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Have you ever wondered who creates malware? Or why they do it? Find out more about the people behind the threat - the script kiddies, virus writers, and cybercriminals – and what motivates them.
Trojans, viruses, worms, dialers – the programs we detect have lots of different names. Find out how Kaspersky Lab and other antivirus companies classify the many different types of programs which can harm your computer or your data.
Do you know the name of the first computer virus? Or perhaps you want to find out when the first email worm was created. This section covers the evolution of malicious programs from their initial appearance to the present day.
What if my computer is infected?
With the number of threats rising every day, you may find that your computer has been infected. Find out more about the symptoms of infection, and what steps you should take to clean your computer.
Sep 01 2010
Monthly Malware Statistics: August 2010
In August, there was a significant increase in exploits of the CVE-2010-2568 vulnerability.
Aug 23 2010
Information Security Threats in the Second Quarter of 2010
The majority of the biggest malware incidents that took place in the second quarter of 2010 were linked in some way to botnets. New bots were created and existing bots further developed, such as TDSS, an article on which has been published by our virus analysts, and Zbot (ZeuS), which we discuss...
Aug 05 2010
The TDSS rootkit first appeared in 2008. Since then, it has become far more widespread than the notorious rootkit Rustock. The rootkit’s malicious payload and the difficulties it presents for analysis are effectively similar to those of the bootkit.
Jul 30 2010
Monthly Malware Statistics July 2010
The first Top Twenty list below shows malware, adware and potentially unwanted programs that were detected and neutralized by the on-access scanner when they were accessed for the first time
Jul 21 2010
Mass Defacements: the tools and tricks
Websites getting defaced, servers getting turned into nodes in botnets, shell accounts and backdoors being sold on the black market - this is what’s happening on the Internet every day
Jul 15 2010
Cybercriminals use a variety of bots to conduct DDoS attacks on Internet servers. One of the most popular tools is called Black Energy 2. This malicious program is the subject of this article.
03 Sep, 12:48 GMT
Incidents | The Winlock numbers, the Winlock laws
02 Sep, 21:35 GMT
Opinions | Understanding Current Trends in the Fake Anti-Virus/Scareware Ecosystem
01 Sep, 02:25 GMT
Opinions | The Winlock case - I'm taking bets!
23 Aug, 21:26 GMT
Research | New IM Worm Squirming in Latin America
13 Aug, 15:21 GMT
Webcasts | Whitelisting - how it protects us
10 Aug, 15:29 GMT
Virus Watch | First SMS Trojan for Android
28 Jul, 07:32 GMT
