Latest Antivirus news

Hackers hijack antivirus updates to drop GuptiMiner malware

North Korean hackers have been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus to plant backdoors on big corporate networks and deliver cryptocurrency miners through GuptiMiner malware.
- Bill Toulas
- April 23, 2024
- 10:56 AM
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US court docs expose fake antivirus renewal phishing tactics

In a seizure warrant application, the U.S. Secret Service sheds light on how threat actors stole $34,000 using fake antivirus renewal subscription emails.
- Bill Toulas
- January 15, 2024
- 04:16 PM
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Avira antivirus causes Windows computers to freeze after boot

Since Friday, Windows users have reported problems with the operating system freezing shortly after booting, an issue linked to a faulty update for Avira's security software.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 12, 2023
- 02:16 PM
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The Cyber Monday 2023 Security, IT, VPN, & Antivirus Deals

Black Friday 2023 is here, and great deals are live in computer security, software, online courses, system admin services, antivirus, and VPN software.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 22, 2023
- 11:15 AM
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Get one year of Norton 360 and LifeLock for just $24.99 in this deal

Get a one-year Norton 360 Standard and LifeLock Identity Advisor subscription for just $24.99 (reg. $109).
- BleepingComputer Deals
- August 09, 2023
- 02:17 PM
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Terminator antivirus killer is a vulnerable Windows driver in disguise

A threat actor known as Spyboy is promoting a Windows defense evasion tool called "Terminator" on the Russian-speaking forum RAMP (short for Russian Anonymous Marketplace).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 31, 2023
- 03:25 PM
- 0
Microsoft Defender Antivirus gets ‘performance mode’ for Dev Drives

Microsoft has introduced a new Microsoft Defender capability named "performance mode" for developers on Windows 11, tuned to reduce the impact of antivirus scans when analyzing files stored on Dev Drives.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 26, 2023
- 03:42 PM
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If you are concerned about the security and privacy of your online activities, this new 50% off Malwarebytes deal can bring you peace of mind.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 04, 2023
- 04:20 PM
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Microsoft urges Exchange admins to remove some antivirus exclusions

Microsoft says some antivirus exclusions previously recommended for Exchange servers should be removed to boost their security.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 23, 2023
- 04:59 PM
- 0
Get 40% off Malwarebytes Premium for the holidays

Malwarebytes is running a holiday deal where you can get 40% off the Malwarebytes Premium antivirus software through the new year.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 22, 2022
- 08:27 AM
- 0
VirusTotal cheat sheet makes it easy to search for specific results

VirusTotal has published a cheat sheet to help researchers create queries leading to more specific results from the malware intelligence platform.
- Ionut Ilascu
- December 20, 2022
- 04:11 PM
- 0
Antivirus and EDR solutions tricked into acting as data wipers

A security researcher has found a way to exploit the data deletion capabilities of widely used endpoint detection and response (EDR) and antivirus (AV) software from Microsoft, SentinelOne, TrendMicro, Avast, and AVG to turn them into data wipers.
- Bill Toulas
- December 09, 2022
- 12:00 PM
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The Cyber Monday 2022 Security, IT, VPN, & Antivirus Deals

Cyber Monday is here, and great deals are live in computer security, software, online courses, system admin services, antivirus, and VPN software.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 28, 2022
- 09:43 AM
- 0
Get 50% off Emsisoft Anti-Malware Home through Cyber Monday

Emsisoft's Black Friday through Cyber Monday deal is now live with 50% off Emsisoft Anti-Malware Home 1-year licenses for 1, 3, or 5 devices.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 23, 2022
- 03:51 PM
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- Sponsored by ESET
- November 17, 2022
- 10:02 AM
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Hackers abuse Genshin Impact anti-cheat system to disable antivirus

Hackers are abusing an anti-cheat system driver for the immensely popular Genshin Impact game to disable antivirus software while conducting ransomware attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- August 25, 2022
- 04:05 PM
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Wolf in sheep’s clothing: how malware tricks users and antivirus

One of the primary methods used by malware distributors to infect devices is by deceiving people into downloading and running malicious files, and to achieve this deception, malware authors are using a variety of tricks.
- Bill Toulas
- August 02, 2022
- 12:00 PM
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Adobe Acrobat may block antivirus tools from monitoring PDF files

Security researchers found that Adobe Acrobat is trying to block security software from having visibility into the PDF files it opens, creating a security risk for the users.
- Ionut Ilascu
- June 21, 2022
- 02:44 PM
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Trend Micro fixes bug Chinese hackers exploited for espionage

Trend Micro says it patched a DLL hijacking flaw in Trend Micro Security used by a Chinese threat group to side-load malicious DLLs and deploy malware.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 24, 2022
- 12:09 PM
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Sophos antivirus driver caused BSODs after Windows KB5013943 update

Sophos has released a fix for a known issue triggering blue screens of death (aka BSODs) on Windows 11 systems running Sophos Home antivirus software after installing the KB5013943 upda
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 16, 2022
- 11:43 AM
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