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Not-a-Virus: What is it?

22

Aug

2017

Sometimes, Kaspersky Internet Security pops up a window with a yellow frame and informs the user that “not-a-virus” has been detected on the computer. Of course, any curious user would wonder why, if something is not a virus, an antivirus application would inform them about it.

Category Malware Security Written by Kaspersky 0 Comments

Fireball: Adware with potential nuclear consequences

08

Jun

2017

Advertising can sometimes be annoying — and sometimes it can be malicious. Businesses that make their money selling advertisements sometimes go too far trying to make sure you see their ads. Recently researchers found that one such business — a big digital-marketing agency — went as far as installing adware on 250 million computers running Windows and macOS all over the world.

Category Malware Network security Written by Blog 0 Comments

Interview with a malware hunter: Pieter Arntz

05

Jun

2017

Welcome to our new series: interview with a malware hunter. In these Q&A sessions, we’ll take you behind the scenes to get to know our malware intelligence crew. Without further ado, we present our first victim, researcher, and blogger Pieter Arntz.

Category Security Threats & Malware Written by Blog 0 Comments

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