Posts tagged malware

Your Internet Might Shut Off Tomorrow Because of a Virus

Monday July 9th, the Internet is going to become inaccessible for nearly half a million people around the world because of malware called DNS Changer. If your computer is infected with DNS Changer, it won’t be able to get on the Internet anymore. Here’s how to get rid of it and make sure the Internet still works for you.

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Bizarre Android malware disrupts bizarre  Japanese girl-band election

Bizarre Android malware disrupts bizarre 

Japanese girl-band election

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Religious websites contain more malware than porn sites

People who browse religious websites are more likely to have their computers infected with a virus than those who visit pornographic websites, according to Symantec’s annual “Internet Security Threat Report.”

The firm found that websites with religious or ideological themes had triple the average number of threats than those featuring adult content.

“It is interesting to note that websites hosting adult/pornographic content are not in the top five, but ranked tenth,” Symantec said. “We hypothesize that this is because pornographic website owners already make money from the Internet and, as a result, have a vested interest in keeping their sites malware-free; it’s not good for repeat business.”

The report was based on information gathered from more than 200 countries through the Symantec Global Intelligence Network.

Symantec blocked a total of 5.5 billion attacks last year, an 81% increase from 2010.

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