Monthly Archives: October 2009

Facebook spam comes with malware

Posted on October 30, 2009 by moosoft

A botnet is now targeting Facebook with an email message that reads: Facebook Password Reset Confirmation. Hey , Because of the measures taken to provide safety to our clients, your password has been changed. You can find your new password…

Twitter Spam Leads to Malware

Posted on October 29, 2009 by moosoft

Twitter spam claiming to be “Google Wave” invites leads to malware called TDSS. If you see anything like this please do not follow the links. The Cleaner 2010 users are protected from this in the latest database update. Read more…

Halloween Malware

Posted on October 29, 2009 by moosoft

Google is currently being bombed with Halloween related search poisoning. Beware of searched sites offering anti-virus they are fake! The Cleaner 2010 users are protected from this with the current database.

Tagged with: fake av, malware, the cleaner
Posted in google, malware

Facebook phish and Zbot malware

Posted on October 28, 2009 by moosoft

Watch out for emails with the subject “Facebook account update”, it’s a scam! Once they have stolen your Facebook id the next step is getting you download updatetool.exe The body of email looks like this: In an effort to make…

Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

Posted on October 27, 2009 by moosoft

We have a volunteer support channel on IRC available to help you almost any time. Go to http://www.moosoft.com/Main/IRC and log in. Just say “hello” and if anyone is available they will try to help you!

Tagged with: irc
Posted in irc, moosoft

Windows 7?

Posted on October 26, 2009 by moosoft

You may be wondering if The Cleaner 2010 works with Windows 7. It does indeed and very well! The Cleaner 2010 has been rigorously tested on Windows XP SP3, WindowsVista and Windows 7.

Tagged with: the cleaner, windows 7
Posted in moosoft, windows

Program Updates

Posted on October 25, 2009 by moosoft

The Cleaner 2010 and TCActive! were both updated tonight. The changes were mainly stability related.

Tagged with: the cleaner, updates
Posted in moosoft, the cleaner

Web of Trust

Posted on October 23, 2009 by moosoft

There is a great program out of Finland called Web of Trust (WOT). It alerts you to bad or questionable websites as you browse. The program works with IE and Firefox and soon with Google Chrome.

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Fake AV Programs

Posted on October 23, 2009 by moosoft

I have been seeing a lot of Fake Anti-Virus programs. If you see something like this, close it and do not download anything offered. Here is a screenshot of what one of these typically looks like: