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Holiday time approaches!

3139166597 bbd089a590 m Holiday time approaches!Yep, it is already that time of year again.  We just skipped past Halloween and now its on to Thanksgiving and Christmas.  This becomes a very busy time of year for me.  See this is when people become vulnerable to E-Card type of viruses.  Everyone wants to be green and send these fake, none feeling, one click, vi er E-Cards.  It again becomes my job to stop them.  They are a hindrance on Mail servers,  they are a hindrance on IT Staff, and who wants to spend the holidays battling a computer virus.

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Zbot Variants Spreading!

14412196 6df76d4f85 s Zbot Variants Spreading!There are several ways to propagate a virus. One of them being social engineering.  This is what the Zbot variants are trying to do.  They are sending emails that seem to come from your service provider, Microsoft themselves, and or your system administrator.

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Conflicker is not Y2K Bug!

I’ve had quite a few people tell me, well it didn’t do anything?  The media blew it all out of proporation, after all isn’t that the media’s job?

Estimated up to 12 Million Infected Machines World Wide! (Trend Micro)

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April Fools, You’re Infected.. No Really.. Seriousl

922632392 376b28c1f5 s April Fools, Youre Infected.. No Really.. SeriouslTomorrow April 1st 2009, April Fools Day security specialist everywhere are on the look out for the Conflicker worm to spread.  I have detailed before how it spreads and  you can read that here “Conflicker, Downup, Downadup, Kido” and the fact that Microsoft has gone an offered $250,000 reward.

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Conflicker, Downup, Downadup Microsoft Offers $250,000 reward!

922632392 376b28c1f5 s Conflicker, Downup, Downadup Microsoft Offers $250,000 reward!That is correct, Microsoft (MSFT) is offering $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and convication of the person(s) responsible for releasing the Conflicker Worm.

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