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A new way to fight Malware, Sort Of

Posted on June 6, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on A new way to fight Malware, Sort Of

We all know Social Engineering is the most commonly used way to spread malware. There seems to be a device that can help with that, as far as e-mails go. Its not a cheap form of protection though. We all know that Social Engineering is the easiest way to spread malware. As P.T. Barnum said,…

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Hardware, Security

Apple fanbois: Remember the Titanic

Posted on May 26, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Apple fanbois: Remember the Titanic

Apple finally admits to the MacDefender scareware and puts out instructions on how to prevent it. Too bad that within a couple of days there was a new variant that makes the instructions obsolete. Ed Bott continues to report on this on his Microsoft Blog over on ZDNet, and to much hatred from the Mac…

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Rants, Security

Fake Software Viruses take a new turn

Posted on May 24, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Fake Software Viruses take a new turn

We all know about the Fake AV, Fake Security Center, and similar malware. I’ve started running into a new variant, one that is a bit more of a pain. I would say that 75% of my job winds up being removing malware from clients machines. I find it annoying, and really would love to find…

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