Archive for July 9th, 2009

Hi everyone, Mike Reavey here.   You’ve probably seen in Jerry’s Advance Notification posting today announcing that we’re on track to release an update to address the issue discussed in Microsoft Security Advisory 972890.   We’ve gotten some questions from customers about when we got the first report of this vulnerability and how long the investigation has taken... »

The moderately large botnet distributed-denial-of-service attacks on government web sites in the U.S. and Korea on July 4 and continuing this week were probably NOT the work of North Korean intelligence forces, according to researchers who have analyze... »

All because of those darned internets. The backstory (including a pretty good response from United).Alex Eckelberry(Thanks, Rob) »

Good ole Koobface worm is back. This time it's on Twitter.Here’s how it works:1. you get a tweet from a friend with the text: My home video :); michaeljackson’ testament on youtube, or Watch my new private video! LOL :).2. you click the li... »

Kara here has been maintaining, on her own, a blog of rogue antivirus and antispyware products.  You can see it here at rogueantispyware.blogspot.com.  Of course, it’s promotional about our products (obviously) but it does keep up with ... »

The Zbot Trojan was the most prevalent spyware threat in June, 2009 according to the researchers at Sunbelt Software. You can read more about the Zbot Trojan and other prevalent malware on the Sunbelt Software website here:http://www.sunbeltsoftware.c... »

Spyware XP Guard is a phony security software, also known as a rogue security software. Spyware XP Guard is a complete scam, designed to rip people off. If your computer is infected with this parasite, you should remove it immediately.Spyware XP Guar... »