Archive for September, 2008

  • 2M Free Tetris: Adware

    Friday, September 19th, 2008

    2M Free Tetris is an adware program. An adware is an application that displays advertisements to the user in return for services. Often, these advertisements are obstructive and unsolicited.
    File(s) related to 2M Free Tetris:

    NHInstaller_ka.exe
    5knoikz.exe
    d10.exe
    istinstall_153191.exe
    whCC-2MGAMES.exe

    2M Free Tetris creates the following registry entries:

    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\2M Free Tetris

    Website(s) related to 2M Free Tetris:

    hxxp://www.2mgames.com

    If you [...]

  • What is a Botnet?

    Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

    A botnet is a collection of infected computers, called Zombie computers, running software that is installed using worms, Trojan horses, or backdoors programs, under control by a hacker. The majority of these zombie computers usually run on Microsoft Windows operating systems. However, computers running other operating systems like Linux may also be affected.
    A botnet’s creator or “bot herder” can obtain control over the entire group or computers remotely, usually [...]

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