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About the Palevo Worm

There are many varieties of malicious software, or malware, which can end up infecting your system and causing problems. One of these types of malware is worms, and one particularly nasty worm is the Palevo Worm.

Also known as p2p-worm.win32.palevo, this specific infection can cause quite a few problems. If you have this infection it is vital that you get it off of your system immediately. It is also important that you educate yourself about the Palevo Worm so that you are able to know what you are dealing with so you can remove it properly and protect yourself in the future. (more…)

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About Backdoor.tidserv

There are many types of malicious software, and backdoor.tidserv is just one of these many threats. A low distribution parasite, this particular piece of malware can cause a lot of heavy damage. First released in 2008, this is a Trojan that is designed for wreaking havoc on computers running the Windows operating system.

What is it?

Backdoor.tidserv has many aliases. It is also known as Alureon, TDL, and TDSS. There are also variations on this particularly nasty Trojan horse.

As a Trojan, this threat will hide in other files or programs using a rootkit. It hides away in content that users will generally want as they are otherwise beneficial, but once the file or application has been opened, the Trojan gets started causing problems even if the computer user doesn’t get the beneficial content they were hoping for.

When this Trojan is on your system, it does several different things. An annoying parasite, backdoor.tidserv will redirect search results and display advertisements. Much more nefarious, however, is this Trojan’s ability to open a “backdoor” to the computer it is infecting, allowing more malware in and giving cyber criminals more direct access to the compromised system. (more…)

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What is bankerfox.a?

Computer users need to always be on the lookout for threats to the stability of their system and their personal information. Spammers, scammers, and cyber criminals are all out there, and they all want to make a quick buck off of innocent computer users.

Malicious software, or malware, seems to be one of the most popular ways for these criminals to attempt to make money from PC users. These criminals are determined to make money with malware like trojans, worm, viruses, adware, and spyware.

Rogue antimalware delivered by adware, trojans, or other types of malware is just one of these tricks that scammers use. If you get an “infection alert” or other notification that your computer has bankerfox.a, you have rogue antimalware on your system. This means that bankerfox.a is a fake threat, but the underlying infection that is causing these pop ups and telling you to buy there software is a very real problem. (more…)

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What is Taterf?

Computer users need to be aware that there are many threats lurking around the web. There are many scammers and cyber criminals who are trying to make money from computer users through nefarious means. Many of these threats come in the form of malicious software, or malware, that can infect a computer system and cause havoc in any number of ways.

Worms are just one sort of malware, and Taterf is just one type of worm that computer users need to look out for. This very real threat is a higher level risk, so it is important for PC owners to know about what the Taterf worm does and how they can remove Taterf-d from their computer if it becomes infected. (more…)

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What is Nuqel?

There are many types of malicious software, or malware, which can affect your computer. Nuqel.e is just one such threat that computer users need to be on the lookout for.

Nuqel is a type of worm, and nuqel.e is just one of many subtypes. Worms are a type of malware that is capable of replicating themselves before sending out these copies to infect other computers. If you have this particular worm, you can expect it to randomly terminate programs and then download files to your computer from a remote server. (more…)

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About the W32 Blaster Worm

The w32 Blaster Worm is just one type of malicious software that can infect your computer system. These nasty little programs called malware afflict computers the world over. As new threats continue to emerge and evolve, this particular parasite continues to cause massive problems as it has changed and evolved to create new, more potent variants of the Blaster Worm.

First infecting computers in 2003, the w32 Blaster Worm has changed to create several descendants, all of which will wreak havoc on an infected computer. This is a widespread, high level threat that goes by many other names including MSBlast and Lovesan, among other names. (more…)

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Trojan-bnk.win32.keylogger.gen

Overview

While all types of computer viruses and malware are bad, there is no worse malware than the kind that tricks users into downloading it onto their computers. This specific type of malware most often comes in the form of the dreaded trojan virus, which is the most predominantly spread virus out there these days. And the reason it is so easily spread, is because it disguises itself as legitimate software that can help you remove an unwanted threat, that does not even exist. The trojan-bnk.win32.keylogger.gen file is shown to the user and reported as one of these such trojan viruses in the form of a pop-up. And many users are none the wiser regarding the true nature of trojan-bnk.win32.keylogger.gen. But, the even scarier thing about this specific computer threat is what the purpose of the trojan is, which is to detect and record a user’s online activity in order to learn personal information about that user. Trojans of this type are often referred to as keylogger programs, and are one of the worst types to be infected with. (more…)

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Fakespypro

Overview

When it comes to computers, and the issues that you deal with related to them, there are viruses and then there are trojans. Although not significantly different in what they do and the trouble that they cause, trojans do have the potential to be much more dangerous, for a number of reasons, but mostly because they are so hard to detect due to their rogue nature. The whole problem with trojans is the fact that they pretend to be legitimate software, which is why users download them intentionally. And once they are downloaded, they are free to exploit any and every weakness there is in your computer’s security system, which is never a welcome turn of events. While protection is important, though, being cautious is even more important because, due to the nature of the beast you are dealing with, anti-spyware software is not always 100 percent effective. (more…)

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Heur

The heur trojan virus is one of the worst viruses that your computer can become infected with because it is a virus that can contain within it numerous other viruses as well. The heur trojan, also referred to as the win32 heur virus, can cause multiple issues for you by infected a number of different areas of your system. Ultimately, what the purpose of the virus is, is to log personal information taken from your computer, and in the process of this it can also cause your computer to not run properly, much like other viruses. What makes this particular virus so dangerous, though, is the fact that is can keep itself from even being noticed by a user, which means it can wreak is havoc without the user even realizing it is doing it. This can allow the heur virus to gather the information is seeks before you are able to detect the virus and remove it in order to prevent it from doing so. (more…)

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Sality

Overview/Description

Sality is one of the many keylogging type computer viruses out there that have the ability to not only cause your computer to not perform properly, but that can cause a number of other problems as well. This particular virus infects a certain type of file on your computer and can result in the inability to open those specific types of files. Being that the files that are generally affected are of the exe, or executable type, having the win32 sality virus leaves the user unable to open some important files, including those that your antivirus program is located within. As far as viruses go, the win32 sality is one not to be reckoned with if it can be avoided. (more…)

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