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List of malware sites for Sept 1, 2009

Paul

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Well with it being the end of the month it was to be expected here is a long list of sites.   So please read these carefully.

[intlink id=”4403″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus Scareware Site and How to Remove them:[/intlink]

  • live-virus-scanner9.com

  • tryantivirusscan.com

  • antispyware-scanner2.com

  • bewareofvirusattacks2.com

  • antivirus-scanner6.com

  • valueantivirusshop1.com

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  • adjudg.info

  • atwain.info

  • caretz.info

  • gaudad.info

  • krapen.info

  • nevils.info

  • outliv.info

  • penvie.info

  • stampo.info

  • ticedu.info

  • unwept.info

  • gelded.info

  • dolchi.info

  • figgle.info

  • botled.info

[intlink id=”3977″ type=”post”]Rogue Antivirus scareware sites[/intlink]:

  • securepcshield.com

  • myprotectedzone.net

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AVG 8.5 Free Version Best on my system

Paul

AVG Free 8.5

Pcworld has a released there top free Antivirus software picks.     Now let’s be clear on this, I am an a average user, and have tested these products out on my own laptop plus others and here is what I find.

According to Pcworld, Avira Antivir Personal is the top pick and claims to block 98.9 percent of samples:

Such less-than-friendly default behaviors make Avira AntiVir Personal a better choice for tech-savvy users who know how to muck about in the settings. If you’re willing to put up with a somewhat clumsy interface and the recurring pop-up ads, in return you’ll enjoy top-notch, free protection against malware. It’s not a bad trade-off by any means.

[Via Pcworld : Avira Antivir Personal Antivirus]

[ad]Now with Pcworld saying it isn’t a bad trade-off to have the Pop-ups and the default behaviors of this program, it doesn’t make me want to use this program since I am a gamer and the pop-ups would interfere with playing online games, not to mention if your not that tech savy person you’d have a lot of head scratching to  figure out this program.

Then we go to the Second pick and Avast Antivirus Home in this pick Pcworld claims to blocking 98.2 percent of samples tried with this program:

Avast Antivirus will do a decent job protecting a PC from malware, but if you’re willing to put up with a less-than-perfect interface (and some ads), you’re better off going with Avira’s top-notch blocking.

[Via Pcworld : Avast Antivirus Home Edition]

Now unless you want to be scratching your head on this product you have to go through the Tutorial that pop-ups after installation to walk you through how to use this product.   Then there are some more ads that popup during the day that reminds you that this is a free program and suggesting you pay for it.   Also you will have to register with Avast  to get a personal free license to be able to keep this program running on your system.  The interface of this Antivirus makes you think you will be playing music, which can cause some confusion when it comes to understanding this product.

Third place was AVG 8.5 Free edition according to PcWorld.   With there being no pop-ups reminding me this is a free product.   Also the easy to understand interface also makes this very user friendly.   I also like the Linkscanner and blocked 95.8 percent of the samples meaning it is still rather good to use for the daily user who wants a less intrusive  pop-ups or ads.   AVG has not yet done a pop up with me but it is far less annoying than the others because of the interface and the ads that are shown in the main program.

Now if you want to add even more security to your system and keep it cheap as possible I would suggest Downloading and using  SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes.  These with AVG 8.5 Free edition to better protect your system and these don’t interfere with AVG and actually helps boosts the removal of virus, Trojans, and Malware.

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List of Fake AV sites for Aug 22, 2009

Paul

personalantivirus2If you know anything about the Malware writers they are always registering new domains and here is the newest ones they are using:

[intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]Personal Antivirus Scareware Site[/intlink]:

  • antispywarebestscanner.com

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  • professionalvirusscanv3.com

  • professionalcomputerscanv2.com

  • scan-your-pc-now.com

  • professionalspywarescanv8.com

[intlink id=”4217″ type=”post”]Internet Antivirus Pro Scareware[/intlink]:

  • hopest.info

  • suffic.info

  • cressy.info

  • unowed.info

  • inclin.info

[intlink id=”3977″ type=”post”]Rogue Antivirus scareware sites[/intlink]:

  • securitytoolsite.com (Fake Scanner)

  • webscansecurepc.com (Fake Scanner)

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Computer Security : How not to get Infected.

