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App for Google Android smartphones secretly records calls
Security researchers say app is part of trend targeting phones using Android software
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 2 August 2011 18.34 BST
A ‘Trojan app‘ for Google’s Android smartphones can record users’ calls, researchers have found. Photograph: Robert Galbraith/Reuters
A mobile application for Google’s Android smartphones can secretly record users’ phone calls and transmit them to [...]
August 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Malware, Security Alerts, Security Tips, technology | Comments Off
Spyware is a “malware” or malicious software that is placed on your computer without your knowledge. This can happen when you visit online web sites offering free downloads of games, when you download videos or music, or any share files, such as when you download that comic e mail from your friend. Spyware programs are piggybacked into your machine at the same time you download a file. Spyware is infecting millions of home computers today.
Spyware tracks your on line compu…
August 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Malware, Security Tips, Spyware-Adware | Comments Off
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January 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Anti-Spyware, Malware, Spyware-Adware | Comments Off
A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without the permission or knowledge of the owner. The term “virus” is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, adware, …
December 30th, 2010 | Posted in Malware, Virus | Comments Off
access to users’ systems, explained Vicente Diaz, Kaspersky Lab researcher. Drooptroop also automatically takes users to a rogue antivirus site that attempts to trick them into purchasing antivirus software they don’t need. What’s worrisome to
December 28th, 2010 | Posted in Antivirus, Latest PC Virus Threats, Malware, Security Alerts, Security Tips, Trojan Horse Virus, Trojan horses | Comments Off
top targets for cyber criminals in 2011, and a number of popular platforms have made the list. The antivirus and security software company’s labs group, McAfee Labs, says that Google’s Android, Apple’s iPhone, Foursquare, Google TV and the Mac OS X
December 28th, 2010 | Posted in Antivirus, Latest PC Virus Threats, Malware, Security Alerts, Security Tips, Trojan Horse Virus, Trojan horses | Comments Off
Snow Leopard machines. In addition, the program offers OS customization options, optimization for tasks such as Web browsing, antivirus with ClamAV, and the ability to create emergency boot disks for OS X. The program is $9.99 for a license. Hardware In
December 27th, 2010 | Posted in Antivirus, Latest PC Virus Threats, Malware, Security Alerts, Security Tips, Trojan Horse Virus, Trojan horses | Comments Off
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December 27th, 2010 | Posted in Antivirus, Latest PC Virus Threats, Malware, Security Alerts, Security Tips, Trojan Horse Virus, Trojan horses | Comments Off
SmartDefrag v2 Beta 1.1 8. Advanced SystemCare Free 9. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 10. CleanMem More>> Anti-Virus | AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2011 10.0 Build 1191a3330 Author: AVG Technologies Date: 2010-12-27Size: 146 MBLicense: FreewareRequires: Win
December 27th, 2010 | Posted in Antivirus, Latest PC Virus Threats, Malware, Security Alerts, Security Tips, Trojan Horse Virus, Trojan horses | Comments Off
that we highly recommend. We looked at four updated free security options : AVG Anti-Virus Free 2011, Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.3, Microsoft Security Essentials 2, and Ad-Aware Free Internet Security 9. Other well-known free security programs, such as
December 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Antivirus, Latest PC Virus Threats, Malware, Security Alerts, Security Tips, Trojan Horse Virus, Trojan horses | Comments Off
