A FEW TIDBITS OF NEWS...
McAfee, the anti-virus company, has reported that they've found malware written into legitimate security certificates - and, that is not good news. Some of you may or may not know what a security certificate is, or does, so let me fumble a few words your way to making it more confusing.
Security certificates are like tokens that are digital and let your web browser know that the website you are trying to reach is a good website. Sometimes good websites have something wrong with their certificates and usually your browser will alert you, more-or-less giving you a choice to go there or not, but with this new threat it will make it hard to believe the website is truly safe. The article I glanced at is HERE.
BRIEFLY SPEAKING
If you suddenly notice new toolbar's on your web browser, and perhaps your home page has been changed, this could be a sign that your are infected with malware. It can be in the early stages of infection, or it could already be funneling your logins and passwords to a remote server, and it's very possible several virus/trojan/rootkit's has already cut your anti-virus off at the knees so it looks okay to you, and you can run a scan with ZERO infections found, when indeed there could be many. Recently one hard drive broke the shop record with over 56,000 infections. Surf safely and if you don't feel up to the task please call someone who can -
'Nuff Said,
Brian
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