Tag: malware
Apple’s iPhone iOS has been considered to be one of the most secure mobile operating systems around. If you performed a jailbreak to unlock your iPhone, then you opened …
The boo/cidox.b virus can cause various problems on your system, including installing itself into the bootsector of your computer, the Master Boot Record (MBR). It can cause BSODs (Blue …
There’s a different form of malware floating around, in the form of a rootkit, known as Rootkit.Boot.Harbinger.a. Users are reporting audio ads streaming in the background, which causes the …
Security company F-Secure is reporting on a new malware that targets Macs, specifically OSX. The name for this malware is OSX/KitM.A. So far, it appears to be a backdoor …
Kaspersky Labs has discovered a new malware that targets members of governments, political groups, and research institutions, called Red October, or Rocra. This malware mostly targets Eastern Europe, former …
I’ve run into this nasty virus a couple of times and it can be a real pain to remove. At first, it seems fairly innocent, even though it causes …
If you’re an IT professional like myself, then you probably carry quite a few things with you for basic troubleshooting. One of those is probably a USB stick with …