Tagged: Malicious Software

Many misspellings and people still arrive here

Bad google search
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One of the neat things about the Site Stats in WordPress is that it will tell you the Google search term someone used to successfully reach your page. I have always seen a ton of misspellings. For example someone typed in “anti virus” and it came up with this anti-virus article I wrote on Sophos. I wonder if there is a plugin that corrects for any misspelling in comments or google searches and helps match the appropriate search query?

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Hours after security update, new MacDefender variant evades it

Millenium Force
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Hours after security update, new MacDefender variant evades it. So it is clear that the race is on. The need for Mac anti-virus software is not an option and hasn’t been for some time. I have written before that I believe Sophos is the best antivirus for Mac.

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OSX/FakeAV-A – Viruses and Spyware – Threat Analyses – Threat Center – Sophos – StumbleUpon

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OSX/FakeAV-A – Viruses and Spyware – Threat Analyses – Threat Center – Sophos – StumbleUpon. I actually had this virus yesterday. Sophos found it and deleted it as soon as it found it.

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Time Machine malfunctioning

Use of Operating Sistem at November 2009
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Hackberry68 found that it was VirusBarrier Express that caused the issue.  In his words:

Friends, thank you for all the advice. When I received the OS update, I immediately went to the new App store and found a free virus scan app: “VirusBarrier Express,” which I installed. Tonight, following your suggestion, I removed the app from both computers and Viola! Time Machine works just fine.

via Apple – Support – Discussions – Time Machine malfunctioning ….

 

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