Win32/Sality is a family of malware that has been using a peer-to-peer botnet since at least 2003. It is a file infector and a trojan downloader, the latter of which is mainly used to send spam, although it has been used for different purposes such as faking advertising network traffic, Distributed Denial of Service or … More ESET’s technical dissection of Win32/Sality trojan
Microsoft will cease providing security updates for this operating system on April 8, 2014. Microsoft will release its final security updates for Windows XP, and stop providing support and fixes for it. The operating system will still function the same way it has, and all old updates and fixes will still be available, but regular … More 5 Tips for protecting Windows XP machines after April 8, 2014
After 8th April 2014, Microsoft will no longer provide system updates for Windows XP. ESET will support the Microsoft Windows XP versions of ESET products at least until the end of April 2017. Q: What exactly happens on April 8, 2014? Will Windows XP stop working? A: On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will release its final … More ESET will not end Windows XP products support
The world today is a much different place than it was in 2001 when Microsoft released Windows XP. With Windows XP Microsoft combined features to handle games and multimedia for consumers, and to provide stability and reliability for businesses. This strategy made for a wildly popular operating system. Now, thirteen years later, Windows XP comes … More Time to Move On From Windows XP
Before we begin, let’s make one thing really clear. The malware problem on Mac OS X is nothing like as bad as it is on Windows. There are something like 200,000 new Windows malware variants being discovered each day. Malicious code activity in the Mac world is far less frenetic, but the fact is, malware … More 10 years of Mac OS X malware
