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Even though the Microsoft will stop supporting the XP operating system on April 8, 2014, Microsoft announced Wednesday that they will continue releasing anti-malware signatures for machines running Windows XP through April 15, 2015. In other words, Microsoft’s Security Essentials will continue to receive updated definitions through April 2015, even though service packs and Microsoft system updates will cease April 2014.
This also means that if you don’t already have Microsoft Security Essentials and want a free antivirus software with coverage for the next year and a half, you should download it before April 2014 as it won’t be available for download after that.
Anyone who shopped in a brick-and-mortar store in the USA between November 27th and December 15th is potentially at risk. Target.com shoppers were not affected. If you made a purchase with a credit and/or debit card at a Target store during that time, you should check your credit card statements immediately.
Target has officially confirmed that up to 40 million of its customers could be victims to a major security breach. Unfortunately, little else seems to be known about the hack at this point, though Target assures that both the authorities and any involved financial institutions have been alerted to the situation.
We’ve seen this virus infection firsthand and it is real!
There is a new piece of malicious software, known as Cryptolocker, that is currently infecting a wide variety of machines across the internet. This infection is particularly dangerous because it encrypts files on your computer, making them inaccessible, and then demands payment to decrypt the files so that they can be used again.
The primary way this infection has been distributed is via email attachments. The most common scenario has been for the email to appear to be a customer support related issue from FedEx, UPS, DHL, or some other delivery service vendor. The attachment appears to be a PDF, but opening the attachment will result in your computer becoming infected with the Cryptolocker malware.
The best way to avoid becoming infected with this malicious software is to follow general guidelines for safe computing:
If you do receive an email that appears to be from a vendor about an account or payment problem do not follow any links or open any attachments.
