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Browser Hijacking

Myantispyware team December 5, 2005 No Comment Browser Hijacking

There is a despicable trend that is becoming more and more common wherein the browser settings of web surfers are being hijacked forcibly by malicious web sites and software which modifies your default start and search pages. Sometimes internet shortcuts will be added to your favorites folder without asking you. The purpose of this is

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How to remove CWS Hijacker

Myantispyware team December 5, 2005 No Comment Browser Hijacking, Tips, Tutorials - HowTo

This is old news, but and now many peoples have a question: “How to remove CWS Hijacker from my pc ?“. Read below. CWS is a trojan that hijacks Internet Explorer start and search settings to one of several different web sites (see below). Most of these web sites appear to have an affiliate relationship

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IE flaw lets intruders into Google Desktop

Myantispyware team December 3, 2005 No Comment Exploits & Vulnerabilities

A security researcher in Israel has found a way to steal information from unwitting users of Google’s desktop search tool by exploiting an unpatched flaw in Microsoft’s ubiquitous Internet Explorer. There is a bug in the way the Web browser processes CSS rules, Matan Gillon wrote in a description of his hack posted on Wednesday.

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More exploits out for Windows flaws

Myantispyware team December 3, 2005 No Comment Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Malware removal

Two new pieces of computer code that could be used in cyberattacks on Windows users were posted on the Web on Wednesday and Thursday. The exploit posted Thursday is another that could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control over a vulnerable computer. The code takes advantage of a flaw in a Windows component

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Vulnerability in the Internet Explorer

Myantispyware team December 2, 2005 No Comment Exploits & Vulnerabilities

Week ago the UK group “Computer Terrorism” released a proof of concept exploit against patched versions of Internet Explorer. Microsoft is investigating this report of a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows 98, on Windows 98 Second Edition, on Windows Millennium Edition, on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, on Windows XP Service Pack

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Determining Sun Java Vulnerability

Myantispyware team December 2, 2005 No Comment Online Scanners

The Sun Java download site will determine if an update is needed if you’re using IE and ActiveX: http://www.java.com/download/index.jsp Also the JavaTester site details all the different methods for determining what if any JDK/JRE is installed: http://javatester.org/version.html Also be aware many systems accumulate Java versions over time so you may have more than one installed.

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Spyware: WebHancer – How to remove

Myantispyware team December 1, 2005 No Comment Tips, Tutorials - HowTo

The majority of users running WebHancer are not aware they are running it, unless they have noticed system side-effects or unusual data transfers from their machine. WebHancer, like “Comet Curse”, falls into the category of “everything-installs-it-can’t-get-rid-of-it” foistware, with completely unrelated software secretly installing the WebHancer product on the user’s system. (Given this, I think the

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KazaaBegone – A Kazaa uninstaller

Myantispyware team December 1, 2005 No Comment Free Software, Malware removal

Kazaa uninstaller which scans and removes all elements of all Kazaa versions, as well as all of the bundled software that comes with it. Warning: This version has a bug that can cause your Internet connection to be broken when removing New.Net, WebHancer or CommonName. An update is being worked on. If you still want

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How to use LSP Fix to repair Winsock 2 settings

Myantispyware team December 1, 2005 No Comment Free Software

LSP-Fix is a free utility to repair Winsock 2 settings a specific type of problem associated with certain Internet software. This type of software is known as a Layered Service Provider or LSP, a piece of software that can be inserted into the Windows TCP/IP handler like a link in a chain. However, due to

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International Computer Security Day — November 30

Myantispyware team November 30, 2005 No Comment Tips

Here are just a few suggestions on what you can you do: — Change your password(s) to strong passwords. At minimum, mix upper case and lower case letters, numbers, and special symbols. Thelonger the better! — < *cough*> Remove the “sticky” from under your keyboard that has all your passwords written on it! — Update

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