Trojan-Dropper.Java.Xideo

9 July 2007 | 7:10 | Viruses description | No Comments

Aliases:
Trojan-Dropper.Java.Xideo (Kaspersky Lab) is also known as: TrojanDropper.Java.Xideo (Kaspersky Lab), JV/Xideo (McAfee),   Trojan Horse (Symantec),   Troj/JVXideo-A (Sophos),   Java/Xideo (H+BEDV),   Java/TrojanDropper.Xideo.A (Eset)
Description added     Nov 28 2006
Behavior                    TrojanDropper
Technical details:
This Trojan is designed to install other Trojan programs to the victim machine without the knowledge or consent of the user. It is written in Java. The file is […]



Trojan-Downloader.JS.Weis.b-Technical details & Removal instructions.

20 June 2007 | 7:35 | Antivirus software, Viruses description | No Comments

Aliases:
Trojan-Downloader.JS.Weis.b (Kaspersky Lab) is also known as: TrojanDownloader.JS.Weis.b (Kaspersky Lab), VBS/Psyme (McAfee),   Downloader.Trojan (Symantec),   JS/Psyme (Grisoft),   Exploit.ADODB.Stream.Gen (SOFTWIN),   VBS/TrojanDownloader.Psyme.NAF (Eset)
Description added    May 10 2007
Behavior                    TrojanDownloader
Technical details:
This is a Trojan downloader program. It is written in JavaScript. It can be found on web pages.
Payload:
The Trojan uses Microsoft.XMLHTTP to download a file from an address which is […]



Macro.Visio.Unstable-about & technical details.

13 June 2007 | 6:55 | Antivirus software, Viruses description | 1 Comment

Technical details:
This is the second macro-virus that also has pretensions to be The Number One in the “Macro.Visio” family. This virus is more complex than Macro.Visio.Radiant - it uses encryption and special tricks to hide its body in infected files.
The virus infects Visio documents, and stencils and templates upon opening an infected document. It enumerates […]



Spyware Doctor To Add Cyberhawk A/V Defense

31 May 2007 | 4:33 | Antivirus software, Viruses description | 1 Comment

Sydney-based PC Tools, purveyors of the popular Spyware Doctor antispyware utility, today announced their acquisition of Novatix Corporation.
Novatix’s flagship product is Cyberhawk, a real-time behavior-based anti-malware program. According to PC Tools, “Cyberhawk’s patent-pending ActiveDefense technology offers unsurpassed protection against both known and unknown viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, buffer overflows and other forms of malware and […]



PC Tools Spyware Doctor 3.5

18 May 2007 | 7:52 | Antivirus software, Viruses description | 2 Comments

Spyware Doctor is a dedicated tool that can do precisely this. It begins scanning your PC’s contents as soon as you complete the installation and provides precise details of each of the items it determines are potential threats. SD scanned our 120GB test machine in less than 10 minutes and identified 34 problems.
Unlike some spyware […]



Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.t

10 May 2007 | 5:26 | Viruses description | No Comments

Aliases:
Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.t (Kaspersky Lab) is also known as: I-Worm.NetSky.t (Kaspersky Lab), W32/Netsky.t@MM (McAfee),   W32.Netsky.T@mm (Symantec),   Win32.HLLM.Netsky.based (Doctor Web),   W32/Netsky-T (Sophos),   Win32/Netsky.T@mm (RAV),   WORM_NETSKY.T (Trend Micro),   Worm/NetSky.#1 (H+BEDV),   W32/Netsky.T@mm (FRISK),   Win32:Netsky-T (ALWIL),   I-Worm/Netsky.T (Grisoft),   Win32.NetSky.T@mm (SOFTWIN),   Worm.SomeFool.Gen-2 (ClamAV),   W32/Netsky.T.worm (Panda),   Win32/Netsky.T (Eset
Technical details: 
This worm spreads via the Internet as an attachment to infected emails.
The worm itself is […]



About Spy Sweeper 5.3

26 April 2007 | 6:12 | Antivirus software | No Comments

 
Setup:
Spy Sweeper 5.3 is available for retail purchase or download, with or without antivirus enabled. We question why Webroot would make antivirus an option–shouldn’t it be standard? In light of this, we recommend buying the antispyware version only at $29. Current Spy Sweeper customers’ apps will be automatically upgraded to version 5.3 (with an option […]



Antispyware

18 April 2007 | 9:49 | Antivirus software | 2 Comments

Spyware is a crafty and insidious threat, so you need good tools to combat it. Some anti-spyware programs can stop most attacks, but none stop enough.
You woudn’t use an antivirus app that failed to block or remove every virus it might reasonably encounter, yet anti-spyware apps that stop only about a third of the threats […]





Panda Internet Security 2007

26 December 2006 | 5:37 | Antivirus software | 3 Comments

The new Panda Internet Security 2007 offers the most complete protection so you can use the Internet with absolute peace of mind. It prevents data theft (login details, credit card numbers, etc.) and protects you from other Internet threats, such as viruses, spyware, hackers and online fraud. And now, for each Panda Internet Security 2007 […]