 | Modern smartphones are no less than computers. They have powerful processors to the tune of 1GHz and are memory hungry. For instance, an Android smartphone would by require atleast 512MB of RAM for smooth functioning. So, with all this huge computing power and capabilities right in side your smart phone, the naturally become prone to… |
 | A new virus called “Is This Your Mom” seems to be plaguing Facebook users now. What basically happens is when you are logged into your Facebook account, you start getting Facebook chat popups from your friends with a chat that says: is this your mom? http://apps.facebook.com/videomedianow/ |
 | Kaspersky Lab has patented a hardware-based antivirus solution in the United States. The device is supposed to scan all data passed from the hard disk to the CPU and RAM, blocking any malicious code it detects. The device is said to be particularly effective at blocking rootkits or bootkits, complex threats that inject themselves into… |
 | The news of the death of Stephen Gately, the star from the Irish pop band – Boyzone, is being used to spread virus (otherwise known as scareware). Using black hat SEO techniques, criminals have been successful in putting up fake websites which supposedly has informatio regarding the incident. This follows a recent trend of the… |
 | Your wordpress blog is your platform for self-expression. So, you must ensure that your blog is protected from viruses, worms, malware and code injections. The wordpress software you is generally safe from being infected by any worm as the guys at Automattic check all the scripts thoroughly before releasing it for general download. The files… |
 | Microsoft will soon be releasing its new security solution named ‘Morro’ and that too for free. They had not re-christened Windows Live OneCare this time, instead they have been developing a new and free security solution for Windows and ‘Morro’ is the outcome of that. According to Microsoft, they have been testing an early version… |
 | If the security firm Trend Micro is to be believed, another variant of the popular koobface worm has made its way into facebook again. But this time, it’s not only facebook that’s getting affected, other social-networking sites like MySpace, hi5, LiveJournal etc too are not being spared. If you recall, ‘koobface’ was first identified in… |
