Tag Archives: malware

We’re pleased to announce the expansion of our technology partnership with Faronics in which Faronics Deep Freeze™ will be bundled with our GFI Sandbox™ technology. GFI Sandbox enables the rapid analysis of malware behavior by executing potential malcode inside a controlled …

More and more businesses are implementing security measures to protect their networks. Antivirus software, anti-spam, email filtering and web filtering products are essential tools for every IT administrator. However, as the focus on external threats increases, very often businesses tend …

We have always been taught that once your system is compromised you need to either restore a clean backup or re-install the system in order to be safe. This is because the person who compromised the machine might have installed …

Mohammed S Ali, wrote an interesting article about the dangers of using public PCs, so to continue with the topic I’ll be explaining what you need to do to secure a machine for public use. 1. Physical Security The first …

We all know what a big hassle a malware infection can be. By identifying the symptoms of the malware infection and the means available to clean malware on your PC you can restore the machine to a stable state and …

The top 10 most prevalent malware threats for the month of September were: Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT           23.54% Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.gen      4.27% Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0       4.06% Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra 3.04% INF.Autorun (v)               …

GFI Software Announces Top 10 Malware Threats for August The top 10 most prevalent malware threats for the month of August are: 1. Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 25.11% 2. Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.gen 4.23% 3. Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra 3.61% 4. INF.Autorun (v) 3.27% 5. Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0 2.01% 6. BehavesLike.Win32.Malware …

Recently I was reading a very interesting article in a newspaper about the importance of web security in online banking. The editor reported about an incident that affected approximately 3000 personal bank accounts which caused damages of around £675,000 in …

Malware creators love a juicy news story Malware creators just love a news story that has the perfect ingredients: a leading brand name, a prototype phone and a thriving IT community just dying to hear what the latest gadget is …

A mass operation is underway to infect several thousands of computers worldwide. The attack from the malware writers is taking place from various sources using an array of different techniques. Information regarding this attack until now is very limited however …