spyware

This year Cameron Diaz took the first place in the list of most dangerous search clues to be typed in the search engine query according to an annual McAfee report. Last year the top of the list was occupied by Jessica Biel.

If you look for any of the celebrities in the McAfee's annual list of the most dangerous stars to search for on the Web you risk to have a virus installed on your PC after you press some links in the search results.

Security researchers reported this week that Mac users are at risk of installing a spyware application that comes hidden into free software they download from three popular websites. Intego, a provider of anti-virus software for Macs, reports that the spyware dubbed as OSX/OpinionSpy is distributed through software available on sites including Softpedia, MacUpdate, and VersionTracker.

The security firm says that the malicious application is not installed automatically during the download process instead it infects a machine during the installation of free software.

US District Court Judge Richard Jones denied the class action status of the lawsuit filed against Microsoft over Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA). The decision means that lawyers cannot represent individuals as a group of defendants in the case.

 According to the latest report of McAfee Cameroon (.cm) web domains were found to be the largest suppliers of malware having replaced Hong Kong. According to the research over 36.7% of domains registered in the West African country hosted viruses or malicious code.

McAfee explains the trend as a result of a misspelling. The security research group says that the .cm used by Cameroon is a common typo for .com and this fact was exploited by cybercriminals to set up fake typo-squatting sites that lead to malicious downloads or spyware under the country's domain.

 Money comes to all in different ways. Some people get money easily but others have to wake up early and to engulfed themselves in their work just for a few dollars. Regardless the way you earn their money it is unpleasant to lose it for anyone. And, interestingly enough, many people when they lost their virtual dough begin to say that it had happened because of bad luck, magnetic storms, a black cat cross the distance from the mouse to the computer… In other words they blame anything except themselves.