Viruses & Risks

Latest Threats & RisksView all ThreatsView all Risks

Severity

Name

Detected

Protected*

SpywareScanner2008		08/07/2008
RegistryDefender		08/07/2008
Packed.Generic.157	07/07/2008	07/07/2008
DiskKnight		07/07/2008

VulnerabilitiesView all Vulnerabilities

Name

Detected

Microsoft Windows Explorer saved-search File Remote Cod...	July 8, 2008
Microsoft DirectX SAMI File Parsing Stack Buffer Overfl...	June 10, 2008
Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Objects 'substringData...	June 10, 2008
Microsoft Windows Bluetooth Stack Remote Code Execution...	June 10, 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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