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Jul 27, 2011

2 min read

Take care of this new Facebook scam: Amy Winehouse SHOCKING Video Before Death

Hit singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in Camden, London on Saturday 23 July. Certainly, this tragedy caused a stir of her fans; and unfortunately it was easy to predict that such sad news would be used by cybercriminals. On Facebook we found quite many scam messages about a death video […]

Jul 4, 2011

1 min read

Warning about the first Google+ spam mails

Google has launched competition for Facebook with the new Google+ social networking platform. The users are following every piece of news from the IT scene with great interest and many are eagerly waiting for an invitation to Google+. However, we warn against clicking too quickly: The first forged Google+ emails have already been detected. Anyone […]

Jun 24, 2011

3 min read

Warning: New malware wants to steal your passwords

Social websites like Facebook or Twitter tend to be the number one channel to distribute new malware in 2011. This time a new bot targets Twitter users and spreads via the microblogging service. Emsisoft Anti-Malware detects this malware as Worm.Win32.Ngrbot. Read this article to learn more about this new outbreak and how to protect against […]

Jun 1, 2011

4 min read

How many viruses are created by anti-virus companies?

Emsisoft's CEO proves that it's virtually impossible for antivirus companies to be responsible for the amount of viruses and malware.

May 18, 2011

1 min read

May 21st the end of the world? (But malware still alive!)

Rumors that said that on the next May 21st 2011 will be the end of the world indeed have become wide spread, and this news has become very popular since a few days ago, and the cyber criminal are also already aware of it. When I do a search images on Google using keyword “end […]

Apr 28, 2011

1 min read

The Royal Wedding and The Fake Antivirus

The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton that will be held tomorrow, on April 29, will attract the attention of many people around the world, and has become a trending topic on various websites, especially the social networking sites. No doubt, it also became an easy target for the malware authors to spread […]

Apr 19, 2011

3 min read

“Download photoalbum” another variant of “i got u surprise”

Previously we have written about the “i got u surprise” spam trojan on Facebook. And today, we still discovered another variant. This time, the message that is received by the victim is only “u?” and followed by a link, with the subject is “Hello“. When the link is clicked, will lead to the following address: […]

Mar 28, 2011

1 min read

Scam email lead to Keylogger. Beware!

Among a lot of various scam emails about “post express“, we found one email that is unfamiliar, and pretty sure this is a different malware, with subject “Available for pickup“, and included an executable attachment file, “Sent.exe“. Dear Sir I have just returned and received your message — it is 2:25 am in Vancouver. I […]

Mar 9, 2011

3 min read

My Facebook profile has been visited more than 15.000 times!

A friend who is new to Facebook asked, “How is it possible? I just created a Facebook account a few days ago, but my profile has been visited more than 15,000 times. I feel like a celebrity!” “wow, i just found out that i had total 15158 visits to my profile and among these my […]

Feb 19, 2011

3 min read

“Undelivered package” scam emails still continue

Fake delivery notification scam emails have been around for years. As with all email scams, our advice is if you got an email that claims to come from a delivery company, think before you act. Because it could be a scam email that contains viruses, ransomware or phishing scam sites. Seems like they have started to be on rise […]

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Malware Lab

Take care of this new Facebook scam: Amy Winehouse SHOCKING Video Before Death

Warning about the first Google+ spam mails

Warning: New malware wants to steal your passwords

How many viruses are created by anti-virus companies?

May 21st the end of the world? (But malware still alive!)

The Royal Wedding and The Fake Antivirus

“Download photoalbum” another variant of “i got u surprise”

Scam email lead to Keylogger. Beware!

My Facebook profile has been visited more than 15.000 times!

“Undelivered package” scam emails still continue

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