| "Storm Worm" announces a monetary reform in North America
22 July 2008 – Storm Worm has a new trick focussed on American internet users.
Harmful PDF files have no chance with Avira
21 July 2008 – Avira’s AntiVir is among the few anti-virus solutions that successfully detects harmful PDF documents.
Trojan advertises help but is really malware
16 July 2008 – Instead of a route planner or a template for applications, hostile websites are distributing malware which reroutes page views to alien servers and in doing this pop-ups advertising.
UPS information concerning Trojan attachment
15 July 2008 – An alleged email in German and in English from "UPS Packet Service" is being received by many users in their mail boxes.
Hard times for hackers: malware writer sends hidden Zbot message to Avira
8 July 2008 – Avira’s virus analysts discover a personal message in a new variant of the Zbot family.
Avira warns: sport events are a paradise for cyber criminals
3 June 2008 – The days when hackers and spammers spread their harmful and nasty content by email is in the past.
Security flaw in Adobe Flash Player
29 May 2008 – Avira protects against a malicious exploit and detects the compromised websites.
Trojan disguises as a contract amendment
23 May 2008 – Overnight an email has been sent to many thousands of users, which hides the following threat inside.
Hacker attack on the German ARD television broadcaster: Avira protects against malicious Java script
13 May 2008 – Criminal hackers have managed to smuggle their own content onto the website of ARD, a joint organization of Germany’s regional public-service broadcasters.
Protection from PDF exploits: Avira's AntiVir virus scanner detects dangerous security flaws
6 May 2008 - In February Avira warned against malicious Java scripts which infiltrate systems embedded in PDF files and smuggle in malicious code.
European Cup ticket comes with Trojan
28 March 2008 – As was the case for the World Cup, tickets for the European Cup football championship are also in great demand.
Avira protects against current PDF exploit
12 February 2008 – Hackers tried to infiltrate systems with Trojans via a security flaw in Adobe Reader.
Stormy Valentine
12 February 2008 – Almost as a matter of tradition, Valentine’s Day is again being misused this year to infect systems with malware.
Avira stops dangerous Excel spreadsheet
25 January 2008 – A security flaw was discovered in the Microsoft Excel which enables attackers to infiltrate systems with malicious code.
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