VIRUSfighter Android Released

We are very pleased to announce the birth of our latest version of VIRUSfighter, this one designed to keep your Android device safe and sound.

We’ve spent many months crafting an Android solution that’s easy to use, easy on battery life and high on protection.

Key features are: we’ve kept it fast, lightweight and very easy to use and we’re updating signatures up to several times per day, depending on need.

Find out all about the product from the product home page.

12 Days of Spam: How Not to Get Spam in 12 Days

Spammers are smart.  They are constantly changing up their tactics on how to get your email address and coax you into falling for their latest scam. 

Here are 12 things to do so you can enjoy less spam in your inbox.

Social Media Safety Issues

You’ve probably never given it much thought, but your social media use has the potential to put your home at risk. While “checking in” at a certain location or uploading a picture of your new home stereo to Facebook seems like a harmless and common way to utilize social media, it may also put your home and properties at risk, as burglars have begun using information disclosed online to scope out potential target homes for robbery. However, with a few simple precautions taken you will be well on your way to deterring any attempts at a break-in in your home.

Happy New Year To All SPAMfighters Everywhere

Everyone here at SPAMfighter would like to take this opportunity to wish all SPAMfighter customers all the best for a successful 2012 and beyond.

We have lots of cool announcements coming in 2012, so look forward to telling you more about them then.

Haggis Spam in the SPAMfighter Office?

Here at SPAMfighter, we love receiving gifts, schwag, and free crap, not only during yuletide, but anytime really.  So if you feel inclined, please fell free to send your smartphones, candy, or anything else to our office. It rarely happens, but then yesterday this little gem (below), aptly named “Cairnsmhor Fine Foods Haggis Flavored Handbaked Oatcakes“, was sent to us.  Yes, you read it right. It seems to be a box containing Haggis flavored cookies. We’re not sure what angel sent us the damn thing but we believe it to be a new and advanced physical materialization of spam which will surely cause headaches to the Internet Security business in 2012.

How does phishing get spread on Facebook?

Remember the usual warnings we got from experts that deal with spam links over chat windows? We were always told that if someone contacts us and they are not from our contacts list, we should beware the links they send us. For this reason, it was always easy to determine when we should be suspicious of links. If it’s not from a friend, chances are it’s dubious and we should stay away from it. That’s not really the case with social networks as phishing attempts usually come from the accounts of trusted friends.

What is phishing?

If you’ve been around the Internet for a while now, you’ve probably heard of the term “phishing”. It is the process of shady people setting up a web page that resembles that of a popular website such as Facebook. This page tricks users into giving out their login information which is often used to spread the scam further.

Job spam – Exposing the fake job scammers 

FULL-DISKfighter for Mac (Beta) Launched

We are very pleased to announce the beta launch of our first full Mac product, FULL-DISKfighter for Mac.

10 movies with a cybercrime theme!

Hello there! We decided to take little trip down memory lane by taking a look at movies with a cyber crime theme. Why? Because here at SPAMfighter, fighting spam, removing malware and dealing with cyber crime is something we do on a daily basis and some of us are also avid movie buffs. So what is a cyber crime movie and how do we rate a really good cyber crime movie? A cyber crime movie has to have themes involving computers, modern technology and a crime of some sort, but the movie should also be entertaining with a haunting or moving plot and great acting.  We’ve decided that movies with a realistic depiction of cyber crime but mediocre in its other characteristics do not make the cut, and after much discussion, to stay away from science fiction movies as well.  Anyway, enough talking. Here is the ultimate SPAMfighter list of 10 cyber crime movies.

What is Social Engineering?

Most people are familiar with computer hacking, a concept typically paired with a sense of invasion from a distant and unknown source. Social engineering however introduces an element of proximity, or at least direct contact. Instead of spending time trying to crack a computer system from afar the attacker will instead try to manipulate the victim into divulging sensitive information, such as a password to a company network, or personal credit card information. There are several methods for doing so, some old, some newer but nearly all rely on exploiting human trust and curiosity, thus we may refer to social engineering as human hacking.

Remove Unwanted Programs

Unnecessary programs are a general cause of a slow computer. By removing these, a user can get a faster computer.

Are you experiencing a computer which is near its death? The reason behind it may be your hard disk which could have been victimized by unwanted software and programs.

Often, users keep number of software on their computers that have an average memory. Generally, these are unnecessary which have been installed and forgotten over a period of time causing a slow computer. Hence, it is good to regularly free your computer from unwanted programs to avoid slow computer.

5 Simple Tips To Remain Safe on Facebook

Facebook has been the topic of many security and privacy headlines with a number of  consumer protection agencies recently filing complaints with the Federal Trade Commission to members of the controversial hacker group Anonymous vowing to hack Facebook on November 5.  Additionally, with the rise of spam and fraud on Facebook there is an increasing need to be aware of the type of actions that might compromise your Facebook profile.  Here are some tips to keep you safe:

Computer’s Hard Disk Making Clicking Sounds: Beware Hard Disk Might Crash

Users should not ignore the clicking sound of their computer as it may lead to the failure of hard drive! 

A clicking sound from the hard drive of a computer is usually considered as a negative indication. This can be an indication of terrible hardware happenings and hence the users should immediately backup their hard drive.

Fresh Malicious Program Auto-Inserting Inside WordPress Software

Fresh malware unleashed by nasty online crooks  is attempting at injecting itself inside WordPress software. Users of WordPress must be vigilant as one fresh malicious program is currently acting to self-insert inside WordPress software.Called Mal/Badsrc-C, the malicious program, a virus exists inside the index.html file and due to its manner of installation it’s visible solely within the Internet Explorer (IE) Web-browser of Microsoft.

RIP Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011

Co-founder, former CEO and Chairman of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs has passed away after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

No words can really do justice to a man who changed the industry on a regular basis, except perhaps to share words from the man himself.

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish – Steve Jobs commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005 can be found below.