“US Attacks Iran and Saudi Arabia” Malware Spreads On Facebook
Published By Shadowon On Monday, February 6th 2012. Under Security, Social Networks Tags: Adobe Flash, CNN, Facebook, HPsus/FakeAV-J, Iran, Malware, Saudi Arabia, Troj/Rootkit-KK, USA
The security company Sophos warns of a malicious link that is now being spread quickly on Facebook. The link gives the impression to be be coming from CNN and will take you to a fake website claiming that the U.S. has invaded Iran and Saudi Arabia.
The website also appears to ... Continue Reading
Another Spam Attack on Facebook – Avoid These Links
Published By Shadowon On Tuesday, January 3rd 2012. Under Security, Social Networks Tags: David Jacoby, Facebook, Kaspersky Lab, Laura Frisian, Malware, Nutella, Spam
Right now another spam attack is spreading on Facebook, trying to trick users to click on a video. According to David Jacoby at security company Kaspersky Lab the new spam attack started on Facebook this morning.
The link that now spreads on Facebook has the text: "Laura Frisian: The Most Beautiful Ass ... Continue Reading
Facebook to Protect 800 Million Users from Malicious Links
Published By Shadowon On Wednesday, October 5th 2011. Under Security, Social Networks, Videos Tags: Facebook, malicious code, Malware, Security, Social network, suspicious, Websense
Facebook has teamed up with the data security company Websense to protect Facebook users from malicious code, often spread via links to third party sites.
According to the press release from the two companies, a new warning system will be introduced, which enables the user to cancel the action, or get ... Continue Reading
SUPERAntiSpyware 5: Super Powers Against Malware
Published By Shadowon On Saturday, August 6th 2011. Under Downloads, Security Tags: Infections, malicious, Malware, Security, Spyware, SUPERAntiSpyware
The security program SUPERAntiSpyware is a free software that can be used to remove malicious programs from your computer. Version 5 is now ready for download with a new user interface, which according to the developers, is more user friendly and has got a faster startup and the program will ... Continue Reading
New Worm Infects Facebook via an Image Application
Published By Shadowon On Monday, January 10th 2011. Under Security, Social Networks Tags: Computer worm, Facebook, Koobface, Malware, Sophos
Malicious code and other attacks that exploits Facebook has been predicted to increase in 2011, by several security companies. Now the security company Sophos reports about an application that os ment to display images but, is in fact a worm.
According to Sophos a link to the application is spread via ... Continue Reading
New Version of Microsoft Security Essentials Available
Published By Shadowon On Tuesday, December 21st 2010. Under Downloads, Microsoft, Security Tags: Antivirus, Internet Explorer, Malware, Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, Windows Firewall
Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 is now available for download, and includes an updated search engine that is said to be both faster and smarter than before. The software has also been linked up with the firewall in Windows which makes it easier to activate it.
The new version includes the following ... Continue Reading
Half a Billion Attempts to Infect Computers – in Just Three Months
Published By Shadowon On Tuesday, August 24th 2010. Under Security Tags: Attacks, Exploits, Internet, Kaspersky, Malware, Security, Threats, Virus
The security company Kaspersky has studied the amount of threats discovered on the web for the second quarter of 2010.
The security company Kaspersky Lab has released a study in which they have measured the number of threats on the internet during the second quarter of this year. During this period, ... Continue Reading
Free Security Programs: Antivirus, Anti Malware, Firewall etc.
Published By Shadowon On Wednesday, February 10th 2010. Under Downloads, Security Tags: Antivirus, Firewall, Free, Freeware, Malware, Security, Software, Spyware
Virus Attacks are an ongoing threat on the web. It can access your computer from a website you just happen to stop by, and can do a lot of damage to the contents of your PC. Fortunatly there are some good solutions to protect and clean up your ... Continue Reading
Internet Security Hazards – How to Protect Yourself
Published By Shadowon On Thursday, November 26th 2009. Under Security Tags: Antivirus, Download, Freeware, Internet, Malware, Software
In the last weeks tens of thousands of people have been hit by a major attack that harvested not only email addresses and passwords, but also their ‘security question’ and their alternate email address and password.
This meant that not only could spam email be sent from those accounts, but if ... Continue Reading
























