Twitter is being used by many people worldwide in these days. It’s a free social networking and micro-blogging service enabling its users to read and send messages. Because of its increasing popularity, Twitter has exerted its effort to stop attacks which includes spam, worms such as Mikeyy, and phishing. Twitter confirmed that the site was hacked last May where some individual account information were also leaked.

In regards to this, Kaspersky revealed a new tool named “Krab Krawler”. It will analyze million of tweets posted on Twitter every day and will block any Malware associated with them.

Krab Krawler will:

• looks at every public post as it appears in on Twitter
• extracts any URLs in them and analyzes the web page they go to
• expands any URLs that have been shortened

Twitter scans almost 500,000 new unique URLs every day where there are about 100 to 1,000 Malware attacks happen. Koobface virus has targeted Twitter by posting malicious links from infected users’ accounts. Twenty-six (26) percent of the total Twitter posts contain URLs redirecting to spam sites which are marketing products or services and not considered Malware. Thousands of accounts post spam links created by bots. Most of the URLs redirect to online dating sites.

Kaspersky’s regular antivirus software can detect and block ninety-five (95) percent of the Malware Twitter users are afraid of. Some antivirus companies focus protecting e-mail-borne viruses but also give more attention to social-media sites now. For now, Finjan offers SecureTweets to Twitter users. SecureTweets is a  free browser plug-in that warns the users as they come upon a malicious URL in Twitter, also includes Blogger, Gmail, Google search, MSN, MySpace, Yahoo and more sites.

Attackers are fond of hitting social-media sites because there are many people using them and trusting messages in there with their friends more than they do in e-mails. According to Kaspersky, Trojan-Clicker.HTMLIFrame is the most common piece of Malware associated with Twitter. It is a malicious Javascript that can be transferred to computer when you visit a compromised web site.

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Are you addicted to Facebook? Beware!

Because MX Lab, a security firm, detected a new variant of Bredolab Trojan horse attached to a fake “Facebook Password Reset Confirmation” email. Some users claim that the e-mail comes from “The Facebook Team” where the sender’s e-mail address is displays as “service@facebook.com.”  Unfortunately, the address and sender were disguised.

The said e-mail is accompanied with an attachment named “Facebook_Password_4cf91.zip”, also includes the file Facebook_Password_4cf91.exe” and contains the new Facebook password of the user. When you run the file, it could cause destruction on your computer. According to MX Lab, Trojan horse Bredolab executes files from the Internet such as rogue anti-spyware. It is a malicious Malware that injects its own code into legitimate processes svchost.exe and explorer.exe to bypass firewalls. It also contains anti-sandbox code which allows Bredolab to quit by itself when an external program investigates its actions.

M86 Security, another security watchdog, said that Bredolab don’t just sneak into the computer of the user but also downloads a bot called Pushdo. Pushdo will immediately start spamming out more Facebook password reset e-mails. Facebook explained that the e-mail containing the virus is not coming from them. According to them, they will never send users a new password as attachment. They advised the users to immediately have their computers run a virus scan. Facebook users should be careful with a fake e-mail disguising as a Facebook password reset e-mail containing an attachment of the new password but in reality, contains a virus.

How Can Techie Now Help?

Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites worldwide. With these fake and infected Facebook e-mails spreading around, users must be careful in opening and downloading malicious e-mails and attachments. If your computer has been infected with Bredolab Trojan horse, contact Techie Now. We are willing to solve your problem. With our virus removal services, Techie Now will treat your computer right and everything will be alright.

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Are you too busy with so many things that you do not have time to worry on protecting your PC? Having problems with Trojans, worms and other malicious software? Unsatisfied with the services of the paid software subscriptions?  Microsoft Security Essentials is the solution that you are looking for.

What is Microsoft Security Essentials?

The Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), also codenamed Morro, is a free real-time consumer antivirus software released by Microsoft which provides high-quality protection when it comes to viruses, spyware, rootkits and Trojans. It is available for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.  The launching of the Microsoft Security Essentials has marked a change consumer antivirus marketing strategy of Microsoft because it was made for 50-60% of PC users who don’t have the money or don’t want to pay for antivirus protection. With MSE, there’s no need for registration, trials with an expiration date or renewals.

