The latest rogue software, a variant of something called Petya, locks computers and posts a message demanding $300 in bitcoins to recover the data.
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An Apple representative said the company had taken steps over the weekend to prevent further infections by revoking a digital certificate that enabled the rogue software to install on Macs.
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An Apple representative said the company had taken steps over the weekend to prevent attacks by revoking a digital certificate from a legitimate Apple developer that enabled the rogue software to install on Macs.
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Many extensions benignly use this information, but there is always the danger that the all-access pass will be abused or that rogue software will grab keystrokes, login information, account numbers and other private data.
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They also found that the Orpak software stores user information, such as usernames and passwords, in unencrypted format and uses unsigned and unencrypted firmware, meaning an attacker could overwrite the legitimate Orpak software with rogue software.
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Even if Amazon, Apple, and Google have the best intentions regarding user privacy, these always-on listening devices are open to abuse from government agencies, rogue software developers, and any hackers targeting the fragile security of the Internet of Things.
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All the passwords, tokens and other forms of strong authentication are meaningless if a person is tricked into handing over their credentials, inadvertently installs rogue software on their device that performs certain actions, or unwittingly gives a criminal access to their machine or account.
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An up-to-date antivirus program can catch many kinds of rogue software, but if you do not want to worry as much (or have children who may download software indiscriminately) you can set Windows 10 to do more than warn about apps coming from other sources beyond the Windows App Store.
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MonaRonaDona behaves unlike other known Rogue software. MonaRonaDona has its own characteristics and may come from the rogue software Unigray Antivirus. MonaRonaDona was also identified as the TROJ_MONAGRAY.A trojan infection.
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Although major mod hosting websites (such as GTAinside or GTAGarage) often check mods for possible malware, there are times where content infected with viruses and rogue software slip through. As such, modding websites began to screen content owners and their works for any malicious content or similar quality or security issues.
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Volcano Security Suite is a piece of harmful security software that disguises itself as an antispyware program. It issues a false messages and alerts, and false system scan results on the computer to scare people to pay for the full version of the rogue software. It is a part of FakeVimes family.
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Personal Antivirus is rogue anti-virus software created by a company named Innovagest (sometimes referred to as "Innovagest 2000"), and is related to other rogue software."Aurelija". Can Personal Antivirus Make Your PC Safer? . PC1News.com. September 4, 2009. It claims to be an anti-virus program, but instead merely displays false warnings about virus and spyware infections, and demands money to clean these infections.
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A more dangerous rogue software appeared in August 2010. Designated Rogue:Win32/FakePAV or Unknown Win32/Trojan, it closely resembles Microsoft Security Essentials and uses sophisticated social engineering to deceive users and infect their systems, under the guise of five different fictional anti-malware products. It also terminates and prevents the launch of 156 different programs, including Registry Editor, Windows Command Prompt, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Google Chrome.
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SpyLocked, also known as SpywareLocked, is rogue software that seeks to trick the user into purchasing its full rogue version. SpyLocked issues false security messages alleging that the user's computer is infected with malicious spyware. Once installed, SpyLocked may be very difficult to remove and may re- install itself after partial removal. It is also known as a clone of SpySheriff, along with BraveSentry, PestTrap, SpywareNo, SpyAxe, SpywareQuake, SpyDawn, AntiVirGear, System Security, SpywareStrike, SpyShredder, Alpha Cleaner, AntiVirus Gold, TheSpyBot, Spywarebot/SpywareStop, and SpyMarshal.
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Even though Autotote officials characterized the scheme as the actions of a "rogue software engineer", the National Thoroughbred Racing Association took swift action in the face of a growing outcry once the nature of the scam emerged. It required all tote companies to modify their software to transmit betting information immediately after the bet has closed. It also pressured its member tracks into not doing business with parlors that didn't have the ability to record wagers taken over the phone. The scheme was profiled on the Canadian television series Masterminds.
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ByteDefender also known as ByteDefender Security 2010 is a scareware rogue malware application on Windows that masquerades as a legitimate antivirus program. It uses a false system scanner that produces large deposits of malware and it attempts to scare the users to purchase the full version of the rogue software for the removal of nonexistent and/or unnecessary spyware items. The name of this antispyware program is used to confuse the user looking for the legitimate Bitdefender before downloading the software. Bytedefender Security 2010 may be downloaded as a trojan horse along with possible other antivirus programs.
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Hex dump of the Blaster worm, showing a message left for Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates by the worm's programmer Malware (a portmanteau for malicious software) is any software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server, client, or computer network (by contrast, software that causes unintentional harm due to some deficiency is typically described as a software bug). A wide variety of malware types exist, including computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, rogue software, and scareware. Programs are also considered malware if they secretly act against the interests of the computer user. For example, at one point Sony music Compact discs silently installed a rootkit on purchasers' computers with the intention of preventing illicit copying, but which also reported on users' listening habits, and unintentionally created extra security vulnerabilities.
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