Newsletter Archives

• Microsoft Security Essentials may be throwing false positives for Trojan:DOS/Alureon.J

  Posted on October 8, 2014 at 06:23 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  A revisitation of an 18-month-old bad signature?

  InfoWorld Tech Watch

  Windows Patches/Security Alureon, DOS/Alureon.J, Microsoft Security Essentials, Trojan:DOS/Alureon.J

• DNSChanger isn’t the end of the world

  Posted on May 3, 2012 at 10:51 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Several sites — and more than a few TV shows — should know better.

  You need to see if your machine’s been taken over by DNSChanger. But the hype you’re reading and seeing is just hype.

  Windows Secrets Newsletter Top Story.

  Windows Patches/Security Alureon, DNSChanger

• Alureon rootkit tops the list of malware caught this month

  Posted on May 24, 2010 at 22:13 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  See the details in my new InfoWorld Tech Watch blog.

  Windows Patches/Security Alureon, malware, Microsoft Security Essentials, rootkit, Windows XP