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Automatically Change .om to .com To Prevent Malware

Malcontents are sneaky. In their latest ploy, they are counting on you misspelling “.com” so they can send you to one of their fake domains. So instead of going to

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Prevent Ransomware By Automatically Finding The Checksum Of Downloaded Files

Apple has already shut down the ransomware found in the Transmission torrent client. You can easily prevent this from happening to you in the future by adding a Hazel rule

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Detecting Wirelurker Malware

[UPDATE] It appears the command and control infrastructure has been neutralized. Palo Alto has already written a script that will detect the Wirelurker malware. It basically scans for the files

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Roll-you-own Ventir Trojan Detector for OS X

Get Alerted If Your Computer Gets Infected With The Ventir TrojanWith this trick, you can get alerted if your system gets infected and then take steps to manually neutralize it.

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Roll-your-own Defense Against Mac.BackDoor.iWorm

[UPDATE]: Advanced settings added below Get Alerted If Your Computer Gets InfectedWhen the Mac.BackDoor.iWorm malware gets installed via pirated software, your computer and becomes part of a botnet.

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Roll-your-own Protection From A New Malware Called XSLCmd

A nasty piece of malware on OS X is XSLCmd. Using a neat trick, you can get alerted if your computer gets infected. This malware can open a reverse shell,

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Using Ubuntu MRT to Fix Malware on a Windows Machine: *Nix Saves Windows

A family member brought me their malware-infested machine. It was the worst infection I had seen in a while. First off, this device had some annoying malware, including: Conduit SearchDelta ToolbarImage Editor PackagesUpdate for Image EditorDriver DetectiveDriverUpdateSupportSoft Assisted ServiceDelta Chrome ToolbarDefaultTabNot surprisingly, all the

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OS X: Roll-your-own Malware Detection

[UPDATE 2014-10-20]: This tricks seems to cause high CPU usage in Yosemite, try using launchd instead. [UPDATE 2014-10-02]: defend yourself from becoming a zombie courtesy of Mac.BackDoor.iWorm [UPDATE]

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