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BitDefender Lab Publishes first E-Threats Landscape Report
Views: 2915 Not Rated Last Modified: 30 Jul 2008 12:53 Report highlights first half of 2008’s e-threats, including malware, e-mail spam, and phishing & ID abuse; BitDefender’s ‘Keep You Safe’ Guidelines also included
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Views: 2915 Not Rated Last Modified: 30 Jul 2008 12:53 Report highlights first half of 2008’s e-threats, including malware, e-mail spam, and phishing & ID abuse; BitDefender’s ‘Keep You Safe’ Guidelines also included
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Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears and Barack Obama Comprise BitDefender’s Trojan of the Week
Views: 3857 Not Rated Last Modified: 28 Jul 2008 15:58 Spammers continuing to use sensationalized headlines to lure unsuspecting computer users
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Views: 3857 Not Rated Last Modified: 28 Jul 2008 15:58 Spammers continuing to use sensationalized headlines to lure unsuspecting computer users
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Angelina Jolie Guest Stars in Malware Scheme
Views: 6130 Not Rated Last Modified: 16 Jul 2008 13:55 BUCHAREST, Romania – July 16, 2008 – BitDefender researchers have identified a new wave of spam messages that use fake events related to actor Angelina Jolie in order to trick users into downloading and installing Trojan malware onto their computers.
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Views: 6130 Not Rated Last Modified: 16 Jul 2008 13:55 BUCHAREST, Romania – July 16, 2008 – BitDefender researchers have identified a new wave of spam messages that use fake events related to actor Angelina Jolie in order to trick users into downloading and installing Trojan malware onto their computers.
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Adware Components Top BitDefender’s List of E-Threats in June
Views: 14 Not Rated Last Modified: 15 Jul 2008 08:21 Menaces not as successful at attacks in comparison to prior months
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Views: 14 Not Rated Last Modified: 15 Jul 2008 08:21 Menaces not as successful at attacks in comparison to prior months
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BitDefender Lab’s Top 10 Malware List for March Reveals the Storm Worm is Back in Action
Views: 14725 Not Rated Last Modified: 02 Apr 2008 12:26 The Storm Work dominates as BehavesLike:Trojan.ShellHook becomes
the most widespread malware technique
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Views: 14725 Not Rated Last Modified: 02 Apr 2008 12:26 The Storm Work dominates as BehavesLike:Trojan.ShellHook becomes
the most widespread malware technique
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Spam – The Perfect Valentine Gift
Views: 6015 Not Rated Last Modified: 14 Feb 2008 09:36 Sydney, Australia – February 13, 2008 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, today announced that BitDefender antispam analysts have detected Valentine-themed spam contaminating the net this week. The two most notable volumes were achieved by a pharma wave which included a wide range of pitches and a replica watch wave advertising “Perfect gifts for Valentine's Day?”
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Views: 6015 Not Rated Last Modified: 14 Feb 2008 09:36 Sydney, Australia – February 13, 2008 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, today announced that BitDefender antispam analysts have detected Valentine-themed spam contaminating the net this week. The two most notable volumes were achieved by a pharma wave which included a wide range of pitches and a replica watch wave advertising “Perfect gifts for Valentine's Day?”
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BitDefender Detects New Trojan that Hijacks Google Text Advertisements; Cuts into Google Revenues
Views: 24390 Not Rated Last Modified: 21 Dec 2007 12:11 BUCHAREST, Romania – December 19, 2007 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that BitDefender antivirus analysts have detected a new trojan, which hijacks Google text advertisements, replacing them with ads from a different provider. The threat, which is identified by BitDefender as Trojan.Qhost.WU, modifies the infected computers' Hosts file (a local storage for domain name / IP address mappings, which is consulted before domain name servers and is considered authoritative).
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Views: 24390 Not Rated Last Modified: 21 Dec 2007 12:11 BUCHAREST, Romania – December 19, 2007 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that BitDefender antivirus analysts have detected a new trojan, which hijacks Google text advertisements, replacing them with ads from a different provider. The threat, which is identified by BitDefender as Trojan.Qhost.WU, modifies the infected computers' Hosts file (a local storage for domain name / IP address mappings, which is consulted before domain name servers and is considered authoritative).
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BitDefender Lab’s Top 10 Malware List for 2007
Views: 12513 Not Rated Last Modified: 21 Dec 2007 12:12 BUCHAREST, Romania – December 20, 2007 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that the Peed bot – aka "Storm Worm" aka "Nuwar" – was number one on the BitDefender Top 10 malware list for 2007. According to BitDefender Labs, the spread of the Peed bot has placed it higher that the prolific category of trojan downloaders by almost 10 percent overall, at 33.94 percent of total detections in the past twelve months.
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Views: 12513 Not Rated Last Modified: 21 Dec 2007 12:12 BUCHAREST, Romania – December 20, 2007 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that the Peed bot – aka "Storm Worm" aka "Nuwar" – was number one on the BitDefender Top 10 malware list for 2007. According to BitDefender Labs, the spread of the Peed bot has placed it higher that the prolific category of trojan downloaders by almost 10 percent overall, at 33.94 percent of total detections in the past twelve months.
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BitDefender Issues Top Ten Malware Threats for October 2007
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BitDefender Captures Spam Used to Influence U.S. Presidential Election
Views: 7333 Not Rated Last Modified: 30 Oct 2007 16:29 BUCHAREST, Romania – October 30, 2007 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, today found that a large wave of unsolicited
e-mails exhorting the qualities of Ron Paul as a candidate for the U.S. presidency are being captured by BitDefender spam filters.
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Views: 7333 Not Rated Last Modified: 30 Oct 2007 16:29 BUCHAREST, Romania – October 30, 2007 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, today found that a large wave of unsolicited
e-mails exhorting the qualities of Ron Paul as a candidate for the U.S. presidency are being captured by BitDefender spam filters.
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