The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is issuing refund checks to approximately 320,000 victims of scareware peddled through Innovative Marketing. But as John Leyden of The Register points out, the refund program could itself lead to new scams. If you think you are entitled to a refund or have questions about the settlement, you can call [...]

What is Carrier IQ? According to the company, “Carrier IQ is the leading provider of Mobile Service Intelligence Solutions to the Wireless Industry” and is “Deployed on over 140M devices from 12 leading mobile device vendors worldwide”. … Read Full Post View full post on About.com Antivirus Software

Carrier IQ provides mobile device software that triggers on certain metrics to better enable service providers and hardware manufacturers to diagnose and troubleshoot things like dropped calls and weak reception. Carrier IQ makes the software, but it is up to either the device manufacturer or the wireless provider as to whether the software is used [...]

Polymorphic viruses change their code in an attempt to avoid detection by antivirus scanners. View full post on About.com Antivirus Software: Most Popular Articles

Is Yahoo Messenger program vulnerable to exploit? View full post on About.com Antivirus Software: Most Popular Articles

the President of Sony BMG’s Global Digital Business, Thomas Hesse, defends Sony’s installation of a rootkit by declaring, "Most people, I think, don’t even know what a Rootkit is, so why should they care about it?" View full post on About.com Antivirus Software: Most Popular Articles

Chirs DiBona, a program manager for Google, created some controversy when he spoke out against antivirus software for mobile devices. According to Chris: “…virus companies are playing on your fears to try to sell you bs protection software for Android, RIM and IOS. They are charlatans and scammers. IF you work for a company selling [...]

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The first step in solving any problem is first understanding you have a problem. This is particularly true when it comes to managing the problems brought on by website compromises and date breaches. View full post on About.com Antivirus Software: Most Popular Articles

A simple Google search reveals thousands of compromised Web pages across UNC Chapel Hill websites, including those belonging to the PLanUNC (aka PLUNC) project funded by the National Institute of Health, the James M. Johnston Center, and the university’s School of Journalism. The method of compromise varies from department to department and further Google searching [...]