Security on Steroids

Premium VPN service giveaway

John Barrett — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:51:24 +0000

Who is concerned for his(her) privacy knows that the best protection out there is to use a VPN(Virtual Private Network) service. The Internet can be a veritable minefield for data theft and other attacks by hackers these days. Protecting your online privacy just isn’t as easy as it used to be. To meet the increasing challenges of identity theft in the Internet age, Kepard a relatively new but strong company offers the best VPN service to help protect your computer from hackers and give you the peace of mind you need in your work, communication, and everyday web surfing. Their service offers: Up to 256 Bit Encryption Unlimited traffic Unrestricted speeds Offshore service …

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How to remove Qvo6.com “virus”

John Barrett — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:15:09 +0000

malavida.com is a spanish website offering freeware for downloading. The problem with it is that like many other websites offering software for downloading, it enforces you to download first their “downloader”, the old trick used to install additional and potentially undesirable software in your computer. If you check these days and try to download a freeware from their website, an executable of 159 KB with the name of the original application is downloaded first instead of the desired application, for example: skype-windows-downloader.exe cpu-z-windows-downloader.exe nero-windows-downloader.exe ares-windows-downloader.exe and so on. Let’s run the downloader in a sandbox and see what is the additional software installed. The screens tell the story: … … … …

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CPU-Z, the free unwanted package

John Barrett — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:35:46 +0000

CPU-Z from CPUID is a very popular freeware program that gathers and display information about your installed hardware like details of CPU, motherboard, installed RAM memory, voltages and so on. On CPUID website you can find multiple download links of the same product, CPU-Z version 1.63, as an installation file containing both 32 and 64 bits versions or as a standalone executable either for 32 or 64 bits, the question is why to use an installation file when the program can run as a standalone executable so I’ve extracted the components of the installation file to see what it contains. I’ve used a X-UniExtract 1.6.1 rev4, a very good tool for extracting …

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The fake VLC Media Player and serious business

John Barrett — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:29:58 +0000

Sometimes, navigating on the Web we find a link to a very tempting video which are demanding a necessary plugin to play, or a special player or simply a codec. Maybe we receive this link in an email, or somebody(not a friend that’s for sure) send it to us on Facebook or even we download a bogus video file which try to force us to download a certain player. No other player can play this video but especially that one. Well, this scenario is old and a lot used by evil persons or companies to trick us to run their malicious software. Trojans? Viruses? Not necessary, but adware, software …

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What is in fact STOPzilla?

John Barrett — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:15:45 +0000

I’ll start this article with an excerpt from Wikipedia: STOPzilla is a PC security software for the Microsoft Windows operating system. STOPzilla utilizes a proprietary AVM Technology, a multi-layered malware detection system that detects complex malicious threats while using minimal system resources. STOPzilla’s AVM Technology constantly scans, detects, and quarantines malicious threats without affecting the PC’s performance. STOPzilla AVM protects the user’s computer from computer viruses and malware. The current version of STOPzilla, STOPzilla AVM 2013, incorporates iS3′s new AVM technology, which uses a multi-layered defense architecture, utilizing both heuristic and behavioral detection. STOPzilla can be installed in hostile environments where an infection has already occurred, and its built in anti-rootkit …

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Win 32 Sality virus removal

John Barrett — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:19:43 +0000

As I said somewhere in this website, I don’t have installed any antivirus and I’m running Windows operating system a risky game some of you maybe will say, a true cyber-suicide other are saying. I have never recommended this test to anyone, my intention was only to have a very close look of reality of the threats that Windows are confronted with. Something at the frontier of stupidity and a malware lab. To reproduce exactly the wished environment, that’s an unprotected real computer(not a virtual machine because some malware are aware of it) and an unsuspecting user, my kids have full access to this computer to do whatever they want …

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Cyberweapons: Bold steps in a digital darkness?

Slippery Slim — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:03:36 +0000

Cyberweapons: Bold steps in a digital darkness? In the world of armaments, cyber weapons may require the fewest national resources to build. That is not to say that highly developed nations are not without their advantages during early stages. Countries like Israel and the United States may have more money and more talented hackers. Their software engineers may be more skilled and exhibit more creativity and critical thinking owing to better training and education. However, each new cyberattack becomes a template for other nations — or sub-national actors — looking for ideas. Stuxnet revealed numerous clever solutions that are now part of a standard playbook. A Stuxnet-like attack can now …

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Affiliate Downloader

Slippery Slim — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:54:45 +0000

Don’t really have an article to comment on this time. Instead let me add a little something that jumped in my lap. Or maybe you could say, jumped on my computer. It may be that you too run into this and after reading about it here, you will have the answers on how to remove it. My little episode began with my antivirus running out. So I thought I would try another with an equivalent level of protection. Sadly, the new antivirus would not install without removing the firewall in place. I started then just to go back to what I knew worked except trying new stuff is how you …

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How to detect computer viruses in pirated software

John Barrett — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:54:15 +0000

The software, music, movies piracy is a reality of our days, we like it or not. Although it’s illegal, some argue the use of pirated software(warez) mentioning the high cost of it, the lack of money or simply is using it because “it is there”, on some warez forums or blogs, without thinking too much at legal issues. This article has not as topic this debate if the warez use is justified or not, it’s everyone’s responsibility how they answer to this question and what are their actions. Certainly, embedding malware, especially computer trojans in program’s setup files and spreading the links via warez forums is one of the different …

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After the hack

Slippery Slim — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:11:03 +0000

After the hack According to published reports, Visa and MasterCard recently warned card-issuing banks that a third-party payments processor suffered a security breach. This breach may have exposed the Track 1 and Track 2 data needed to counterfeit cards. The compromise, according to both KrebsonSecurity and The Wall Street Journal, happened sometime between January 21 and February 25. It’s not clear if attackers had access for that entire period. Source Here is where the driving force is to tame the internet. To turn it into the merchant’s wet dream. The idea of having a store with unlimited shelf space, without having to meet all the requirements of a brick and …

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