How Effective Is Your Anti Virus Software?
Two decades ago computer viruses were passed around from disk to disk and rarely had the destructive power that modern day viruses posses. There was little commercial intent behind the viruses being written with most of them being created by bored teenagers or curious computer hackers.
During the 90′s as people started sending more and more emails, virus writers would try and trick people in to downloading and opening email attachments (something which still works quite well today). Even then, the virus would generally mess the computer up and stop it from working, there was still very little commercial intent.
Fast forward to the present day and computer virus writing is very big business for criminal gangs around the world. The monetary reward can be huge by writing viruses that log all the users data such as passwords and credit card numbers which are then sent silently to the gangs around the world. Another way viruses have been commercialized is by creating ‘botnets’ which can serve multiple purposes such as being ordered to send junk data to a specific website (known as a Denial of Service Attack) or even turn them in to email servers and send out tens of thousands of emails per day without the computer owner ever knowing.
By commercializing computer viruses in this manner, the gangs can make, or even extort money – one virus that appeared in Japan scanned the users browsing history to look for adult sites and then sent the owner an email saying they would make the information public unless a ransom was paid. Another example is to hold the computer hostage by encrypting all the files unless a ransom fee is paid to return the computer back to a working state.
Because of the highly targeted nature of these new viruses – the people that viewed various adult sites were targeted because they used a specific P2P client – many of the world’s leading computer anti-virus software makers are struggling to keep up with the vast number of new malware, viruses, ransomware, trojans, worms etc. that pop up each day. Infact, given the amount of GUI tools available some people believe that “script kiddies” are contributing up to 1,000 new viruses each day, although the vast majority are simply variations on existing viruses rather than brand new creations.
The spread of computer viruses is compounded by the fact that data portability is so easy nowadays. There are a multitude of ways to send and receive data, it’s even possible to put a highly destructive virus on a computer network which has no connection to the Internet as the Iranian authorities found out earlier this year.
For every anti-virus software that is available, there are many stories of how they failed to update their database when a new threat was reported, infact months can go by from the time a new threat is identified and the software is updated to automatically remove it – and that’s assuming that the virus is ‘big enough’ for them to warrant spending time and resources creating the removal code. There are stories of extremely specialized viruses that are designed to target high net worth individuals to gain access to their computer and accounts.
You might think that Norton have got their act together to protect you from all known threats? Well, a quick search reveals that this isn’t quite true, there are plenty of computer viruses that Norton doesn’t have protection for. And what about Kaspersky? Often showcased as one of the best pieces of anti-virus software available, but plenty of reports show there are a few gaps in their armour.
Introducing Social AV
Social AV is a new way to fight the ever evolving threat of targeted micro-viruses by pulling together technical experts from all over the world to contribute to a vast database of every known computer virus out there – but even better, specific instructions on how to remove the virus.
Social AV is a global collaborative anti-virus community
Never before have we seen a centralized crowdsourced approach for computer security which brings together IT experts, security analysts and affected users to collaborate and neutralize the computer virus threat.
Social AV is the perfect website for any corporate systems analyst who wants to stay ahead of the game to ensure their network is secure. Since Social AV is a centralized, collaborative environment which is completely independent from any AV software company you will find all the updates and all the removal instructions in one place.
Social AV has a vast list of viruses, updated by the users
Security consultants will also find Social AV an invaluable resource as they are able to find all known viruses with the removal instructions so that they can inform any companies that they consult for. Imagine being hired as a PC security consultant and being able to identify and remove viruses that their AV software missed – a long term contract is almost guaranteed!
Hackers, geeks and nerds, if it wasn’t for these guys a) there would be no computer viruses to speak of and b) there would be no one to come up with the instructions on how to remove it. A hacker can prove their skills by figuring out how to remove viruses and gain prominence within the PC security community.
Virus removal instructions are given by the users
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How to handle Facebook login problems
Facebook is without doubt the most popular social networking site on the Internet these days. Millions of users log into Facebook each day with some of them experiencing the usual troubles in the login phase. This ranges from passwords that are not accepted to pages that are not loading properly or other errors.There is an explanation for most of the issues that are experienced by Facebook users and this article tries to provide solutions to some of the problems that Facebook users can experience during logins.
It is important to assess the problem correctly before making any changes or trying to fix the problem. Probably the most common Facebook login problem is that the password is not accepted during login. There are two solutions for this: Use the password recovery option to retrieve the password or try to access the website at a later time. A password manager can help avoid that problem completely as it will remember the password for the user and even perform the login automatically.
