Virus Alerts and removal
To see a synopsis of the latest threats discovered by their respective companies including risk level and date identified, please click on the appropriate link below.
Thousands of Windows 7 builds, downloaded on Torrent and P2P-sharing sites, contain a malicious Trojan, designed to target your personal information. It has the potential to cause system failure and result in identity theft or financial loss for the user.
What you should do to help protect yourself:
Only purchase/download products from trusted sources. 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. Avoid clicking on links sent to you via e-mails and instant messages, even if they appear to be sent from a known or reputable source.
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 it's 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 and have Mac-specific security software installed.
If you don't have any, contact us to get yours now.
On-line scans
Here are a selection of free on-line scans to keep your machine running smoothly.
These scans can all take up to several hours to complete.
We recommend Trend Micro, but there is a selection for you to chose from below. You may need to scan twice, using 2 different anti-virus programmes, to fully remove any infections.
This is our favourite on-line anti-virus free scanner:
Trend Micro on-line free scan
This is Microsoft's own anti-virus scanner which also checks your machine for registry errors:
Windows Live scan
This is another good free on-line scanner, but tends to take a very long time to complete:
Bit Defender
Another current market leader in the anti-virus field:








