018: Windows is a virus. True or False?
Smashing Security
Graham Cluley
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2017
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Security firm Webroot drops a clanger when it declared Windows was malicious and borked customers' PCs, millennials are streaming a lot of movies illegally, and blackmailers are targeting members of the Ashley Madison cheating site again.
All this and more is discussed by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest Michael Hucks from PC Matic.
Show notes:
- Webroot antivirus goes bananas, starts trashing Windows system files - The Register.
- Webroot causes massive headaches after falsely flagging Windows files as malicious - Graham Cluley.
- Tweet by Webroot user Bob Ripley - @M5_Driver.
- W32.Trojan.Gen false positive - advice for home users - Webroot.
- W32.Trojan.Gen false positive - advice for business users - Webroot.
- Most millennials regularly stream pirated content, survey finds - Torrent Freak.
- Malware, data theft, and scams: researchers expose risks of free livestreaming websites - Ku Leuven.
- File sharer hit with $675,000 fine - Digital Trends.
- Ashley Madison blackmail roars back to life - ZDNet.
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| 0:56.1 | Smashing Security, episode 18. |
| 0:59.3 | Windows as a virus. |
| 1:00.8 | True or false with Carol Terrio and Graham Cluley. |
| 1:05.5 | Hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of smashing security episode 18. |
| 1:10.3 | As always, I'm joined by my good buddy Coroll Terrio. Hello, Corral. What have you been up to? Oh, hi, Graham. Oh, yeah, I do have some news. I was last week at St. George's School. So, hi to the girls at St. George's School in Harpenden. I was giving them a talk trying to get them to consider tech as a career path. |
| 1:28.4 | Yeah, that was quite cool. Actually, a special shout out to Bernie, Sarah and Zoe. These are three |
| 1:32.7 | girls from the school who did the latest cyber first girls competition. And they thought it was |
| 1:37.6 | really great fun. So it was really cool meeting them. It was good. It's a really fun and experience. |
| 1:42.4 | Oh, sounds terrific. Yeah. What about you? I've just come back from Paris. I was given a little talk. Yeah, ma'er. How's your French coming along? Ah, after me, me, de l'estélige. It's so many mochi very well ensemble. It's horrible. Anyway, yes, I was, I actually managed to tweet under the English channel. |
| 2:01.9 | I was quite impressed that the Wi-Fi worked. |
| 2:04.5 | Of course, I was using a VPN tunnel when I was using the Wi-Fi. |
| 2:12.3 | Sorry about that. |
| 2:13.6 | And if you heard any other sign in the background, that is our special guest this week. Michael Hux from PCMatic. How are things, Michael? Things are great. Things are great. I'm out here in Oxford for my first time. Actually, first time in England. And Coroll has been showing me around and we've been having a great time. It's good to be here. Gohblimey, Govince. It's your first time in England? My first time. Are you going to be here. It's been awesome. Golly, Gavnets. Your first time in England? |
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