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Warning: Someone sent you an Ecard email may contain malwares
There are two things that I always remember when opening ecards in my email:
1. The ecard should come from someone I know or else, the card comes from a spammer.
2. If the ecard appears in my spam box, it is likely that the email contains links that will likely download malwares in my computer.
Yesterday, I spotted one email in my spam box with the subject “Someone sent you an Ecard.” The message says: More»
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Remove get_flash_update.exe downloaded from CNN Daily Top 10 Spam
Some people who have received the CNN daily top ten email spam have unknowingly downloaded the trojan get_flash_update.exe file. If you are among these people, your anti malware software may identify the threat as Win32:Trojan-gen (Avast); Trojan.Erotpics (Symantec); TrojanDropper:Win32/Nuwar (Microsoft); BackDoor-DNM (McAfee) and I-Worm/Nuwar.W (AVG).
Once the get flash update exe is installed in your PC, it will download a malware that will cause pop out messages appearing in your screen telling you that a spyware is detected in your computer. The CNN Daily Top ten malware will install Antivirus XP 2008, a rogue anti-spyware program that displays deceptive computer security risk messages in your computer and tells you to remove the security risk with a software. (Please read more about the virus alert in system tray xp homes here: AVXP08.com offers fake antivirus software?).
If you wonder about how to remove the get_flash_update.exe file that you have downloaded through the CNN daily top ten malware pack, this is how you can remove the CNN Daily Top 10 malware: More»
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Release Date of Iphone 3G in the Philippines
The much buzzed about Iphone 3G will be hitting the US apple stores on Friday, July 11. Unfortunately, Filipinos who want to buy their brand new iphone 3G will not be able to have their purchase on the official release date of the iphone 3G. This means that Pinoy iphone owner wannabes have to wait much longer before they can purchase the iphone locally. So when will the iphone 3G be released in the Philippines?
I just read from pinoy-reviews.com that Globe will release the iphone some time in August or September this year. Personally though, I think the Philippine iphone “gray market” (if there would be gray and black markets for the iphone 3G) will be releasing the units at an earlier date.
Updated August 9: Globe telecom will release the 3G iphone in the Philippines on August 22. Read this post for more details: Price of Iphone 3G in the Philippines.
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