Articles from July 2010

Survey Finds Americans as Concerned About Contracting a Computer Virus as a Human Virus Like H1N1

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA–(Marketwire – June 30, 2010) – With millions of Americans now storing much of their critical data and personal information online, computer viruses carry increased threats to our daily lives. In fact, close to half (49 percent) of Americans with a personal computer would be more likely to safeguard themselves from a potential virus [...]

Farmville and “Sex and the City 2” Used as Bait to Hijack Facebook’s “Like” Button

PandaLabs, the anti-malware laboratory of Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, has reported the proliferation of scams hijacking the Facebook “Like” option. The attack uses eye-catching messages related to the popular game Farmville, the “Sex and the City 2” movie or the keyword sex to grab the attention of logged-in Facebook users as they browse [...]