Another common problem is that the Facebook login screen is not being displayed correctly. This can be either because of a temporary network problem, a problem on Facebook’s end or a caching issue. One fix is to clear the web browser’s temporary Internet files to make sure that the issue is not a local problem.
Facebook offers a help page that provides aid to the user when login problems are experienced.
The Competition Keeps Firefox on its Toes
Mozilla has issued a couple of major updates in quick succession; the first one, an incremental update, came in the last week of October, and it was called version 3.5.4. This one was only a bug fix update, aimed at smoothing the user experience, and not a feature update. Some of those bug fixes would only be of interest to anyone who was technically inclined; bugs that deal with arcane things like download filename spoofing, memory safety flaws in media libraries, cross-origin data theft with document.getSelection(), and heap buffer overflow, have been addressed. And there are a few serious security problems sorted out as well, like the ability of outside agents to run arbitrary code and install viruses on your computer, or the hanging pointer vulnerability issue.But perhaps of real interest to mainstream users is the most recent update, still in Beta, the update release 3.6. This is quite a major update with lots of interesting new features for the power user. With Google’s Chrome snapping at Firefox’s heels, it is clear that Firefox is trying to address some of Chrome’s main competitive advantages: its overall speed, especially at startup. Version 3.6 does away with a few other recognized problems, such as JavaScript performance. For new users, Firefox introduces built-in support for the browsers seem system, Personas, the ability to view fullscreen movies with no add-ons, a scanning feature that will look through all the plug-ins installed on Firefox and check for updates for them to automatically, support for CSS, HTML 5 and other under the hood features. To bloggers, the new drag-and-drop feature can be particularly useful too. Firefox’s main advantage today is its vast installed base against Google’s Chrome’s. That browser may have a tiny installed base today but is expected to grow soon, especially with the release of Google’s Chrome operating system for netbooks. Competition always works in the consumer’s favour.
Malware Kits are Going Open Source
Viruses and Trojans are no longer malicious attacks perpetrated by pimply faced geek hackers for giggles and thrills. Malware has become a big business. Most malware is now written for the explicit purpose of capturing and selling the personal and financial data of the millions of users on the Internet and is becoming increasingly sophisticated.
Emails with links to infected files are old hat, most infections these days occur when malicious software is automatically downloaded to user computers without their knowledge while browsing infected websites. Often malware is disguised as legitimate software / security updates and people are misled by messages via Facebook, etc into downloading them. These techniques are causing an exponential growth in infection according to RSA, a leading security company. The security firm detected 19,102 Trojan infections in August 2009 as against only 613 Trojan infections in August 2008.
As the complexity of design increases most criminals find that they do not have the technical skills to write their own malware and turn to Do-It-Yourself kits that contain everything needed for writing Viruses and Trojans for those who don’t have the know how to write their own.
A top notch malware kit can be worth a lot of money. The Limbo Trojan kit sold for about $350 at the peak of its popularity and the Zeus Trojan kit, which currently dominates the market sells for anywhere between $1,000 to $3,000. However, the dominance and popularity of a kit rarely lasts long as security companies soon fight back by trying to decipher the code and create general heuristic detection routines for anything created using the kit.
Some of the kit makers with waning popularity are trying to stay alive by releasing their source code. By giving free access to criminal developers to their code they can get a huge pool of talent working on their code and adding and improving features. Of course, the flip side is that the security companies also get their hands on the code making it easier for them to create detection routines.
Ultimate solution to protect your software from hackers
As you already know, Agriya has re-launched smarterscripts.com, with brand new products to offer; and after its unfortunate decline in the recent past, is back with loads to give its customers.
We’ve launched a powerful new product – Download Guard Pro. This software works rather simply, keeping an eye on your products and securing your income, making sure no hackers and opportunists can find and share your download links.
You can now be sure nobody is going to steal your hard earned revenue. It protects all your digital downloads, allows you to manage unlimited products from a single site, and you can view complete transaction history of all your products. It helps secure your admin area, and you can add Google Analytics to track sales conversions.
This is a tried and tested product, and you are assured of the best quality, in product and all services related to it. There is a fabulous selection of bonuses that we offer you along with every purchase and you will simply be blown away once you’ve seen it. Some of the products we offer as bonuses are pretty rare, and as is our policy of satisfying customers in every way we can, you can out these products to the best use, and earn a whole lot of cash for yourself.
At a mind-blowingly low price, we offer you this software that is going to be your ultimate solution to the security you’ve always wanted. What’s more, we give you a no questions asked full money back guarantee. We’re so sure you’re going to be so happy with our product. After 60 days of use, if you are still not happy with it (which is quite unlikely), we’ll return all your money without a single question, and you can keep any products that you downloaded!
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