Tag: EXPIRE-IMAGES2009-10-8

Mebroot Starting around the last new year, the Mebroot virus began infiltrating computers' master boot records, the part of the hard drive that loads the operating system, by installing itself from untrusted Web sites. The virus installs keyloggers that are triggered when the infected computer is used to visit any of 900 financial sites, stealing usernames and passwords any time they're ...

Mal/Hupig-D That Obama sex tape e-mail we told you about contains this devious virus. Mal/Hupig-D runs in the background of Windows and steals your passwords, credit card information, and the like. Virus scanners look for it now, but rely on your common sense first and don't click on that e-mail. If you'rew worried that your computer might be infected with it, don't enter your passwords or ...

In a recent interview with the New York Observer, 'Bonfire of the Vanities' and 'Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' author Tom Wolfe declared that blame for the ongoing mortgage crisis can be placed squarely on the shoulders of digital media, BoingBoing tells us. Whereas in earlier days, Wolfe explains, lenders reviewed mortgages on paper, today they are confronted with digital copies and, thus, a ...