Archive for May, 2006
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Which File Sharing Program is clean, and which isn’t?
Many people have their HJT log analyzed for the fear of nasties lurking. Sometimes their system is as secure as you can get. And it may be what you have installed that can cause issues. Let us chat about File Sharing applications. There are many
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Botnet pushes Zango software
Adware vendors 180 Solutions have had their software found in a botnet bundle, along with a bunch of others in a set of nasty payloads that pop ads in IE and Firefox. Screenshots from inside the botnet and a pic of your desktop post-infection. rea
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Calm before the storm?
If you are a regular on the forum circuit you tend to pick up silly little things that may mean alot more than silly and little. What I am on about is the lack of end users registering at forums for help. All things seem calm at the moment on seve
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Summer Update
Just been updating all previous posts that had old blogspot links. Meaning when you have a post from the archive, all the links will work now. From this page anyway. I also updated the permalinks from /%postname%/ to /%postname%.htm. I don't know
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Just when SiteAdvisor gets bought…
A competitor gets released. The name is kind of comical, Scandoo. But all funny-stuff aside. Lets chat about it. I never liked SiteAdvisor being bought by McAfee. Because I never really was keen on a McAfee product. But hey ho, many people in market
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IM Worm installs own browser: The Safety Browser
A new IM hijack that installs its own browser called (as you might have guessed) the "Safety Browser" which is anything but! Changes your homepage, loops music on your desktop every time you boot up and spams the infection link via IM and IRC. Oh, an
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Symantec sues Microsoft
Accusing it of misusing its technology. The action, filed in a US federal court in Seattle, alleges that Microsoft improperly used Symantec's data storage techniques in its own software. Symantec wants compensation, saying the alleged infringement
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New SmitFraud variants
Files in question are:- â€C:\WINDOWS\System32\iqzv.dll†â€C:\WINDOWS\system32\oqipt.dll†For a more detail look at what HKEY is used, visit the BleepingComputer Blog. As always if you have been affected by this then we are m
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Myspace and Zango?
Well after drowning my sorrows after last nights defeat in the soccer (the ref was scum!). I just got PaperGhost sending me an IM telling me about this latest news. Afterall, it has been kinda quiet lately. And it had to be good! And good it is! H
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Arsenal for teh win!
Totally off topic, but hey ho! With the lack of news to report about. I may aswell mention what I will be doing tomorrow night 7 pm GMT. Apart from having a few jars (beers). I will be watching my soccer team in the Champions League Final. My socc
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Safety of Search Engines
This has been a major talk for some time. And now Ben Edelman and Hannah Rosenbaum have taken it on to another level and released The Safety of Internet Search Engines. Worth reading what they found. Source & Full read: Ben Edelman.Org.
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Spycleaner bundling…wait for it. WhenU
Topdownloads.net Spycleaner Platimum is now bundling adware. For more info and images visit the Sunbelt Team.
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Warner Brothers & 180 Solutions
What can I say! According to Media Post 180Solutions and Warner Brothers are working together. Are you still there? Still reading this? Because I am! I know....a shock in anyones books. And just to quote:- CONTROVERSIAL ADWARE COMPANY 180SOLUTIONS
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Botnet master jailed…
...for five years for running a zombie network of compromised PCs. Source and Full read: The Register. Read it!
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Microsoft Security Bulletin for May 2006
There are a few updates you NEED to carry out! I can't stress enough how important it is to update and keep updated. Critical (2) Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-019 Vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution (916803)
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World Cup season starts, new viruses begin
...Offcourse to cash in on the planet's most popular sporting event. It is expected, like everything else with malware. Expect the expected......Yeah...Now I am confused. Moving on! You all know of these spreadsheets/time tables/charts of the Worl
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One Spyware-Maker down, more to go
...And fined 4 million US Dollars. You all remember the Smartbot.Net exploit, a loophole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser that installs it selves stealthily on PCs? Well I don't as I wasen't around kicking spyware then! But today (I say to
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Yapbrowser respond to Wayne Porter
...Not so long ago he requested and interview with the people behind Yapbrowser. All be it via e-mail and with the help of some russian translators. I recommend that you have a read of the interview in full here. Some interesting Q&A's Now back
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Before I go on a break…
...Have a read at this discussion going on over at SpywareWarrior. It's about a new app called SpyOnThis and being pushed through hijack.this.net. It also has all the big guns talking from PaperGhost to Wayne Porter to Eric Howes. Oh and if you
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Our Forum is open
Since moving to our own domain. I have been pretty busy. Setting up a forum (all be it a free one for now). And being involved with some other new forums. This post is mainly a notice for you all. We have some experts waiting to help you. Most exp
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