Posts Tagged ‘windows users’

Trojan.Rodricter spreads by exploiting critical Java vulnerability

Sep

2012

On August 26, FireEye reported the discovery of a critical vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment versions 1.7x, which was designated as CVE-2012-4681. Oracle released a security patch only on August 30, and, therefore, the vulnerability remained unclosed for at least four days-an opportunity criminals were quick to take advantage of. Doctor Web determined that a […]

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You pig! Malware-laced emails spammed out posing as incriminating photos

Jul

2012

A widespread malware attack has been spammed out, posing as incriminating photos of the recipient which could get them in trouble with their partner.The emails, which have the subject line “You pig!”, are designed to infect Windows users and carry a malware attachment posing as a digital photograph. Subject: You pig! Message body:You should be […]

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OSX.Macontrol Back at It Again

Jul

2012

If you were to compare the percentage of Mac users with the percentage of Windows users, the Windows user base still eclipses the Mac user base by a large margin. At the time of this blog post, one usage statistics aggregator reports on its website that the Windows market share is a commanding 84.13 percent […]

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