6 signs your Android phone has a virus, and 5 ways to remove it

You can clean your Android phone of viruses and malware in a few ways. Here are common signs your Android has a virus and ...
eWeek

Spam Trojan Installs Own Anti-Virus Scanner

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Veteran malware researcher Joe Stewart was fairly sure hed ...
ZDNet

Adwind Trojan circumvents antivirus software to infect your PC

Adwind, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) previously connected to attacks against industries worldwide, is back with a new toolkit designed to trick antivirus programs into allowing the malware to exploit ...
ZDNet

Skulls Trojan puts on antivirus mask

A new variant of the Skulls Trojan horse for cell phones is trying to trap victims by posing as antivirus software, F-Secure has warned. The Skulls Trojan horse, which affects Symbian-based cell ...

What is malware? Everything you need to know about malicious software and viruses, and how to protect your computer

Malware includes viruses, worms, adware, spyware, and ransomware — they all work differently but tend to cause similar ...
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Antivirus vs Anti-malware: which is best for you?

It’s no secret that the sophistication and frequency of cyberattacks have been growing steadily for the last few years, in part due to AI opening the doors to even low-skilled threat actors to launch ...
CSOonline

New Trojan Virus Is Targeting IoT Devices

The Internet of Things (IoT) is creating a new environment where malware can be used to create powerful botnets. Mirai, a new Trojan virus for Linux, is difficult to detect and already exists in the ...
CRN

Trojan Installs Antivirus Software To Boot Competition Off PC

According to Joe Stewart of Atlanta-based SecureWorks, the SpamThru Trojan adds a pirated copy of Kaspersky Lab's AntiVirus for WinGate to a cloaked folder on the compromised machine. The illegitimate ...
Homeland Security Today

FBI Warns of Banking Trojan That Eludes Antivirus as Fileless Malware Attacks Rise

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released information to help federal, state, local, and private sector organizations protect themselves against the Osiris Banking Trojan and fileless ...
Seattle Times

Anti-malware, anti-virus go after different things

Q.I have a new Windows 10 computer and it works fine. However, I would like to put some anti-malware software on it (I used Malwarebytes on my old one), but I am getting conflicting advice. Some ...
PC Magazine

Antivirus Better at Detecting Email Malware Than Web Threats

While email continues to be a top source of malware, the overwhelming majority of unknown malware are pushed via Web applications, Palo Alto Networks found in its Modern Malware Review report released ...