Alwil Software - makers of avast products - has finally shelved its name in favor or the far more accessible company name AVAST Software.
http://www.avast.com/pr-avast-software-is-the-new-company-na
bytebyte :: BlogJune 02, 2010Alwil Software - makers of avast products - has finally shelved its name in favor or the far more accessible company name AVAST Software. http://www.avast.com/pr-avast-software-is-the-new-company-na Posted by bytebyte | 0 comment(s) March 09, 2010from Sophos Labs - Graham Cluley's blog Hackers exploit Oscar film awards to spread scareware http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2010/03/08/hackers-exploit-oscar Just a note - I was wondering how long the Facebook functionality (picture and link) would persist in eduspaces blog environment. At first, functionality was fulfilled (seemingly in total) across all layers, that is page able to render Facebook feature in Public view (and granted - in my browsers). I was surprised that the functionality ported in the first place anyway....but maybe try some other time...<--- trivial pursuit Oh look its back again - perhaps when I edited this post, Facebook link was auto refreshed. Yes, functional across all layers, in Chrome, IE8, browsers. ![]() Hackers exploit Oscar film awards to spread scareware 17 April 2010 - okay, seems the picture (Facebook functional) no longer ports in Firefox Posted by bytebyte | 0 comment(s) February 27, 2010What is happening to the once impregnable search algorithm? http://www.avast.com/pr-malware-gangs-profit-from-seo Hmm...google - I never bothered to play with their PageRank system, but I did notice that when they did their monthly change in the search algorithm, I would disappear down the listings. That is, others, obviously many were part-paying advertisers (historically 50% advantage), would be promoted above me. And fair enough too. But now....it doesn't happen anymore!!
I realise many of the people who come to this site will be working from within the security of the system shield of their education institution. However, many others will also need to do some of their work at home, or elsewhere 'in the wild', where they would be expected to provide their own system security. So I think better they know what these Fake AV look like. Probably the most recent incidence - this is from Microsoft
trendmicro - a little bit dated - but similar type Fakes are still very common http://blog.trendmicro.com/pick-your-poison-koobface-or-fakeav/
Internet Storm Center - some good feedback on this page http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7144
Generally, Fake AVs pop out of nowhere and tell you that your computer is heavily infected with trojans and whatever else, and then offer you protection against viruses using the name of a commonly known antivirus brand. Posted by bytebyte | 0 comment(s) November 23, 200910 immutable Laws of Security http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722487.aspx From Microsoft Technet library The Laws have since been revisited in Technet Magazine - security watch
Posted by bytebyte | 0 comment(s) November 10, 2009I would presume browser vulnerabilities as opposed to desktop vulnerabilities "78 percent of the total reported vulnerabilities affected Web technologies, such as Web servers, applications, Web browsers, Plugins and ActiveX, which is a significant increase from last year" http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6094 Be careful out there.
Posted by bytebyte | 0 comment(s) November 08, 2009Posted by bytebyte | 0 comment(s) September 05, 2009Take a malware infection and view the extent of the damage. Virus causes £500,000 IT damage Sourced from avast webforum.
Posted by bytebyte | 0 comment(s) August 20, 2009
avast! Blog -- Various info from avast staff -- Win32:Induc, new concept of file infector? http://blog.avast.com/2009/08/19/win32induc-new-concept-of-file-infector/ I run Microsoft Security Essentials as resident antimalware on this particular machine that I am using, alongside my resident antivirus, which is obviously avast! antivirus. Here is the report on Win32:Induc from Microsoft security portal -- report is dated 18th Aug so Definition: 1.63.1599.0 applies to that date.
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testing a new desktop defence is not just about sitting inside a walled garden reading event logs and waiting for alerts... All my computers now run Firefox browser except for this laptop, which runs Internet Explorer and has google search as its home page. I am sticking with Microsoft on this project because I am trialing their new antivirus / antispyware solution, which is called Microsoft Security Essentials. Today is day one for me - June 26 2009. What is testing without taking a few risks. On top of that I am leaving a door open for malware to come through, by running the ASK toolbar as a permanently active sound and video recorder - that is, I do not have to turn my recorder on at all, it runs 24/7 such that anything that I play on the web - video or audio - becomes automatically recorded. Testing should not be all hard work, it also helps if you have a bit of fun - as above, where I am recording a video by Last Town Chorus. The ASK toolbar is custom-build and is not used for search, which task is taken care of by having the google search box as my front page. I've highlighted with a red rectangle the defence plan as it currently stands in my system tray. I have outlined below the various defence solutions and their purpose. Personal firewall --- Outpost 2009 Virus detection and identification --- Microsoft Security Essentials Resident antivirus --- avast antivirus System Monitor --- Scotty on duty at WinPatrol
Keywords: mkis Posted by bytebyte | 0 comment(s) June 02, 2009
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=45793.msg383758#msg3837 Because the malware initially resides off the computer user's system and instead sits on a website or server, the onus is on owners and webmasters to take appropriate action once they have been alerted to the infection. This is why it is important to protect yourself at an individual level - yourself, your family, your business, your network - on an everyday basis through constant and updated security surveillance. You always need the most recent updates to your systems, your programs and apps, and your browsers - when Windows updates fail, for example, this may be your first signal that you have malware problems.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10251779-83.html
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=45819.0
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