Tag Archive for: video

Researchers predict new computer security threat for wireless networks: Typhoid adware (w/ Video) – Eureka! Science News

There’s a potential threat lurking in your internet café, say University of Calgary computer science researchers. It’s called Typhoid adware and works in similar fashion to Typhoid Mary, the first identified healthy carrier of typhoid fever who spread the disease to dozens of people in the New York …
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Facebook hit with ‘sexiest video’ virus – Raw Story

SINGAPORE — A computer security company on Tuesday warned Facebook users against clicking on a link claiming to be the “sexiest video ever … up advertising,” said Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at Sophos. “Not only is adware …
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Thousands of Facebook Users Hit by Video Attack – Kansas City infoZine

If you fell victim to this attack, scan your computer with up-to-date anti-virus software, change your passwords, and review your Facebook application settings and remove whatever application was installed during this attack,” continued Cluley. ”
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Avoid Facebook ‘sexiest video’ – Beeld

Singapore – A computer security company on Tuesday warned Facebook users against clicking on a link claiming to be the “sexiest video ever” which is actually a trap designed to infect computers. The firm, Sophos, said that thousands of users have been hit by the malicious post, which appears to …
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