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UAC plays defense against Malware

03

Aug

2011

User Account Control (UAC) was probably the first new feature of Windows Vista that most users encountered, and received considerable attention when the OS was released. UAC gives a way for users to act as computer administrators just for administrator tasks. This is important to only allow software that requires elevated rights to run with […]

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Rogue business

27

Jul

2011

FakeAV is never really far when you want to find it. Browsing a couple of dubious links was enough to trigger a ‘you are infected’ page. This one is pretending to be from Microsoft Security Essentials: The file that gets downloaded weighs a heavy (as far as malware goes) 4.58 Mb and comes from:03.85da0f71.com VirusTotal […]

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Announcing the newest MMPC Research and Response Lab

26

Jul

2011

I’m very excited to announce that today, the MMPC is opening a new research and response lab in Munich, Germany! Why Munich? Well, this central location in Europe enables the MMPC to be more agile in responding to threats across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The new lab complements the existing European antimalware lab […]

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