Category Archives: Malicious Software

Poll: Should We Teach Students How To Write Viruses?

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Dragan Pleskonjic

Poll: should we teach students how to write viruses – What do you think in regards to this very controversial issue? Your opinions are welcome. Thank you for voting. Continue reading →

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Which Antivirus Software Do You Use?

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Dragan Pleskonjic

There is new poll on this blog. Question is “Which antivirus software do you use?”
Thank you for voting.
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Conficker – Check to See If You Are Infected

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Dragan Pleskonjic

To simply check if you are infected, you can use Conficker Eye Chart developed by Conficker Working Group. Continue reading →

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What Adware Can Do?

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Dragan Pleskonjic

Read this interview and you probably will be scared. It is interview with Matt Knox. He talks about his early days designing and writing adware for Direct Revenue. Continue reading →

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Connected to Virus Writers?

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Dragan Pleskonjic

New question is related to long lasting rumors that some security software companies are connected to virus writers and use them as helpers to increase revenues. Continue reading →

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Is Windows Live Messenger Trojan

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

ZoneAlarm by Check Point, firewall, antivirus and antispyware is tool that I use for quite some time on one of my computers. It offered update to new version 7.0.462.000 today. After installation and starting antispyware scan it detected and considered Windows Live … Continue reading →

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Does an Expert Need Antivirus Software?

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

This is a very interesting question that Steve Riley talked about in recent post on his blog (here). And of course, a number of people have asked him if he is recommending such a stance to other individuals or to … Continue reading →

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Malicious Software: Today’s Most Prevalent Threats

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

Mark Kanok from Symantec put interesting post titled Detection and Remediation on Symantec official blog. It contains updated definitions of some of today’s most prevalent threats: Backdoors — A backdoor is an undocumented way of gaining access privileges to a … Continue reading →

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A/V Research on Detecting File Infections Was a Waste Time?

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

This is really interesting reading: invisiblethings’ blog: Tricky Tricks. Joanna Rutkowska says: … So, do I want to say that all those years of A/V research on detecting file infections was a waste time? I’m afraid that is exactly what … Continue reading →

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Tourism Sites Suffer ‘Italian Job’ Web Attacks

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

Thousands of Italian tourism Websites have been hit by a virus that infects the computers of visitors, then slithers through them in search of confidential information. The attack, known as The Italian Job, has hit over 4,500 websites on travel … Continue reading →

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