Online virus scanning
One of the first things many modern viruses do is circumvent the protection offered by popular anti-virus programs such as Norton or Mcaffee. It is a good idea to run one of the folowing free virus scanners periodically to clean up anything that may have wormed it's way in.
You can scan your computer for free using Trend Micro's Housecall
Prevention
One of the best things you can do to avoid viruses is frequently update your computer using windows update.
The low-down on new viruses
10 Oct 2008 Troj/Agent-HWT
10 Oct 2008 Troj/Brkseed-A
10 Oct 2008 Troj/DwnLdr-HIX
10 Oct 2008 Troj/Invo-Zip
10 Oct 2008 Troj/PhpShell-R
10 Oct 2008 W32/Nuwar-F
10 Oct 2008 W32/Yahlov-A
10 Oct 2008 Mal/Autorun-C
10 Oct 2008 Troj/Iframe-BA
10 Oct 2008 W32/Agent-HWS
General Virus News
Antivirus superhero comes to the rescue
Japan's cheap and pervasive high-speed Internet connections are finally catching up with the country.
Asus reports virus loaded into Eee Box PCs
Asustek Computer's Japanese arm has alerted owners of its new Eee Box low-cost desktop PC that the machine shipped with a virus.
Major DoS vulnerabilites in TCP/IP
Yikes. Newly discovered (but yet to be disclosed) flaws in the TCP/IP protocol - the backbone of the Internet - could be exploited to launch denial-of-service attacks against virtually any device running any operating system, including firewalls and other security measures. According to reports, the researchers that discovered the flaws are working with vendors to repair the issue before releasing their findings to the general public. iPhone users weren't so lucky: A frustrated security researcher detailed two flaws he found in the popular Apple device after not hearing back from Cupertino on his July discovery.
Is it a virus?
I get a lot of e-mail from people who believe their computer is infected by a virus. In most cases, it's not infected at all - evil software designers are still outnumbered by incompetent ones.
Phishers and scammers use bleak economic news to lure victims
Lots of Phishing, Spam and Scam news today. Looks like the down economy is proving to be a lucrative lure for scammers, who are using the stock and credit market woes in phishing attacks featuring Bank of America and pump-and-dump scams for penny stocks. Also, 419 scammers are hacking e-mail accounts and sending out a plea for money to "friends" of the hacked account. Different, but still slimy.
Just what color is a security hole?
Computer attacks in space are no longer the stuff of science fiction: Recently, laptops on the International Space Station turned out to have computer viruses. NASA believes that the malware--a password stealer that targets online games--may have infected the laptops via a USB thumb drive that one of the astronauts carried aboard. While it wasn't much of a threat, it just goes to show that the little buggers are everywhere.
5 password utilities for portable freedom
Password managers are a huge help in dealing with our exponentially growing numbers of accounts. But stand-alone apps introduce a new problem: If you aren't sitting at the PC with the software installed, you can't get to your credentials. Luckily, you have alternatives. These five password tools are all accessible either from a portable device (such as a thumb drive) or over the Web.
Sophos concludes $314 million Utimaco buy
Antivirus vendor Sophos has concluded its acquisition of Utimaco Software, a seller of data encryption software.
Enterprises overpay for antivirus software, says analyst
Enterprises continue to pay too much for security software -- while the software vendors aren't doing enough research to keep up with fast-changing threats on the Internet, a Gartner analyst said Monday.
Microsoft, Washington state to sue 'scareware' pushers
Microsoft and Washington state are cracking down on scammers who bombard computer users with fake warning messages in hopes of selling them useless software.