Category: Worms/viruses

How to remove viruses and malware from an Android phone

Karan S

When you install Apps from Google Play Store, it’s unlikely that you’ll get a virus on your Android phone. Google’s machine learning-backed system, Google Play Protect, performs constant safety checks. Yet, every now and then, we do come across news of malware apps on the Play Store. What are viruses and malware? A virus is a malicious software that replicates itself and spreads from one device to another. ‘Malware’ is a broad term used to refer to malicious software, including viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, ransomware, and adware. Malicious programs can…

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The Complete Guide to .exe File Safety

Karan S

The exe file is one of the most dangerous threats to your machine. An .exe file will execute on your computer, usually without your knowledge or consent, and then install malware that will do all types of malicious things. You should take steps to protect yourself from .exe files, no matter what kind of computer you have. The Complete Guide to .exe File Safety starts with why you should be concerned about them in the first place and then provides behavioral patterns that would indicate whether your PC is running…

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What Are the Benefits of Using Antivirus Software?

Karan S

If you want your computers to run effectively, you must protect them against potential viruses. Unfortunately, malware is becoming more common. During the past few years, it has become nearly impossible for just about any business to operate without access to the internet. Therefore, criminals have gotten more creative with how they attack potential networks, servers, and computers. Consequently, you should invest in the top antivirus protection. What are some of the benefits you will enjoy if you invest in the best cybersecurity solutions? Take a look at several vital…

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iPhone AntiVirus, AntiMalware is coming. Do we need it?

Tarandeep Singh

Ok, if you ever used those symbian phones, you probably have felt the need of Antivirus on mobile platform. There are 100s and 1000s of sources for .sis installer files with no trusted signing authority. (even signed apps have malware). Antivirus software maker AVG has outlined plans to deliver malware protection for the iPhone by the end of 2010. I have two questions: 1. Is it needed? and 2. Will it ruin the iPhone experience? Smith from AVG product development said: “I’d love to see it towards the end of…

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Top 10 Most Dangerous BotNets, Malware [Fix]

Tarandeep Singh

Botnet is a collection of software robots, or bots, that run automatically. It is often associated with malicious software over network of computers using distributed computing. While botnets are often named after their malicious software name, there are typically multiple botnets in operation using the same malicious software families, but operated by different criminal entities. While the term “botnet” can be used to refer to any group of bots, such as IRC bots, this word is generally used to refer to a collection of compromised computers (called Zombie computers) running…

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Indian Hacker Reacts to Racism in Australia - RAAF Air force Hacking

Tarandeep Singh

When Governments fail to provide a solution to Social extremism, people react. This time, the reaction had been something different from the usual. An Indian geek, Atul Dwivedi, deprived the Royal Australian Air Force RAAF website. After doing so, he posted a message on the Home page as a warning to Prime Minister “Kevin Rudd”. The downtime had been for whooping two days: Monday and Tuesday. The RAAF website‘s Homepage was replaced to a message quoting “This site has been hacked by Atul Dwivedi. This is a warning message to…

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Cybercriminals hack into Bank ATMs in Eastern Europe

Tarandeep Singh

Cybercriminals are improving day by day in terms of technology they use to counterfeit security of Bank systems. Recently, a new malicious software program, that can be installed on ATMs running Windows XP operating system that records sensitive card details, have been found by security vendor Trustwave. The malware activity has been found on ATMs in Eastern European countries, and is likely to expand over to western europe aswell. How it works? Step by Step 1. The malware records the magnetic stripe information on the back of a card as…

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Phishing attacks over Taranfx

Tarandeep Singh

Recently i got a complaint from webhosting support that my website is sending 100s mails per hour. I replied them “what!” how is that possible? I dont even have a single mailing script. They disabled hosting time and again. (thats why you guys might be getting downtimes) I fought back everytime. But Today something unexpected happend. they said, your site has some Phishing material in so and so folder. OMG! When I looked carefully there were few files which were claiming to be a bank website login. I downloaded all…

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