It Finally Happened, We Received a MacBook with a Virus!
How did this happen? What did you use to clean up the system? Well there are a few things you have to consider......
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It Finally Happened, We Received a MacBook with a Virus!
How did this happen? What did you use to clean up the system? Well there are a few things you have to consider......
Read More
Tags: Virus removal, Antivirus, Browser Hijacking, Macintosh, Macbook
Ok, it's apparent that many of our customers who bring in their computers do in fact have programs that either contain or deploy malicious code with the ability to do a whole range of nasty things. Below is a list of some of the apllications you should delete right now.
Tags: Pop-up Ads, Antivirus, Chrome, Firefox, Web Browser, Browser Hijacking, Security
The Nuclear Exploit Kit
Recently there has been a new piece of malicious code floating around otherwise known as the Nuclear exploit kit. This kit has been deployed by a number of travel websites that have been compromised. It was discovered by security researchers Proofpoint after customers had received promotional emails from legitimate businesses whose emails they had signed up to receive. These emails contained links to the infected websites.
Tags: email, Virus, Browser Hijacking, Security, Malware Prevention
Has your browser been acting strange lately? Slow? Pop ups everywhere? Strange looking search pages? You might have a hijacked browser. Browser hijacking means that malicious code has modified the settings of your browser.
Tags: Web Browser, Virus, Windows, Browser Hijacking, Conduit
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