Category Archives: Virus and Microsoft
PWS-Gamania Trojan
PWS-Gamania or PWS-Gamania.gen.a is a computer trojan discovered July 22, 2008. PWS-Gamania is a password stealing trojan which attempts to steal user information for certain online games. The characteristics of this password stealer with regards to passwords stolen, sites accessed, files downloaded etc will differ, depending on the way in which the attacker had configured … Continue reading
wpv991242765100 – viruses, spyware, adware, trojans, rootkits, worms?
wpv991242765100.exe – What is it? You may be wondering what this filename or process is when you try and searching for any malicious application running in you Windows XP/VIsta machine.. (via Task manager). wpv991242765100.exe’s could be viruses, spyware, adware, trojans, rootkits, worms, information stealers, keyloggers, bots… I for one is not sure, but I also … Continue reading
The Mikkey Worm – This worm is getting out of hand Twitter
“This worm is getting out of hand Twitter” – Mikkey. There was a swarm of messages flooding the twittersphere in the past couple of days. This twitter worm apparently hasn’t been controlled yet by twitter as the flood of messages that apparently coming from Mikkey, continues. I, myself, lucky for me haven’t been pested by … Continue reading
Remove Kido / Conficker / Downadup / Downup Worm
Kido, also known as Downup, Downadup and Conficker, is a computer worm targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system that was first detected in October 2008 but, after a couple of months later, it is still being discussed in antivirus forums and message boards. Topics usually discussed is how to detect and remove if you’re computer … Continue reading