AVG Help Fight CyberCrime

The crime on the internet which is known as cybercrime is increase significantly. Recently,developer of the world’s most popular free anti-virus software, has announced that it has fortified its AVG Virus Research Labs team to help fight cybercrime worldwide. AVG Technologies represented locally by software distributor and republisher Phoenix Software.

As part of this initiative, the company recently employed security industry veteran Yuval Ben-Itzhak as senior vice-president of engineering, as well as added two more researchers to guide in discovering trends and preventing intrusions.

As you might know that Ben-Itzhak is founder and CTO of KaVaDo, a leader in Web application security.Ben-Itzhak was formerly Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for a global Web security company, where he led the company’s vision, strategy, innovation, IP and technology. For your information, as an innovator, Ben-Itzhak holds a number of various US patents and patent applications. He is regularly quoted in the international business and technology press and has been a key speaker in dozens of security conferences around the world.
Ben-Itzhak was selected as InfoWorld’s “Top 25 Most Influential CTOs of 2004″ and Computerworld’s “40 Innovative IT People to Watch, Under the Age of 40″ for 2007.

AVG’s Virus Research Lab controls its network of more than 110 million computers throughout the world – each and every one installed with AVG LinkScanner technology – to identify exploit trends in real-time and report back information that is in turn licensed by top security software companies to update their products. The Virus Research Lab works regularly with law enforcement and industry leaders to detect and avoid online bank scams, buyer phishing schemes, determine theft scams and many other cybercrime activities.

Roger Thompson as Chief Research Officer of AVG Technologies said that The AVG Virus Research Lab is the cornerstone of our operations, working at the front lines to hunt down the bad guys and protect our customers from their malicious schemes

Ben-Itzhak and alot of the staff in the AVG Virus Research Lab offer regular responses and analyses of the latest spyware, viruses, Internet exploits and other cybercrime trends at http://viruslab.blog.avg.com/.

How to remove Antispyware 2010 in Win 7

What is Win 7 Antispyware 2010? Is it reliable? In short, no. This malware is designed to entice users to put aside their poor credit card numbers and put them at risk of spreading infection and identity theft. Depending on your operating system, software change on their behalf. For example, if you’re running XP, XP becomes Internet Security 2010. If you use Vista, Vista is Internet Security 2010, and so on. Whatever happens, do not be tempted by security threats and requested information on your credit card.

If you have the misfortune to fall into the scam, be sure to dispute the charge with your credit card company. Win 7 infection usually occurs Antispyware 2010 during a visit to questionable Web sites, music downloading infected files, video and others, and listen to e-mail downloads. If you download the file to a P2P software user navigate dangerous Web sites, the team is in danger. For this reason, an active scanner is highly recommended. Win 7 To get rid of Antispyware 2010 XP or Vista Antivirus 2010 Antivirus 2010, you must first unlock access to the Windows Task Manager. This virus and many others like that clogs your system tools.

You must start Windows in safe mode and try av.exe off, which is the same in each family member for this software. Then you have a reputable virus and spyware removal to clean your computer and have to act again. I recommend a couple of virus removal tools, in particular, on the basis of its history and recent prices. I recommend you try a spyware rel = nofollow free analysis of your system to quickly see what is hidden in your system and where.

Agent.IMB Trojan Claims to Offer Erotic Pictures of Angelina Jolie, Rihanna, Shakira, Scarlett Johannson and Other Celebrities to Lure Users

panda-labs.jpgPanda Security, a leading provider of IT security solutions, today announced that PandaLabs, Panda Security’s laboratory for detecting and analyzing malware, has detected a series of junk emails that promise erotic pictures of celebrities (e.g. Angelina Jolie, Rihanna, Shakira, Scarlett Johannson and Britney Spears) as bait to spread the Agent.IMB Trojan.

These emails are very simple and have subjects such as “Naked Shakira Clip,” “Rihanna Exposed,” or “Scarlett Johansson Spills Boobs,” and includes a link with the text “Download and Watch.”

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Test your Anti-virus program

eicar_brochure.gifDo you know that your anti-virus solution is working ? You could try to test your anti-virus program against the EICAR (European Expert Group for IT-Security) test file to see if it reacts the way it should. All you need to do is create the testfile and scan it with your virus scanner. If the scanner detects something it is working as intended, if it does not you should consider changing immediately to a more reliable one.

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Trend Micro Media Advisory: Have You Been Invited to the Meeting

Trend Micro Warns against New Type of Spam

trend-micro-logo-blue.jpgCupertino, CA – March 19, 2008 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TSE: 4704), a global leader in Internet content security today warned of a new type of spam, Meeting Invite spam.

During the past 12 months, Trend Micro has tracked spam in numerous formats but this is the first time the Google Calendaring system has been used as a mechanism.  Spam filters may be designed to automatically filter out attachment spam or image spam, however they are less likely to be set up to track for this new delivery mechanism.

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Beware MonaRonaDona antivirus scam, researchers warn

Kaspersky Lab says Trojan uses social engineering to sell fake antivirus software
By Ellen Messmer , NetworkWorld.com , 03/03/2008

If your computer gets infected with a Trojan called the “MonaRonaDona virus,” be careful with what you use to wipe it off your computer, says antimalware software provider Kaspersky Lab. MonaRonaDona is part of an elaborate scam to sell fake antivirus software, Kaspersky researchers say.

Unlike most viruses and Trojans which try to go about their evil task as invisibly as possible, the MonaDonaRona Trojan displays a broadly visibly message in front of the victim. It says, “Welcome to MonaRonaDona. I am a Virus & I am here to wreck your PC. If you observe strange behaviour with your PC, like program Windows disappearing, etc., it’s me who’s doing this.” The message claims it’s all part of a human rights protest.

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ClamAV had achieve one million samples processed

The number of samples processed, reviewed and published by the clam AV’s sigmaker team reached one million. This is a great achievement for ClamAV and a sign of how our malware detection rate has greatly improved during the years.