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Fake Cloud AV 2012

Ted — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:00:06 +0000

There is a new friend in the village. Many people thought that the fake antivirus (aka rogueware) business had decreased, and it was true that for a few months rogueware infections were not that prevalent, mainly due to the efforts made by law enforcement with the help of security companies, but it was a matter [...]—
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Greetings from Barcelona

Ted — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:00:03 +0000

This week I am in Barcelona, where the Virus Bulletin conference is taking place. I will be attending some preVB meetings, such as the AVPD (AntiVirus Product Developers) hosted by ICSA Labs and the WildList meeting, where we’ll talk about some future plans. All the meetings and the conference itself will take place at the [...]—
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Open Cloud Antivirus

Ted — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:00:02 +0000

Right after we started Panda’s CI (collective intelligence) project few years back. We decided to provide a community based antivirus program called Panda CloudAntivirus. When all the good guys trying to improve and to keep the community safe. We notice the bad guys are trying to take the opportunity to “sell” their fake antivirus. Earlier [...]—
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Open Cloud Antivirus

Ted — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:00:05 +0000

Twitter used for Rogueware Distribution

Ted — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:00:05 +0000

Cyber criminals are using social media more frequently to distribute their malicious creations. Pft! As if Blackhat SEO, fake advertisements, and hacked websites weren’t enough?! Today we’ll take a look at a Rogueware campaign using Twitter for distribution. Several fake profiles (and compromised ones too) started tweeting “a very good antivirus” followed by a shortened [...]—
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Microsoft just doesn’t get it… Security is about diversity

Ted — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:17 +0000

Microsoft recently started installing its Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) free antivirus product via the Operating System update mechanism to computers which don’t already have an antivirus installed. Basically Microsoft is saying they are worried about the security of its users and they need to make sure they are protected. Perhaps …—
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Microsoft Security Essentials Ranks as Best-Performing Free Antivirus [Antivirus] (Lifehacker)

Ted — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:20:33 +0000

Anti-malware testing group AV-Comparatives.org not only gave Microsoft Security Essentials a top rating for malware removal, but now they’ve given it their best ranking in their performance test as…
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CyberDefender to Exhibit at RSA® Security Conference (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Ted — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:20:18 +0000

LOS ANGELES—-CyberDefender Corporation , an award-winning provider of PC security, Antispyware/Antivirus Software, PC Optimization, PC Support, and Identity Theft Prevention solutions, today announced it will demonstrate its new consumer cyber security technologies and products at the 2010 San Francisco RSA® Conference.
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Blog Comment Spam Honeypot

Ted — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:00:02 +0000

One of the most common vectors for distributing malware nowadays is spamming blogs with comments pointing to malicious sites that host exploits, malware, rogue antiviruses or other types of scams.In order to analyze the huge volume of spam comments that come in through our various Panda Blogs (PandaLabs, Panda Research, …
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Blog Comment Spam Honeypot

Ted — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:20:07 +0000