Malware

Trojan Virus

The most important difference between a trojan virus/trojan horse and a virus is that trojans don’t spread themselves. Trojan horses disguise themselves as valuable and useful software available for download on the internet. Most people are fooled by this ploy and end up dowloading the virus disguised as some other application. The name comes from the mythical "Trojan Horse" that the Ancient Greeks set upon the city of Troy.

A trojan horse is typically separated into two...

SMSS.exe

There are many processes that run behind the scenes in Window's operating systems. One of these processes that may look suspicious is the SMSS.exe. This is an execution file with the full name Session Management Subsystem.

The Session Manager Subsystem is responsible for starting a user's session. When this process begins, the system thread is responsible for a number of specific tasks including launching the Winlogon, specific Win32 processes and among other items, setting the...

Computer Worm

Computer worms are programs that reproduce, execute independently and travel across the network connections. The key difference between a virus and worm is the manner in which it reproduces and spreads. A virus is dependent upon the host file or boot sector, and the transfer of files between computers to spread, whereas a computer worm can execute completely independently and spread on its own accord through network connections.

The security threat from worms is equivalent to that of...

How to Change my Home Page

Malware applications, misbehaving web pages, and guest users will sometimes change your web browsers home page.

Changing your home page back to a reasonable option can save you time and annoyance every time you open your web browser.Change your Home Page in Internet Explorer

To change your home page within Internet Explorer:Open Internet Explorer from desktop or Quick Launch
Open the Tools menu Select Internet Options The General settings tab contains three sections. The first section...

ComboFix

ComboFix is a legitimate spyware remover. It was designed to specifically target spywares like SurfSideKick, QooLogic, and Look2Me as well as any other combination of the mentioned spyware applications. With its built-in engine that removes Vundo infections, it can also take charge of the latter but not all of them.

Besides this, ComboFix has other built-in utilities that make it capable of unhooking any .dll file within the Windows System 32 folder. This enables the user to achieve personal...

Types of Computer Viruses

Computer viruses are generally defined as a program inputted into a computer that allows replication of the program installed. As it replicates, the program intentionally infects the computer, typically without even the user knowing about the damage being done. A virus, unlike worms or Trojan horses, needs an aid to transfer them to computers. Viruses usually take a large amount of computer memory, resulting into system crashes. Viruses are categorized to several parts based on its...

g2mdlhlpx.exe

The original g2mdlhlpx.exe is a part of Citrix GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar. Malware creators have copied this filename in an attempt to "hide" from PC owners and system administrators.

If you have Citrix GoToMeeting or GoToWebinar installed, don't worry about this process. If you don't have either of these Citrix products installed on your PC, you will have to clean this malware from your PC.

The legitimate g2mdlhlpx.exe executable installs in the C:\Documents and Settings\%user account%\...

rtvscan.exe

The file rtvscan.exe is a legitimate part of the Symantec Internet Security Suite, which was developed by the same makers of the popular Norton-Anti Virus software. Its main purpose is to execute virus-scanning in real time conditions. This means it can scan every file that enters your system against possible security threats or virus infections. Thus, being "real-time" would signify that it can monitor all process activities, file accesses, and even the registry for any sign of...

Lsass.exe

LSASS, or local security authority subsystem service, is a process that functions as part of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Essentially, LSASS is part of the process for maintaining and enforcing the security protocols on the operating system. To this end, LSASS performs several important functions to ensure that the system remains free from unauthorized access and is protected from a wide range of viruses and bugs.What does LSASS Specifically do?

Perhaps the most common task that...

Computer Virus

A computer virus is a program which reproduces itself. It may attach to other programs, it may create copies of itself (as in companion viruses). It may damage or corrupt data, change data, or degrade the performance of your system by utilizing resources such as memory or disk space.

A computer virus may be categorized with one or more of the following four designations:Boot sector computer virus Master Boot Record (MBR) computer virus File infector computer virus Macro computer virus

A...