Installing Microsoft Essentials is very easy. It has a smaller download size, also include the fast installation. According to Microsoft, MSE should not be installed together with any other antimalware software. As soon as you see the Security Essentials icon becomes green, it signifies that your computer is protected and in good status. Worry no more with the latest protection because the updates and upgrades are automatic. Updates are published three times a day to Microsoft Update. MSE decompresses and scans archived files, file downloads and e-mail attachments. Using the Dynamic Signature Service, it checks the updates if an application show suspicious behavior which can help the user to identify malicious files. MSE receives positive reviews because of its low resource usage, straightforward user interface and price point. PCWorld remarked the clear-cut and cleanly designed tabbed interface. PC Magazine noticed the small installation package and speedy installation.

It is a very user–friendly security software that runs quietly in the background while you are using your computer. You won’t be bothered to continue doing other tasks while updating the system. It only gives alerts if there’s something important that you need to do. You will be able to continue your work or have fun at the same time because it doesn’t require a lot of system resources. It also helps the users to stop potential threats before they harm your computer.

How Can Techie Now Help?

Microsoft Security Essentials was generally made to help you in securing your computer.  However, as experts will tell you (reference) there’s no best or infallible antivirus. If you want your PC to be protected further or you suspect that your antivirus has not done the job, the come to and  enjoy our virus removal services and more.

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Dirtiest sites in the Internet

Internet has been a part of the everyday lives for most of us. People tend to be online to communicate with everyone, shop, bank, etc.  With many people using the Internet, comes different websites to visit. They enjoy the pleasure of being in the web for so long without considering whether the sites are safe or not. But people should be careful enough not to engage with sites that will deceive them, steal their personal information or harm their computers.

Norton Safe Web, Symantec’s Web site rating service created as site called “Dirtiest Web Sites of Summer 2009”. They include 100 “worst of the worst” sites detected with high number of threats as of August 2009.

It is not surprising that 48% of the Dirtiest Web sites include adult content.  Some of the sites do not seem risky at all and they treat topics such as catering, deer hunting, figure skating, legal services, and buying electronics. The most common threat found in the Dirtiest list is Malware – especially viruses – followed by security risks and browser exploits. Just clicking or visiting a site with all these threats will put your computer at risk of being infected. The worse of all, identity thieves will be able to access your personal and financial information.

Research made by Symantec shows that online threats are increasing and evolving as cybercriminals find new more ways to steal assets, identity and money. The sites on the Dirtiest list have an average of 18,000 threats per site while 40 of the sites have in excess of 20,000 threats.

Here are some of the Dirtiest Web Sites:

• 17ebook.com – 118 threats
• aladel.net – 32939 threats
• clicnews.com – 8564 threats
• fantasticfilms.ru – 4779 threats
• ginedis.com – 15127 threats
• hdvideoforums.org – 5722 threats
• hihanin.com – 7241 threats
• kingfamilyphotoalbum.com – 10999 threats
• mactep.org  – 16594  threats
• marbling.pe.kr – 9138 threats
• nacjalneg.info – 3624 threats
• pronline.ru – 5909 threats
• purplehoodie.com – 11235 threats
• qsng.cn – 48 threats
• seksburada.net – 1505 threats
• stock888.cn – 122 threats
• tathli.com – 812 threats
• teamclouds.com – 10123 threats
• xnescat.info – 3624 threats
• yt118.com – 4438 threats

Source: http://safeweb.norton.com/

How Can Techie Now Help?

Unfortunately, it is not enough to keep far away from these identified sites. There are many other sites which are not in this list and look quite safe but can give your computer and yourself major problems. The most common threat found in the Dirtiest list is Malware and specially viruses, Techie Now will be happy to removed them for you.

Our virus removal services will analyze your computer infection, identify security risks and remove all Malware.  Don’t let those viruses harm your computer. Stop them now! Techie Now’s virus removal services will make everything easy for you.

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