploit and Shinwow
Here's one way to clean out any of these java related viruses: Trojan.ByteVerify VerifierBug.class Java.JJBlack worm Java.Shinwow trojan These are malicious applets that are getting loaded into the...
View ArticleWinsys.exe Virus Unable To Run Regedit
Winsys.exe virus recented infected one of my customer's computers. Two side effects: 1) Regedit is disabled. 2) No Control Panel under the start menu. Boot to Safe Mode and run SDFix.exe. You can...
View ArticleMissing Control Panel on XP
A recent WinSys virus caused the control panel on an XP system to go missing. There are two way to try and restore it: 1) Right click on the Start. 2) Click Properties. 3) Select the Start Menu tab. 4)...
View ArticleRemove Conficker Worm
There's been a lot of national news lately regarding the Conficker Worm. I did some research and found a nice Conficker removal tool at BitDefender's site....
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