MooSoft Musings http://www.moosoft.com/blog The tao of moo Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:35:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 35.155811-106.566629MoosoftMusingshttp://feedburner.google.com The Cleaner 2011 v7.1 Is Now Available! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MoosoftMusings/~3/FHiQJQT3Ya8/ http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/03/14/the-cleaner-2011-v7-1-is-now-available/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:32:32 +0000 moosoft http://www.moosoft.com/blog/?p=267 The Cleaner 2011 v7.1 is now available!

Changes include:

  • Added ability to send Quarantine to MooSoft.
  • Added task scheduler (registered only).
  • Added log file manager.
  • Added Quick Scan button.
  • The main window is now re-sizable.
  • Improved ADS (NTFS Alternate Data Stream) scanning.
  • Fixed a bug where links from the Home tab would not open in the default browser.

You can get your free upgrade by using the built-in Update option or download from http://www.moosoft.com/download

 

]]> http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/03/14/the-cleaner-2011-v7-1-is-now-available/feed/ 0 http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/03/14/the-cleaner-2011-v7-1-is-now-available/ Internet Explorer 6 and 7 Exploits in the Wild http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MoosoftMusings/~3/w8SPBcJhHYE/ http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/03/10/internet-explorer-6-and-7-exploits-in-the-wild/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:17:08 +0000 moosoft http://www.moosoft.com/blog/?p=260 Active exploits for bugs in IE 6 & 7 are now in the wild.  It is time to upgrade to IE 8 or another browser of your choice.

Read more here.

 

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  • Better rootkit detection and removal
  • Improved heuristics
  • More languages
  • A fresh new GUI
  • Improved scanning speed
  • Improved registry malware detection and removal abilities
  • Improved command line scanner (The Cleaner CL)
  • Improved TCActive! real-time scanning module

Read the expanded list at http://www.moosoft.com/whatsnew

You can download the new release from here.

]]> http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/03/06/the-cleaner-2011-is-now-available/feed/ 0 http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/03/06/the-cleaner-2011-is-now-available/ MicroSoft Says Don’t Press F1 for Help http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MoosoftMusings/~3/m_iAiBUvb_k/ http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/03/02/microsoft-says-dont-press-f1-for-help/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:55:00 +0000 moosoft http://www.moosoft.com/blog/?p=255 A new flaw has been discovered in IE that could allow an attacker to take control of your computer.

…attackers could exploit it by feeding users malicious code disguised as a Windows help file — such files have a “.hlp” extension — then convincing them to press the F1 key when a pop-up appeared.

Microsoft advises its customers to not press F1 if a website tells them to.

Windows7 users are safe from this exploit.

See more here

]]> http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/03/02/microsoft-says-dont-press-f1-for-help/feed/ 0 http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/03/02/microsoft-says-dont-press-f1-for-help/ Chile Earthquake and Tsunami Searches Lead to Roge AV http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MoosoftMusings/~3/toust_174ys/ http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/02/27/chile-earthquake-and-tsunami-searches-lead-to-roge-av/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:59:02 +0000 moosoft http://www.moosoft.com/blog/?p=252 The bad guys wasted no time in exploiting people searching Google for news about the earthquake and tsunami. We are working diligently to protect our customers from this threat.

Security AntiVirus

]]> http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/02/27/chile-earthquake-and-tsunami-searches-lead-to-roge-av/feed/ 0 http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/02/27/chile-earthquake-and-tsunami-searches-lead-to-roge-av/ Update to The Cleaner 2010 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MoosoftMusings/~3/TNQz77i9nas/ http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/02/16/update-to-the-cleaner-2010/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:13:04 +0000 moosoft http://www.moosoft.com/blog/?p=247 The Cleaner 2010 v6.2.2.2100 is out and includes the following changes:

  • Improved rootkit detection and removal.
  • Fixed command-line scanner bug where a non-existent file would return a false positive.
  • Added path scanning to the command-line scanner.
  • Adjusted heuristic scanning to help reduce false positives.
  • Added Italian translation.
  • Added Chinese Simplified translation.
  • Updated languages.

You can get this update via the Update tab in The Cleaner 2010.

 

]]> http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/02/16/update-to-the-cleaner-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/02/16/update-to-the-cleaner-2010/ State of Internet Security http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MoosoftMusings/~3/YpQKxYOJT8o/ http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/02/07/state-of-internet-security/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:17:18 +0000 moosoft http://www.moosoft.com/blog/?p=245 Websense reports that malware is on the rise and the methods of spreading it are changing.

  • 13.7 percent of searches for trending news/buzz words (as defined by Yahoo Buzz & Google Trends) lead to malware
  • 95 percent of user-generated comments to blogs, chat rooms and message boards are spam or  malicious
  • 35 percent of malicious Web attacks included data-stealing code
  • 58 percent of data-stealing attacks are conducted over the Web
  • 85.8 percent of all emails were spam
  • an average growth of 225 percent in malicious Web sites

Read more here

]]> http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/02/07/state-of-internet-security/feed/ 0 http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/02/07/state-of-internet-security/ Firefox Addons Lead to Malware http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MoosoftMusings/~3/Bd6sluz_wqw/ http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/02/05/firefox-addons-lead-to-malware/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:47:25 +0000 moosoft http://www.moosoft.com/blog/?p=242 Firefox Trojan

From the Mozilla Add-ons blog:

Two experimental add-ons, Version 4.0 of Sothink Web Video Downloader and all versions of Master Filer were found to contain Trojan code aimed at Windows users. Version 4.0 of Sothink Web Video Downloader contained Win32.LdPinch.gen, and Master Filer contained Win32.Bifrose.32.Bifrose Trojan. Both add-ons have been disabled on AMO.

 

]]> http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/02/05/firefox-addons-lead-to-malware/feed/ 0 http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/02/05/firefox-addons-lead-to-malware/ Facebook “Unnamed App” Hoax Leads to Rogue AV http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MoosoftMusings/~3/bqI5XjzBmeI/ http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/01/27/facebook-unnamed-app-hoax-leads-to-rogue-av/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:17:29 +0000 moosoft http://www.moosoft.com/blog/?p=238 There is a hoax going around on Facebook about a bad application called “Unnamed App.”  This is leading people to Google for information on it which is turning up results for Rogue Anti-Virus.  These Rogue Anti-Virus applications try to trick you into installing them by claiming your computer is infected with a variety of malware.

Credit goes to Peter Kruse for finding this issue.

]]> http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/01/27/facebook-unnamed-app-hoax-leads-to-rogue-av/feed/ 1 http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/01/27/facebook-unnamed-app-hoax-leads-to-rogue-av/ Patch available for the IE exploit along with seven others http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MoosoftMusings/~3/zxuAg2xzUu8/ http://www.moosoft.com/blog/2010/01/21/patch-available-for-the-ie-exploit-along-with-seven-others/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:47:02 +0000 moosoft http://www.moosoft.com/blog/?p=234 Microsoft has released a patch for the IE exploit dubbed Aurora and seven other vulnerabilities.  You can get the updates via Windows Update.

Details of the patches can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-002.mspx

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