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
Security researchers at ESET, in collaboration with CERT-Bund, the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing as well as other agencies, have uncovered a widespread cybercriminal campaign that has seized control of over 25,000 Unix servers worldwide. The attack, which has been dubbed “Operation Windigo” by security experts, has resulted in infected servers sending out millions of … More OPERATION WINDIGO: Malware Used To Attack Over 500,000 Computers Daily After 25,000 UNIX Servers Hijacked By Backdoor Trojan
Recent research shows that about 60% of spam comes from US companies, and only about 10% from Russia and Ukraine. Whenever ESET Ireland warns the public of some new spam or scam that’s hitting Irish mailboxes, we inevitably get asked the question, where is this all coming from, who is behind it. Now we have … More It’s not the Russians, six out of ten top email spammers come from USA
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