Virus Alerts ...
To see a synopsis of the latest threat discovered by their respective companies including Risk level, Date identified please click on the appropriate link below.
   
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Trojan Threat Alert for Windows® 7 and FIFA World Cup™
Tuscany Pc Clinic has identified that cybercriminals are continuing to target major news stories and global events such as the recent release of Windows 7 and the FIFA World Cup.
Thousands of Windows 7 builds downloaded on Torrent and P2P sharing sites contain a malicious Trojan designed to target your personal information and has the potential to cause system failure and result in identity theft or financial loss for the end user.
We’re also witnessing phishing attacks targeting the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Tournament and there’s evidence to suggest that the FIFA related attacks will continue to escalate, as demonstrated during the previous FIFA World Cup when related phishing attacks jumped by 40%.
What you should do to help protect yourself:
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Only purchase/download products from trusted sources. |
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If you've downloaded Windows 7 from a torrent site, you should use your security software to run a comprehensive scan of your computer to check for Trojans and other threats. |
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Avoid clicking on links sent to you via emails and instant messages even if they appear to be sent from a known or reputable source. |
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Mac Threat Alert!
Know anyone that's a Mac User?
Then let them know that malware researchers have discovered what appears to be the first Mac OSX botnet, aka MacBot or iBotnet and its receiving a substantial amount of industry and media interest.
Early estimates suggest that thousands of people have unknowingly downloaded the infected files. Don't let yourself be one of them...
In a nutshell the botnet is launching a number of malware variants inside pirated copies of popular Mac based software in order to take control of the infected Mac machine.
First and foremost make sure that you and your fellow Mac users, exercise caution, have Mac specific security software installed if you dont have any contact us to get yours now.
Online scans
Here are a selection of free online scans to keep your machine running smoothly.
These scans all can take upto several hour to complete, we reccomend trend micro but there are a selection for you to chose from below as you may need to scan twice with 2 different anti virus programs to remove fully any infections.
This is our favourite online anti virus free scanner
Trend Micro online free scan
This is microsofts own anti virus scanner which also checks your machine for registry errors.
Windows Live scan
This is another good free online scanner but tends to take a very long time to complete.
Bit Deffender
This is another current market leader in the anti virus field.
Kaspersky Scanner
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