Category Archives: Malware Watch
Malware Watch: Palladium
Palladium is one of the fake anti-spyware programs. Much like ThinkPoint. Once you have it, it will pop up with a screen similar to the one below: Once it has fully infected your computer, on reboot you will see a blank desktop with the Palladium start-up screen below: The virus will only allow safe startup [...]
Malware Watch: ThinkPoint
New malware going around. This one is called ThinkPoint. It pops up pretending to be a legitimate spyware scan. Here’s what it looks like: When you interact with the pop-up, the virus installs itself to your computer automatically. Once installed, the ThinkPoint virus has been reported to disable internet/network access. It can also prevent you [...]
“Here you have” Email Worm At Large!
As of today, there is a new security threat being passed through email. References call it the “‘Here you have’ worm” because the Email subject is typically “Here you have”. Upon opening the email there is a message which basically says that the attachment is a file that the recipient requested. The file appears to [...]