Paul

In my [intlink id=”3999″ type=”post”]previous blog post[/intlink] we talked about how the computer would get infected with Malware. Now on this blog post we will discuss how you can prevent most to all of these from ever happening again on your system.

Now let’s face it we are more and more going to be on the internet.   This is almost a necessity for a business or individuals.  You see Businesses have built there product around the internet and that is why it is necessary to be on the internet.

What program not to use to Surf the web

You should consider getting away from Internet Explorer,  I don’t say this lightly.   It may take Microsoft Months to fix a hole in something that involves [intlink id=”2301″ type=”post”]ActiveX or Something like that[/intlink].  We know how Microsoft will only[intlink id=”1951″ type=”post”] push out the really big security holes[/intlink] out of Cycle but keep the minor ones in Cycle.   [intlink id=”2301″ type=”post”]Hackers have jumped on exploits[/intlink] before when it comes Internet Explorer and use them on Black Wednesday, not less than 24 hours after the patches have been released.

Although these examples I showing doesn’t mean that they haven’t been fixed they are showing you how long it takes sometimes to fix them.

What you should use to Surf the web

One of te ways to prevent getting infected is keeping your browser up to date as quickly as possible, and I believe Mozzila Browser which is called FireFox is the answer.   One reason I recommend this to anything else is it is a community based browser and that means there is no waiting for a fix to come out when you know about it they have been working to fix the security hole.

They don’t wait till next month to send out a patch they usually only take a week or two to come up plugging the hole.   So that is why I always recommend to my clients to use FireFox instead of Internet Explorer.

I have 3 Addons that I would recommend along with FireFox, these addons help stop some of the most common ways to exploit your system.   The first one is called NOSCRIPT it is good to prevent scripts from being used on the web or on your system.  The next Addon I would recommend is Bit.ly Preview this is good for any shorten URL that is out there and will show you where it is really going.    It will also work well with Twitter web interface really well and let you know were a url is actually going to easily. Finally the last on I would recommend to my customers is AdBlocker Plus, this one is really good to use for like Facebook or other social sits where there might be a scareware redirect advertisement.  This will prevent some of those Notorious attempts at getting you to click a fake ad.

Also you may want to consider also installing some [intlink id=”2205″ type=”page”]Firewall and Antivirus[/intlink] software to better protect your system from getting a virus in the first place.

On my next post I will talk about some common ways to trick you into installing a virus or scareware on your system. So stay tuned.

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Microsoft Get Ready for Patch Tuesday. 6 Bulletins

Paul

According to Arstechnica there will be 6 Bulletins and each of them are very interesting:

  • Bulletin 1: Critical (Remote Code Execution), Windows

  • Bulletin 2: Critical (Remote Code Execution), Windows

  • Bulletin 3: Critical (Remote Code Execution), Windows

  • Bulletin 4: Important (Elevation of Privilege), Virtual PC, Virtual Server

  • Bulletin 5: Important (Elevation of Privilege), ISA Server

  • Bulletin 6: Important (Remote Code Execution), Office

[ad]It looks like there will be another Directx Patch for those who have Directx 7 through 9.0c.  It also seems they will be Patching the Virtual PC and Server and ISA Server.    Microsoft will also be patching 2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 1.  They will also Be Releasing 14 different patches for non Critical status.

The Directx Flaw that was reported in May is reportedly being patched and that is why we have these Directx updates that are comming down from Microsoft.

So Now is the time to get [intlink id=”2883″ type=”post”]Autopatcher[/intlink] updated to the lastest updates and schedule a time next week for you to test and install these updates.   I would recommend updating your [intlink id=”2205″ type=”page”]anti-virus and Firewall[/intlink] software if you have any, if not it is time to get them and install them.