In September we added 1.6 million malware to our database. With these new entries, our malware collection surpassed 70 million samples. The five million new samples in the third quarter represent approximately 55,000 samples per day, 2,300 per hour, or 38 per minute. To get a sense of these threats, I examined one day at Read more…
My inbox is bursting at the seams! It started the week of Thanksgiving when emails started pouring in with offers of sales and free shipping, cookie recipes and gift-giving guides. It is all I can do to keep up with the constant onslaught and find the actual mail in my inbox! One day last week Read more…
Tags: 12 Scams of Christmas, e-card scams, Viruses
When most people think about a virus, they think of a fever, chills, and maybe a potential pandemic. But when they think about a computer virus, they think of a headache, or worse, identity theft. Unusually, one report claims that a computer virus played a role in the deadliest air disaster in Spanish history. Others Read more…
Tags: data breach, malicious software, security, trojans, USB drives, Viruses
During the school holidays I was surprised by the number of people I spoke to who commented that they had received a larger than normal number of phishing emails in their inbox. But it was a conversation I had with an uncle of mine about a “funny” experience he had had while selling a car Read more…
Tags: antivirus, fake ant, fake anti-virus software, fake software, ID theft, McAfee, online threats, rogue anti-virus software, scareware, Viruses
Welcome to my inaugural blog about online threats! The purpose of this blog is to alert families to some of the dirty tricks that the bad guys use to scam families on the Internet. The first scam I’m going to tell you about is not a new one, but it remains popular. It’s called scareware, Read more…
Tags: antivirus, fake ant, fake anti-virus software, fake software, ID theft, McAfee, online threats, rogue anti-virus software, scareware, Viruses
“Scareware” offering computer users fake anti-virus and anti-spyware software has more than doubled since the first quarter of 2009, affecting around 69,000 people in the U.S. alone.
Tags: antivirus, fake anti-virus software, fake software, ID theft, McAfee, online threats, rogue anti-virus software, scareware, Viruses
I am not sure if you noticed yet but you should be seeing some cool new features being upgraded on your McAfee software! Here I was minding my own business when I got a message to let me know that my software was updated. Which is normal because McAfee always continues to silently update my Read more…
Tags: Consumer, cybermom, family, Netbook, Online Backup, Products, Suites, Threats, Viruses
As I was recently asked about botnet figures, I revisited our collections to establish some trends in this area. In 2004 and 2005, bots were placed in a separate group of their own, separate from viruses and Trojans. Their names often ended with « bot » (W32/Sdbot, W32/Spybot, W32/Gaobot”¦). Based on the number of separate Read more…
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