Archive for April, 2006

New P2P Virus

Win32.Polipos

SYMPTOMS:

  • Size of executable increases with about 60-70 KB.
  • There could be detected unusual network activity.
  • Suspect activity for the running processes (searching and modifying executable files).

Continue reading ‘New P2P Virus’

Nero v7.2.0.3 released

A new version of nero has been released. Version number has gone up from 7.0.8.2 to 7.2.0.3. Seems to be a major update. Continue reading ‘Nero v7.2.0.3 released’

Michal Zalewski Announces A New Bug for Internet Explorer

Michal Zalewski, the researcher who announced in March an Internet Explorer vulnerability whose exploitation could crash the browser, has some news for Microsoft and the company’s security experts won’t be too pleased with them. Continue reading ‘Michal Zalewski Announces A New Bug for Internet Explorer’

New Bluetooth Virus

A newly detected mobile phone virus is charging mobile phone users $5 to send a premium rate SMS message, security experts warned today at Infosec Europe 2006. Continue reading ‘New Bluetooth Virus’

Yahoo Messenger v7.5.0.811

The much awaited yahoo messenger v7.5 is finally out of beta! Grab it here!

Online Malware Scan

Just thought i’d let you know about this site, http://virusscan.jotti.org. Its a site using multiple anti-virus scan engines (15, as of yet, new engines being added regularly!) to scan files uploaded by users from across the globe. Continue reading ‘Online Malware Scan’

Birthdays and Characteristics!

January 01-10 ~ Dog
January 10-24 ~ Mouse
January 25-31 ~ Lion
February 01-05 ~ Cat
February 06-14 ~ Dove
February 15-21 ~ Turtle
February 22-28 ~ Panther
March 01-12 ~ Monkey Continue reading ‘Birthdays and Characteristics!’

KIS/KAV Beta v6.0.1.307 released

Changelog:

Build [307] Resolved:

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 FS
06273 Missing functionality for server connection for the user
08884 Events: Incorrect event type
Feature Corrected locking when modules load
Feature Exceptions around AV signatures code are removed for diagnostics Continue reading ‘KIS/KAV Beta v6.0.1.307 released’

My Rig

So.. Here’s my PC configuration.. Continue reading ‘My Rig’