Archive : Security

Autorun : – The name itself says that, its execute itself. In this digital world where we all are bound to data “Information” in the digital form. We are badly effected by this “AUTORUN.inf” . What is ” Autorun.inf ” ? Autorun.inf is basically contains small code,which run itself when ever we plug-in USB drive or any external R/W media to the Computer. The Autorun.if is harmful to the windows PC only. The [...]

.SCR comes with many screen saver as .scr extension. This .SCR virus effects your files and folder and the user is not able to make changes. What is .SCR Extension? The SCR file type is primarily associated with “script” which is started to be used to transmit a Trojan. From where the .SCR Virus comes from? The SCR virus mostly comes along with the screen savers, ZIP files (with double extension), an executable file etc.. Most antivirus programs [...]

If you are really worried about the strength of your password than this article would be benificial. Everyone want to choose the password as strong as possible. The strong password is combination of small letters, capital letters, numeric, alpha numeric and offcourse special symbols also, but than also there is need to check the strenght of password. Most of the tools that are used to break into the secure system uses brute force attact. Check out [...]

Secure Password Selection The importance of picking a good, secure password can’t be emphasized enough. Your password is the way the computer verifies that someone logging in is really you, so pick something that cannot be guessed by others. The top reasons people gain unauthorized acesses to a password protected system is: They guessed someone’s password. (often because they found it on a piece of paper next to the victim’s computer [...]

It’s a great news for all Indians that a new web browser name “epic” is launched by 3 developers of Indian origin. The three developers are working in the Bangalore based “Hidden Reflex” company. It is the first ever web-browser that provide you online scanning of viruses. What are the Features that you can expect from Epic Browser :- a) Built in Antivirus: Scan downloads automatically. Scan your system manually. Epic [...]

Scams that post messages in Facebook members’ news feeds – known as ‘clickjacking’ scams – could soon be used by cybercriminals to spread malware, security experts have warned. So far, the scams have mostly been used to direct unsuspecting surfers to websites selling pharmaceuticals. However, it’s likely they will soon be used to send people top infected sites. For the moment, cases of malware distribution have not [...]

What we understand by phishing ? – A phishing is illegal way acquiring usename and password of the user by using fake website looks same as a real one. In the past phishing was attempted by just sending the fake URL but it contain same as the real site have. When the user enter its username and the password, the user credential goes straight  to the hacker or phisher page manager. But now a days a new type of phishing have been evolved that [...]