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Blocking bad commentators – how to get IPs you should block. 18 Jul 2013 | 07:25 pm
This is an update about securing wordpress admin and blocking spam bots from writing comments. Although I use Akismet, spam bots might use up your apache children connections or make harder to find fa...
HotStartSearch virus – what it is and how to remove 7 May 2013 | 01:20 am
HotStartSearch virus also known as HotStartSearch.com is a browser hijacker that can be added as an application to Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Usually it affects all of the In...
How Delta Search Virus Works 29 Mar 2013 | 06:58 pm
Delta search virus (aka delta-search dot com ) is one of the major browser hijackers today. Once the toolbar is installed, it replaces home / new tab page and then it hijacks search settings. And that...
The case of simple server backdoor 20 Mar 2013 | 08:14 pm
Recently, I have found that one of my servers was infected with malicious apache module. This is not something I am too proud about, but it happens. The original infection happened either through ples...
FbDownloader – how to uninstall it 21 Feb 2013 | 08:35 pm
FbDownloader is an application that allows any Facebook user to easily download an unlimited number of Facebook photos from their own albums or from their friends’ albums, including tagged photos. It ...
How to get rid of MapsGalaxy adware 14 Jan 2013 | 07:03 pm
MapsGalaxy is a browser toolbar owned by Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. It offers such functions like map search; check of the traffic info; easy access to yellow pages, facebook and other tools....
How to secure WordPress blog admin area on dedicated machines 2 Jan 2013 | 08:27 pm
I have written on WordPress security in the past and listed some plugins that cover popular security issues. I still use Simple Login Log and prevent admin panel access from unknown IPs on most of my ...
Lithuanian bank is used for processing payments for fake antiviruses 20 Dec 2012 | 08:46 pm
Although Rogue antivirus business is very profitable for cyber criminals, it has one weak point – payment processing. Basically, one needs a legitimate partner to do this, or one would have no way to ...
System Progressive Protection infection still strong 21 Nov 2012 | 02:06 am
System Progressive Protection is not a new parasite – we wrote about it on September this year. However, its infections reached the peak only recently and it is the most distributed rogue antivirus at...
What is IRMA MoneyPak virus 20 Nov 2012 | 07:17 pm
IRMA MoneyPak virus is a ransomware that was designed by computer hackers in order to steal money from random computer users. The application enters computers through infected downloads. Usually compu...
