DENVER (CBS4) Hundreds of thousands of computers could be infected with a virus, and the owners don’t even know it. The FBI is warning to check your computer now before it becomes a problem later. The FBI discovered a breach on about 560,000 computers. Criminals changed the domain name systems, or DNS’s, on victims’ computers [...]
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New attack on your computer
TULSA – We’ve heard from several viewers, telling us about a computer scam they had never heard of before. Corrine says, “A person called and said the operating system on my computer needed to be repaired. He convinced me to let him remotely access my computer. The guy ended up crashing it and [...]
New Kind Of Virus Attacking Android Phones
By Ian Bush PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The most popular mobile platform in the country is the target of a virus that experts say is a new kind of attack. It’s a reminder that our smartphones and tablets aren’t immune from computer criminals. This Trojan is called ‘NotCompatible.’ It tricks Android users who visit a compromised [...]
Religion 'riskier than porn' for online viruses
Web wanderers are more likely to get a computer virus by visiting a religious website than by peering at porn, according to a new study. “Drive-by attacks” in which hackers booby-trap legitimate websites with malicious code continue to be a bane, the US-based anti-virus vendor Symantec said in its Internet Security Threat Report. Websites with [...]
Mac virus hits campus
Share Tweet Discuss (5) Email Print A computer virus that affects Mac operating systems has spread to Yale’s campus after infecting over 600,000 computers across the world. Roughly 50 students have reported to Information Technology Services that their computers have the Flashback virus, which can go undetected while stealing personal information such as passwords and [...]
FBI: ‘DNS Changer’ Victims Could Lose Internet Access In July
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The FBI says a new computer virus could interrupt Internet service for hundreds of thousands of computer users this summer. Agents say they’ve caught the hackers responsible for the DNS Changer virus, but a temporary solution keeping infected machines online will go away in July. The FBI is urging computer users to [...]
McAfee founder claims persecution in Belize
BELIZE CITY (AP) — The founder of the computer virus software company McAfee, Inc. says he is being persecuted by police in his home in the Central American country of Belize. John McAfee told The Associated Press that officers from the country’s Gang Suppression Unit raided his home late last month in what they called [...]
BBB Warns of Fake Microsoft Phone Scam
May 15, 2012 Updated May 15, 2012 at 4:37 PM EDT Buffalo, N.Y. (WKBW release) — The Better Business Bureau reports new activity for a phone scam that’s making the rounds in which the caller claims to be from Microsoft, a trusted household name. According to a news release from the BBB: The caller offers [...]