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When imitation isn’t a form of flattery

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Jan

2012

When I was at school (many, many years ago.) a teacher once told me that if someone copies you, it’s a sign of flattery. Well, right now there are numerous “companies” copying us, but we are far from flattered.For some time now, rogue security programs have been trying their hardest to look just like Microsoft […]

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Cleaning Malware: Slave Drive or Bootable CD?

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Aug

2011

Kent knows that you can better scan and clean an infected PC’s hard drive by not booting from it. He asked the Antivirus & Security Software forum if it’s better to boot from a Linux CD and run security software from that, or to remove the hard drive, and attach it as a secondary drive […]

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Mac Malware Monsoon in May

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May

2011

Here’s a quick update on the Mac OS X malware landscape, a rather hot topic this month. May started off with the announcement of the DIY malware kit Weyland-Yutani BOT. This news was shortly thereafter dwarfed by numerous reports of fake (a.k.a. rogue) security software for the Mac; names include Mac Defender, Mac Protector, Mac […]

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