Mar 1

Malware downloads on the podium in Vancouver 2010 queries

Vancouver 2010 queries may lead to malware downloads through a simple click on an apparently “clean” link related to the Olympics.

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Jan 8

Win32.Worm.Sohanad.NAW – The Malicious Friend you Talk to on Yahoo Messenger

Year 2009 was surely the year of the Downadup worm. Although the worm has slowly started to decay, its legacy continues for the new year in the presence of smaller, yet extremely annoying e-threats able to sp [...]

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Oct 5

BitDefender weekly review – Rogues and thieves

People playing Flyff, Mentin2, Age of Conan, Runewaker, Lord of the Rings Online, Knight Online, WoW, Cabal Online and MapleStory should be cautious when logging in since a new version of last weeks password stealer is running amok.

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Mar 27

BitDefender weekly review – The marvelous Antivirus 360

Antivirus 360. If that's not a “genuine” antivirus product name then what is?

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Dec 3

To protect or not to protect?

Apple recommends antivirus, recants

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Nov 25

The Modern Ages: Y2K and the Digital Apocalypse

During the last days of 1999, rumors about a massive worldwide attack from underground malware communities started spreading on miscellaneous BBS systems.

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Nov 13

From Michelangelo to Self-Mutating Engine

1992 debuted straight with a large-scale security threat signed by Bulgarian programmer Dark Avenger. Just as he had promised one year earlier, the virus writer was about to introduce a new mutating algorithm, but he decided to take things smoothly.

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