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In the past, we were lead to believe that PDF files were safe. This is no longer the case according to Trend Micro . Apparently, infected PDF files crash Acrobat and Acrobat Reader but only after they have injected either a worm, Trojan or virus in the computers system. The PDF files can come from either...

A critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer is being actively attacked by cyber criminals, Trend Micro reports. Although Microsoft issued a patch to seal this last week, it is still vulnerable by reverse engineering the patch. Although the attacks are quite primitive at the moment (they are initiated...

The web based threats we face today have exploded in numbers. In 1988, there were 1,738 different malware threats; in the first 2 months of 2008, we faced 1.1 million. Trend Micro have come up with a new way of protecting against them. The “ Smart Protection Network ” looks at the reputations of Websites...

With the increase in malicious attacks on IT systems, especially virus attacks, it is vitally important to keep your clients security up-to-date. Web based e-mail such as Yahoo and Gmail is not scanned the way employees Exchange mail is. Consequently employees can inadvertently download malicious code...

Google's analysis of spamming activities indicate that they have increased hundred and 50% in the last two months, as the spammers have now found alternative web hosts following November’s closing of McColo Corp. With security experts estimating that up to 30% of all PCs are unprotected, and no matter...

In late November 2007 a new .DLL worm was detected as WORM_DOWNAD.A. Also known as Conficker and Downadup has been able to build the largest botnet on record thanks to the length of time it is taking network administrators to apply security patches. Despite the fact that Microsoft issued a patch to deal...

With so much security software around, it is sometimes difficult to decide which brand to use. I installed Trend Micro Internet Security on my home computers several years ago, following annoying experiences with both Symantec and Norton. Like all security software, takes a while to load and update,...