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Gizmo Project 4 - With Video Support
Blog Comment Also check out our new program Backdoor dilaing, it offers free calling to over 10% of US numbers http://www.gizmo5.com/pc/backdoor The first step will be an updated version of the product. I work for the company that develops Gizmo Project.
[January 23, 2008, 18:59]
How To Stop Yourself Being Bitten By Bagle.az
News Bagle.az also attempts to terminate security apps, such as antivirus and firewall software, then opens a backdoor on port 81 on infected machines to allow remote access. In addition, Bagle.az shuts down antivirus and firewall software and opens a...
[September 30, 2004, 10:20]
Baffling Hack Attacks On W2K Server
News Altered versions of MDM.exe and Taskmngr.exe are also found on compromised systems, so check those commonly installed files, especially if the Backdoor.IRC.Flood file is also detected. The attacks themselves have been Trojan attacks, and all of...
[September 23, 2002, 19:42]
Microsoft: Zombies Most Prevalent Windows Threat
News Backdoor Trojans.are a significant and tangible threat to Windows users," Microsoft said in the report. Backdoor Trojans are the most prevalent threat, followed by email worms, which were found on and removed from just over 1 million PCs, Microsoft...
[June 13, 2006, 9:20]
Trend Micro Sites Hacked In Global Web Attack
News The blend of malware included a backdoor that allows installation of additional malicious programs and a keylogger for stealing online-gaming passwords. Rand said it was likely that the incident had happened due to Trend allowing dynamically...
[March 14, 2008, 14:29]
Bugbear Rise Knocks Out Klez
News Besides installing the backdoor, the worm disables various antivirus measures and any personal firewall that might be present, and installs a program for recording keystrokes -- which can log any passwords the user types in.
[October 3, 2002, 16:05]
Why You Should Ditch Norton AntiVirus
Talkback Scanning from AVG showed that at least 5 Backdoor viruses were on-board plus a dialer etc. I had Norton 2005 updated earlier in the week but one evening it wouldn't unzip its own latest update. My computer got slower and slower.
[November 6, 2005, 19:41]
Veracode Tool Scans For Developer Backdoors
News Veracode, which was established by former Symantec employees and launched its initial service in February, is seeking to distinguish itself by focusing on backdoor detection and on-demand services. The backdoor-scanning features, added at no extra...
[December 20, 2007, 12:22]
Virus Variants Spread
News The virus also opens a backdoor which will allow crackers to gain access to the computer. Just consider the number of broadband PCs, sitting on desks, without updated defences and with 'always on' broadband connections -- and you immediately...
[February 26, 2004, 7:40]
Xombe Trojan Imitates Microsoft Security Warning
News When executed, it attempts to download a malicious backdoor component from the Web. Most antivirus companies have already updated their signatures, but users without up-to-date antivirus applications could be infected, helping the Trojan's author...
[January 12, 2004, 11:10]
Linux Worm On The Loose
News A backdoor is installed on infected servers, giving the attacker remote control over the system. Symantec and McAfee have updated their products to protect against the worm. A new worm that propagates by exploiting security vulnerabilities in Web...
[November 8, 2005, 7:55]
Inbox Menace - Bugbear
News This worm installs a keystroke-logging Trojan and a backdoor on Windows systems, so it is a dangerous nuisance that needs to be taken seriously. Also, any recently updated antivirus software should block this attack.
[October 10, 2002, 13:01]
'Storm Worm' Slithers On
News Once a user downloads the executable file, the code opens a backdoor in the machine which allows it to be remotely controlled, while installing a rootkit that hides the malicious program. Each version also contained the capability to be updated, in...
[January 22, 2007, 13:06]
Bugbear Virus Threat On The Rise
News Lastly, Bugbear sends off an encrypted file with information about the computer to a predefined email address and opens a backdoor for network attackers to use to sneak into the system. The software problem was patched by Microsoft almost 18 months...
[October 2, 2002, 8:02]
Botnet Malware Proliferates On Windows PCs
News While the number is high, it is actually a decrease from the second half of 2005, when Microsoft found that 68 percent of infected PCs contained a backdoor Trojan. An updated version of the program ships monthly with Microsoft's security updates.
[October 25, 2006, 9:40]
Developer Considers McAfee Suit After 'Trojan' Error
News The setup program was labelled as the BackDoor-AKZ Trojan by McAfee antivirus software deployed on ISP customers' personal computers. However, Griffiths said that even after McAfee sent out the changes to their DAT files, some customers who have...
[September 10, 2004, 11:10]
Avril Lavigne Worm A Hit In Virus Charts
News While the code doesn't delete data, it will attempt to download a backdoor program from Kazakhstan and send any passwords to a Russian email account. Moreover, computers that haven't been updated in the last two years with the patch for an old...
[January 10, 2003, 8:30]
Microsoft Outlines Standalone Antivirus Plans
News Though the latest version of MyDoom did not target Microsoft products specifically, as many other viruses have, it hosted an ancillary, or "backdoor," infection programmed to launch a denial-of-service attack on the software maker's Web site.
[July 29, 2004, 8:50]
Hybris Virus: Sleeper Hit Of 2001
News Depending on which plug-ins it downloads, the worm could morph into a backdoor through a PC's security or into a malicious program that corrupts data. Antivirus experts believe the author of the virus is the same one who created the Babylonia virus...
[January 12, 2001, 8:47]
Teleworking Causes Serious Security Threat
News I won't give them the slightest chance to open that backdoor. At the same time, technologies such as anti-virus software tend to be less rigorously updated, and others, such as encryption, are hardly used at all, even if they're used at work...
[November 20, 2000, 8:07]
