There is no perfect security software on the market. If you look at reviews and tests of security software you may notice that the tests come to the conclusion that security software a manages to eliminate or stop 99.9% of all malware and spam. Guess what, that means that every 1000th attack slips right through [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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How To Detect A 64-bit Alureon Rootkit Infection
Alureon, or TDL, TLD3 and Tidserv, is the first rootkit that can infect 64-bit Windows PCs. Before that, only 32-bit systems were affected by rootkits, and many Windows users realized that in February, when Microsoft patch MS10-015 caused infected machines to display a blue screen. It obviously was not Microsoft’s fault back then, which was [...]
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Run Multiple Anti-Spyware Tools With Hitman Pro
Virustotal is a great online service that provides access to more than 30 antivirus engines that can scan a file uploaded by the user. This gives the user a much deeper understanding if a file is malicious or not. Hitman Pro is a similar application with the difference that it is a local software program [...]