Articles tagged with: Virus

22 Jun 2009

Kido is a serious threat to the entire Internet community. This malware was first detected in November 2008. It is estimated that with Kido currently infected with at least 5 million computers. The network of infected machines could potentially become the most powerful resource of cybercrimes.

8 Apr 2009

Conficker, also known as Downup or Downadup, is a new, incredibly sophisticated worm that came into existence on around October 2008, which has already infected millions of PCs around the world till this date.Conficker (aka Downadup, Kido) is known to block access to over 100 anti-virus and security websites.
What is Conficker / Downup / Downadup ?
Conficker, also known as Downup or Downadup, is a new, incredibly sophisticated worm that came into existence on around October 2008, which has already infected millions of PCs around the world till this date. W32/Conficker [...]

5 Apr 2009

What is Koobface?
Koobface is a malicious executable program that is commonly installed without user consent or knowledge. Koobface can be installed by itself or bundled with other infections. Koobface will often display frequent advertisements for bogus products or programs. The presence of Koobface can cause sluggish system performance, system freezes and/or crashes. Eventual system failure and blue screen could also be caused by Koobface. Koobface is not known to replicate itself at the time of this publication.How do I remove Koobface?
This Koobface Removal guide provides two Koobface removal options, automatic [...]