FakeAV, Rogue AV, Rogue Antivirus, Fake Antivirus, Rogue Security Software, Scareware. Different Security Vendors call them by different names. Simply put, these FAKEAV’s are malicious programs and software packages that mislead users by mimicking legitimate antivirus (AV) programs and giving false warnings (that the machine/ PC that they are using are infected by malware, viruses, […]

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This is my first time to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Just like last year when I had my first Cinco de Mayo celebration, I’m here again with our US AV Team and this time it’s for St. Patrick’s Day. Some of my office-mates wore something green; a manager from our sales team even dressed himself […]

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It’s been a week since I last updated my blog. I’ve been busy with some office stuffs. So little time so much to do (Arkarna!). But we had a great Funtastic weekend at Crowne Plaza. Personal highlights include the skit we had wherein I portrayed Chairman Chang together with Paulie, Alma, Maenard and Bennet. After […]

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Note: The article below was published in TrendLabs Malware Blog on November 23, 2009. Spoofed Trend Micro Email Leads to Phishing Site by Menard Osena (Solutions Product Manager) Trend Micro threat analysts recently unearthed spammed messages that purported to have come from Trend Micro. Targeting trusted organizations is not an uncommon technique, used by cybercriminals […]

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I would like to congratulate Jeffrey Zapanta for winning the TrendLabs Blogcon Blog This Event contest!!! His blogcon post at http://mapanuri.blog.com/ won the hearts of the speakers/judges. Keep on blogging dude! The organizers want to convey their thanks to those who joined the contest! See their tweet here.

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We had the TrendLabs Blogcon Day 04 last week October 6, 2009. The TrendLabs Blogcon event was initially set for September but given the aftermath of Typhoon Ondoy, the organizers have decided to extend it for another week. We had our very own Ryan Flores and he discussed the history of Malware Blog and his […]

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September 22, 2009 was TrendLabs Blogcon Day 3. We had the men behind Hay!Men! Ang Blog ng Tunay na Lalake! This is the first time that  TrendLabs Blogcon had many guests so the presentation setup was like a panel discussion. Day 3 was a FUN!!! I was initially planning to do live tweeting, but I […]

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Last Wednesday (September 16) was TrendLabs Blogcon Day 02. This is my 3rd post on the TrendLabs Blogcon event. As I mentioned on my first TrendLabs Blogcon post, I’m anticipating this session since this is Master Yuga’s session. Master Yuga is none other than Abe Olandres of Yugatech.com. I am sharing some highlights and my […]

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