Archive for the 'Viruses' Category
Don’t click on the picture of Santa if your buddy IMs you. It could be an executable file that contains a worm that embeds itself into your PC. The IM.GiftCom.all worm is attacking Yahoo, AIM, and MSN instant messengers. I don’t think Santa would have any part of a scam like this.
[Source Cnet [...]
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Yikes!
If you’re using current or older versions of iTunes and Quicktime on Windows or Mac OS, be careful of the media files you are downloading and opening. A flaw was discovered in early December by researcher Tom Ferris. Cnet sources categorize the flaw as “moderately critical” or “critical.”
[Source Cnet]
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Old Firefox bug at risk
Attention Firefox version 1.0.4 users, now’s the time for an upgrade, looks like the vunerability in this old version could potentially allow a hacker to run code on your computer without your knowledge. The attack code for this version of Firefox was published this past weekend. Those of you using version 1.0.5 or [...]
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