Spyware Hijack Attacks  warnings from CyberDefender


The CyberDefender Early Alert Center and CyberDefender's Collaborative Internet Security Network™  provide users with free Internet security tools.

CyberDefender Corporation develops an early detection technology providing early threat detection and defense against Internet attacks. Using a secure high-speed distributed network fast moving threats are updated in approximately an hour.


They recently  issued warnings, threat levels rank 4.9, 4.3 and 4.2 on CyberDefender Universal Severity Scale™.

All computer owners  should detect the signs that spyware has been installed on their pc, and then move forward and make all the steps to remove it.

Signs that spyware is on a computer include:
•   a barrage of pop-up ads
•   a hijacked browser -- that is, a browser that takes you to sites other than those you type into the address box
•   a sudden or repeated change in your computer's Internet home page
•   new and unexpected toolbars
•   new and unexpected icons on the system tray at the bottom of your computer screen
•   keys that don't work (for example, the Tab key that might not work when you try to move to the next field in a Web form)
•   random error messages
•   sluggish or downright slow performance when opening programs or saving files


Starting from  February 8, 2007, Internet users should be aware of the following threats, which may monitor user keyboard activity, take system snapshots, and send confidential user information to a remote server:

CyberDefender Threat Level: 4.9 - MODERATE
Spyware Filename: ares.exe.up11~
Date Discovered: 2/5/2007 02:17:00

CyberDefender Threat Level: 4.3 - MODERATE
Spyware Filename: lnwin.exe.up1~
Date Discovered: 2/5/2007 04:19:00

CyberDefender Threat Level: 4.2 - MODERATE
Spyware Filename: smss.exe.up11~
Date Discovered: 2/4/2007 20:55:00

Internet users can protect their machines from attacks by downloading a free copy of CyberDefenderFREE™ 2.0, the most aggressive Internet security software available: http://www.cyberdefender.com/products.html

Constant updating provides CyberDefender users with protection from new cyber-attacks that is faster than any other spyware removal tool can offer. Every PC that is a part of the CyberDefender network is programmed to continuously track suspicious files and report threats to the Early Alert Center™.

CyberDefender's Early Alert Center ranks threats from one to ten, according to CyberDefender's Universal Severity Scale™. Threats rated above five are considered viruses; threats ranked below five are considered spyware or adware.

CyberDefender Universal Severity Scale
Category 7-10 Very High
Category 5-7 High
Category 3-5 Moderate
Category 1-3 Low

CyberDefenderFREE is compatible with all other major anti-spyware products, so users can easily add another layer of detection that quickly removes spyware for free.

CyberDefenderFREE 2.0 is a free security monitoring system and Internet security tools suite launched in November 2006.

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