As previously announced, we continue to answer questions received from the readers of the PC.COM magazine. Do I need to uninstall other internet security products before installing a new one? And why? Yes, it is mandatory to uninstall any security product before installing another one. There are many reasons for this, but the most important are: • The real time scanners will […]
We wrote about the Java 0-day exploit (CVE-2012-4681) and that there is no fix available from Oracle. In the meanwhile, we have added also detection for the exploit starting with t he engine version 8.2.10.148 or higher. All Avira products detect this exploit as EXP/CVE-2012-4681. Finally, Oracle released now the Patch 7 for the JRE version 1.7. […]
Recently a vulnerability in Oracle’s Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.7 was discovered that may allow an applet to execute any program with arbitrary permissions. The JRE framework allows any browser on any supported platform to execute Java applications called applets in the browser. Tha JRE has its own security mechanisms, called Security Manager in Java. […]
No, it is actually a pretty interesting spam email which I received. The emails pretend to come from New York State ”Department of Motor Vehicles” and informs the recipient that he/she violated the speed limit . In order to see more details, a form hosted on a website should be accessed. The interesting part in this […]
Microsoft did a good job in August by releasing to customers no less than 9 security bulletins which fix 5 critical security vulnerabilities and 4 important ones. Pretty much everything is affected : – the Windows operating system (XP 32bit SP3, XP 64 bit SP2, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, 2008 R2, Vista, Windows 7), […]
We received a spam email which advertises protection against Internet threats. The email comes from “Top Anti Virus Software” , an email address from a domain in India. There are only two links in the email, both pointing to the same URL from India which was used in the From field. At that address, of course, is […]
Here are some articles I wrote in the Avira Techblog about how to improve your security: Improve your security #5: use dedicated accounts for each user Improve your Security #4: Update your Software often Improve your Security #3: Online Protection Improve your Security #2: Securing your notebook Improve your Security #1: Complex passwords aren’t always […]
Thanks to Virus Bulletin, we have now a new entry in The Spammers’ Compendium: Script in the middle UO!Script in the Middle!JavaScript 14 October 2010 Description The email has an HTML document attached to it that contanis a for. Clicking submit will POST the user’s data to a website controlled by the crooks, which automatically […]
A new article inspired by a personal experience was published in the Avira Techblog: http://techblog.avira.com/2010/09/07/you-are-being-tagged/en/ . Be aware of these RFIDs… they can be very easily misused.
Softpedia took again one of my posts in the Avira Techblog and wrote an article based on it: “In the recent past we saw emails looking like phishing mails, which were spam though actually. The spammers tried to make them look as much as possible as official mails from the entity they were faking: Amazon, […]
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