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MALAYSIA – This is a public service announcement. I received an email from Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) asking help to spread the word about a recent email phishing scam that asks TM customers for their user account information.

The email claims to be from TM with subject titles such as “Verify Your TM Account” and threaten to shut down the user’s account if their account details are not “verified”.

TM would like to clarify that this email does NOT come from TM or any of its subsidiaries. TM would like to advice customers who receive the scam email message to delete it immediately, NOT to respond and DO NOT click links in the email.

If you have been contacted by anyone on this matter, please immediately report and verify this by calling TM UniFi Centre at 1–300–88–1221 for UniFi customers or call TM Customer Support Centre at 100 for TM Streamyx customers.

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DNS Changer malware is a trojan that changes the infected computer’s DNS (domain name server) settings, in order to divert traffic to unsolicited, and potentially illegal sites.

In plain English: DNSChanger could trick you into visiting fake sites and steal your data and money.

You are recommended to check your computer for DNS Changer malware immediately! Simply visit http://dnschanger.detect.my/ (Malaysia).

If your system is clean then you will get a message in green background (see screenshot). Else, you will see a alert message in red background and visit the removal page to fix and remove DNSChanger malware.

Visit http://www.dcwg.org/ for more information.

BlackBerry OS 7 has been voted the most secure mobile OS for enterprise use, according to new research from Trend Micro (PDF).

The independent study evaluated today’s four leading mobile operating systems: BlackBerry OS, Apple iOS, Windows Phone, and Android.

The evolution areas are built-in security, authentication, data protection, device protection, application security, device wipe, mobile device management, corporate managed email, support for ActiveSync, security certifications, device firewall, virtualization.

BlackBerry OS has scored the best among the all. “Corporate-grade security and manageability make this platform the option of choice for the most stringent mobile roles.”, says report.

The 2nd place is Apple iOS. Windows Phone, though new in market, gained 3rd place. Android is the last, with lowest security and manageability in the segment.

[via press release]

Previously, we showed you how to use a Flashback Trojan checker to know if your Mac is infected by the most widespread OS X malware ever. But virus removal was manual.

Now, F-Secure has released a free and easy-to-use tool to detect and remove Flashback Trojan.

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Flashback Trojan has infected over 600,000 Mac computers around the world. It is the largest Mac malware threat yet.

In this article, you will learn how to download Flashback Trojan Checker to easily check if your Mac computer has infected, as well as manual virus removal instructions.

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