“System-alert.clsecure.org” is the domain of a Fake Tech Support site trying to imitate Microsoft’s official Support website; it can also have a browser extension or a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) installed on a victim’s PC. The user may be constantly…
“Loading-system32.net” is the domain of a fake tech support website that looks really close to the official site of Microsoft; but it can also have a browser extension or a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) installed on a computer. The user…
This just in – Microsoft has just re-released the problematic update from MS15-115 KB 3097877. There’s scarce information about the ‘update’ published on Microsoft’s support page under the same patch. Here’s the paragraph: ‘This security update was rereleased on November…
A browser hijacker extension that is reported to set a suspicious search engine called search.emaildefendsearch.com has been outlined as indirectly dangerous by virus researchers. The questionable extension performs various activities on the user PC. The extension is believed to collect…
Cryptography has been a central topic in the field of Web security. One of the aspects that concern many web masters – cryptographically crafted passwords – has just turned into a hot spot. Several beloved PHP projects are about to…
Fastoplayer.exe is a process that has been identified to be run by a program, called Fastoplayer. This program portrays itself as a legitimate application that helps users to perform various useful activities on their computer, some of which may be…
We were just wondering if some of the latest Windows patches from November 10 would cause issues. Today we ‘woke up’ to the news that one of them – KB 3097877 from MS15-115 bulletin – has brought troubles to Outlook.…
Power Worm is a Ransomware written in Windows PowerShell. It uses PowerShell for its payload. It encrypts a user’s files on a compromised computer and demands a ransom for decrypting them. Unfortunately, a newer variant of the Ransomware has a…
Ah, referral spam – if it isn’t the least favourite thing to meet when you are trying to improve your website by working with Google Analytics. It starts with a few messages but it may become more frequent if left…
Apart from detecting and disposing malicious attacks, security researchers and analysts have another important job. To predict the future. McAfee Labs have just released a prediction report that looks 5 years ahead and outlines the changes in the threat landscape…
Yet another Patch Tuesday (November 10 2015) has rolled out, and the result is 21 new updates, 15 of which are listed as Important and 8 as Recommended. Keep in mind that if you install updates automatically, you may easily…
This article aims to show you how to remove Ace Stream Media completely from your computer and protect it against future infections as well. Ace Stream Media is a company that creates different software some of which is identified as…
A Google Chrome and Firefox extension, called AS Magic Player has become a reason for security concerns, virus researchers report. The extension claims to provide online playback of both video and audio content via a BitTorrent protocol using well known…
Windows XP may not be officially supported by Microsoft any longer, but about 250 million users still prefer it over newer Windows versions. At least these were the numbers by Net Applications and StatCounter for March 2015. Support to End…
TheZip is a nasty computer infection that may aim for two main things on the PC it infects – the information in the affected computer and overloading it with its processes. TheZip is a very unhealthy application and may overload…
Traditionally, cryptography and its applications are defensive in nature, and provide privacy, authentication, and security to users (…) It can be used to mount extortion based attacks that cause loss of access to information, loss of confidentiality, and information leakage,…
“Terra.im” is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that after being installed on a computer will attach itself to a browser, change the homepage, the new tab page and the search engine. The user may be redirected to websites with potentially…
Passwordlogic is yet another toolbar developed by Mindspark incorporated which essentially has the same purpose and extension name as another Mindspark product, called SmarterPassword Toolbar. What is particularly interesting about this toolbar is that it has been reported to administer…
A chromium based web browser going by the name TheBrowser is belived to hijack the user’s PC setting itself as a default browser and displaying a custom search engine. Security researchers outline this cyber threat as a potentially unwanted and…
What Is Internet-start.net? “Internet-start.net” is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that after being installed on a computer will attach itself to a browser, change the homepage, new tab page and the search engine. You may be redirected to sites with…
