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- PandaLabs has detected Web pages using SEO techniques or maliciously exploiting Google Trends to promote fake antiviruses through search engines and infect users – Other malicious Web pages can switch content depending on how users have reached the page in order to mislead investigators – Other pages, such as the one selling the MSAntiSpyware2009 [...]

This agreement comes within the framework of the company’s social responsibility policy, which includes awareness campaigns, sponsorship and collaboration with various NGOs   Panda Security, a global leader in IT security, has become an official sponsor of the Special Olympics, as announced jointly today by both organizations.  Special Olympics is one of the most passionate [...]

- Panda Security has launched a beta version of its security solution compatible with Microsoft’s new operating system – This solution leverages all the advantages of ‘cloud computing’ to ensure better protection for users while reducing resource consumption   Panda Security, a leader in IT security, has launched a beta version of Panda Antivirus Pro [...]

- This adware was distributed largely through comments on Digg.com and YouTube.    PandaLabs, Panda Security’s anti-malware laboratory, detected more than 400% more examples of the adware VideoPlay in February than in January. The main reason for this is the use of popular Web 2.0 sites such as Digg.com or YouTube to distribute this malware. [...]

- This virus combines the dangerous infection techniques of old viruses with new, financially-motivated malware trends – PandaLabs, Panda Security’s laboratory, advises users to take the necessary precautions, after detecting an increasing number of infections and new variants of this type of malware   Sality.AO is a virus that combines the features of traditional viruses [...]

- The options to choose the default language of client protection, to enable or disable remote protection and greater flexibility in the automatic sending of reports are just some of the improvements to this new Beta version – To reward the betatester community, Panda Security has organized a competition for those reporting bugs in the [...]

- According to PandaLabs, these are the celebrity names that most frequently appear in malicious email. – Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie and Lindsay Lohan are also high on the list – Fernando Alonso is the first Spaniard in the list, in eleventh place   With the Oscars just around the corner, PandaLabs, the malware analysis [...]

- Cyber-crooks are using accounts, probably stolen, to post comments with links pointing supposedly to videos of celebrities such as Christian Bale, Megan Fox or Jessica Simpson. – Users that try to watch these videos will be asked to download a codec – This codec, however, is just a copy of the VideoPlay adware.   [...]

- There is a need to educate Internet users in basic security concepts. This is the only way of reducing the number of people affected by cyber-crime, and this responsibility must be shared between the public and private sectors. – Sebastian Muriel, general manager of Red.es: “80% of security problems can be resolved with common [...]

- Waledac.C is a worm that spreads by email in fake Valentine’s Day e-greeting cards   This is a classic in the malware world. As February 14 approaches, security vendors start to detect dozens of malware strains aimed at infecting users’ computers using Valentine’s Day as bait. The first one to appear this year has [...]