Viruses & Risks

Latest Threats & RisksView all ThreatsView all Risks

Severity

Name

Detected

Protected*

Spyware.CheatMonitor		04/09/2008
Bloodhound.Exploit.199	03/09/2008	03/09/2008
W32.Silnk	03/09/2008	03/09/2008
Ruby.Sylrot@mm	02/09/2008	02/09/2008

VulnerabilitiesView all Vulnerabilities

Name

Detected

Microsoft Excel Indexing Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability	August 12, 2008
Microsoft Outlook Express And Windows Mail MHTML Handler Information Disclosu...	August 12, 2008
Microsoft Windows Messenger ActiveX Control Information Disclosure Vulnerability	August 12, 2008
Multiple Vendor DNS Protocol Insufficient Transaction ID Randomization DNS Sp...	July 23, 2008

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How They Attack

Threats today have become more complicated. They tend to use multiple vectors to spread, thus increasing their chances of infection. Once on the system, these threats tend to show little to no symptoms so they can survive undetected.


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