Windows 7 adds a number of new security features, but social engineering attacks mean that you can’t let your guard down.

Experts agree that Windows 7 has enhanced security to ward off attacks on vulnerabilities in old software. But what if a money-minded online scammer can persuade you to download malware onto your PC?

Posted by Greg Hewitt-Long in Adware, Spyware and Trojans at 09:41

Today, one security firm reported that there were about 5.5 million pages infected with malware in the last three months of 2009. Some of those pages were commonly visited sites: "In those three months, sites for Fox Sports, technology blog Gizmodo, and the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan, were exploited to deliver malware to unsuspecting visitors."

Posted by Greg Hewitt-Long in Adware, Spyware and Trojans at 06:46

The Microsoft Internet Explorer 'Aurora' exploit has now gone mass-market!

Last Thursday, Microsoft released an out-of-band update to fix the latest vulnerability in Internet Explorer. Since then, malware operators have been exploiting this vulnerability to install malware on thousands of PCs. So far, we have detected more than 650 different versions of the exploit code which is detected as Trojan.JS/Exploit.CVE-2010-0249 by ESET antivirus. We have also identified more than 220 unique distribution points for the exploit code, mostly located in Asia. The countries which are seeing the majority of the attacks are China, Korea and Taiwan.

Posted by Greg Hewitt-Long in Virus & AntiVirus News at 17:00

If you're on your computer when a pop-up says your computer may be infected and recommends you click "OK" for a free scan, don't do it!

You could load a rogue anti-virus program on your computer.

"The bad guys will actually write a program that looks like it's going to help you with viruses," says Bob Sullivan, author of the book Stop Getting Ripped Off. "You download it and install it and you've just volunteered to be a criminal on behalf of the hacker because now they have control of your computer."

Posted by Greg Hewitt-Long in Virus & AntiVirus News at 12:01