On Friday 9th November 2012, the Ecole Militaire de Paris, France, played host to a meeting that can be described as nothing short of exceptional. For the first time in more than 30 years, the protagonists of the...
Actress Emma Watson has just become the most dangerous internet famous according to research company McAfee, web pages with information related to actress are most viruses transmitted to users who visit these...
Social media sites with URL-shortening services will be most riddled with cybercriminal activity compare to other social media sites. Google's Android, Apple's iPhone, Foursquare, Google TV and the Mac OS X platform are all expected to become major targets for...
McAfee Labs is Currently Investigating What is Being Called the 'Here You Have' E-mail Virus There are different variations of this e-mail virus, but everyone should be warned that if you receive any kind of e-mail...
created by Amy Judd | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 2537 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
McAfee Still Working on 5958 DAT Update, Wants Users to Update Their McAfee ProgramOn April 21 thousands of computers around the world were affected by a W32/Wecorl.a false positive with the 5958 DAT update, which caused computers running a Windows XP Service Pack 3 to shut...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago 2225 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
W32/Wecorl.a: svchost.exe Virus is a False Positive by McAfee (Removal Solution)A recent virus definition update from antivirus software McAfee is causing computers to shutdown because it incorrectly detects W32/Wecorl.a virus in svchost.exe. The false-positive generated by...
The list of the '15 most dangerous celebrities on the web' have been released from security company 'McAfee' today for the third year, and Jessica Biel tops the list this year. These celebrities are considered...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 284 views | 3 recommendations | 0 comments
"Attention new viewers: those 5000 "friends" you have on Facebook? They might not actually be your friends. In fact, some of them might be scammers trying to infect your computer with a new virus dubbed "Koobface". Koobface, which already made the rounds on MySpace, is now...
created by nirajan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 297 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
If you value your online privacy and security, you might want to avoid trying to hunt down that sexy Brad Pitt screensaver. In the immortal words of Akon, Brad Pitt "is dangerous / he's so dangerous..."! "Reuters reports today that Brad Pitt is now the most dangerous...
A California computer instructor is teaching students how to code and think like a hacker, much to the chagrin of computer anti-virus companies. He says he hopes to shake up the internet security sector by...
created by Rob Peters | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 366 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Below is the story of a spam masochist. Tracy Mooney agreed to answer all the spam sent her way for a month, just to see what happened. It was part of a research project by McAfee, to see what sort of spam was out...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 293 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
" When surfing the internet for safe Web sites, not all domains are equal.Companies that assign addresses for Web sites appear to be cutting corners on security more when they assign names in certain domains than...
created by sweet east pearl | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 220 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Microsoft has just been awarded a U.S. patent for proactive virus protection, a system and method of security software used to protect your PC from malware that are not already safeguarded by your antivirus...
created by rpshen | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 262 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
As I googled, I saw an article with the topic, ‘The Three Most Important Security Steps The Small Business Should Take’.It started by saying that a lot of people will start disagreeing andsuggesting more steps should be taken. I wouldn’t say that it is somekind of good...
created by myi4u | 5 years ago 361 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Just a quick heads-up for Myspace users."According to security vendor McAfee, one of the profiles on MySpace currently serves up a fraudulent Microsoft security update that, if clicked, attempts to load malicious software. The profile of a 42-year-old woman from Arkansas...