Seeing Ads on Wikipedia? You Might Have a Virus
Apparently some folks who were visiting Wikipedia saw some annoying banner ads. Not the requests for donations from its founder Jimmy Wales, mind you, but real banner ads promoting things…
Blog Archives for the tag Malware
140K Apple Users Still Affected by Flashback Malware
According to a post on the Symantec security blog, Apple’s attempts to get rid of the Java-based Flashback malware that affected 600,000 computers haven’t solved the problem completely. As of…
Google Reveals Android Malware Protection Service 'Bouncer'
While it’s a good thing for developers that there isn’t much of an approval process to get an app in the Android Market, it’s not such a great thing for…
More bad news for News: Herald Sun apologizes for distributing malware
Users visiting the Herald Sun’s website may have been exposed to a virus, the paper has admitted on its site. The apology was tucked away on the bottom right of…
