Archive from February, 2011
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is out
Microsoft has released the first official service pack for Windows 7 on February 22, 2011. This is an important update [...]
Fake income tax refund emails making rounds.
We have observed that cyber criminals are sending fake emails about tax refund. This is a latest cyber crime activity [...]
Microsoft Windows SMB “mrxsmb.sys” Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Technical Description A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by remote attackers or malicious users [...]
Quick Heal’s new Crazy About Cricket Scheme
With the beginning of warm up matches, the fever of cricket’s biggest carnival is rising. Every cricket fan is feeling [...]
Microsoft update for restricting the USB Autorun
Microsoft has released an “important, non-security update” ( KB971029) that restricts Autorun entries in the AutoPlay dialog to only CD [...]
Facebook notification emails spreads malware
People have started getting the following email claiming that “Facebook Copyrights Department” has detected unusual Copyrights activity linked to your [...]
Fake Windows Optimization Center is the latest rogue system optimizer
Windows Optimization Center is a rogue security and system optimization program that performs a fake scan on your computer and [...]
Trojan Spreading through Facebook chat.
Facebook photos have become a new target for cyberthieves looking to direct users to malicious sites. Recently spam chat and [...]
Fake AVG Antivirus 2011
Fake AVG Antivirus 2011 is a rouge antivirus program which is designed to mislead people. At first the rougware program [...]
Protecting from malwares using Autorun feature
Autorun is a most common default feature in Windows operating systems. It was introduced in the Windows XP which enables [...]



