Archive for August, 2006
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Update on SiteAdvisor’s flagged red ratings
From SiteAdvisor: "We have investigated and determined that the red download facet derives from forum posts and HijackThis logs. The overall site rating will change to green in the coming weeks." Hopefully they will quickly turn them back to green
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Has McAfee’s SiteAdvisor gone bananas?
To my amazement I woke up today finding a few of the site/forums I visit given a red or yellow rating. Just because they may be linking to other red rated places or their downloads are classified as bad. Even when users post logs or a spammer gets
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Comments require Approval
...by me! The Sp4m is getting bad so all comments will be approved by me. I check my comments often. So your comment(s), unless it is spam, will be approved quick. Thank you for your understanding.
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AOL’s recent time goes from bad to badware!
That's right. We all know about AOL's privacy cock-up. Now StopBadware have got in on the act! According to StopBadware:- "We found that AOL 9.0 (free version) is currently badware because it installs additional software without telling the use
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Gromozon Rootkit – What’s that all about?
New day and new malware! It has been several days now since many experts started to blog about this new rootkit. But what is it? How does it work? And what does it prevent to run? Well in many instances it prevents to run tools like Blacklight, Root
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Botnet Operator Sentenced to 37 Months
Lack of posts again! I had a good reason though. It was a holiday weekend here. That is my excuse. Anyway back to the action. You really should read this next article. It's a victory once more. "A California man whose online criminal ring hacked
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Direct Revenue settlement
Once again Direct Revenue settle another case: "Direct Revenue has settled another case relating to allegations that it improperly downloaded its software onto computers. This case was brought on behalf of California residents. A copy of the propose
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Ever wonderd what fake Desktop Warnings look like?
...Then wonder no more! Wephelper, a well know security researcher, has made a new page that lists many fake Desktop Warnings you may get when you have Spyware. Most of the warnings listed are from rogue programs that trick you into buying thei
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VirusRescue kicked into touch?
....Well I certainly think so. Their search results in Google are going down as fast as concorde did....Sorry bad joke there! I think we can honestly say that we kicked their butt into touch! Kung-Fu style! Will this be the last we hear from ES
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AOL’s free Active Virus product under fire
If you remember I covered a short review about AOL's new Active Virus Shield. However since its release it has been under fire. Now I didn't cover the EULA of the product at all. But after carefull reading it does seems a bit of "how's yer father"
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My response back to VirusRescue…
...after their comment they made to my recent post! What I would like to ask Mr. VirusRescue is the following: If this is the case, what about being related to SpyAxe, SpywareStrike and SpyFalcon? Both known as Rogue/Suspect Anti-Sp
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Update on VirusRescue
Some of you may have noticed that VirusRescue left a comment (number 5) on a post of mine. Well for your delight I shall have a new post soon as a reply to that comment made by a rep. of VirusRescue! I would of responded back to the comment in the
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New possible rogue – VirusRescue
Thanks to Nick on discovering a possible new rogue! He managed to find this by spam, so spam is good for a reason.....well sometimes! According to his post on his blog. This new rogue has all the hallmarks of being the same as the SpywareQuake,
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AOL’s Active Virus Shield in a nutshell
I did promise you a review on AOL's Active Virus Shield. And here it is! I want to point out that this review is entirely my opinion and influenced in no other way other than to test this product on my system. You also need to click on all images
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AOL are offering free Anti-Virus software
AOL have just released a free Anti-Virus software package that is powered by Kaspersky. It was free to download and use yesterday. It's called Active Virus Shield! And a few of it's features are as follows: New Threat Response Time of up to 2
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Google are to warn users of “unsafe” websites
...A bit like what SiteAdvisor and Scandoo do! Google will start to warn users if they are about to visit a bad webpage and harm their computer! The warning will pop up if users click on a link to a page known to host spyware or other malicious pr
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P.I.R.T top twenty for July 2006
The PIRT Squad has issued its Top 20 plus brands targetted by phishers for the month of July. We see some new brands rise up into the top 20 spot, plus some new brands show up onto our full list. The top three for July: PayPal, eBay, and Bank of Amer
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We become SiteAdvisor Approved
I have always liked the SiteAdvisor plugin for IE and Firefox, even though it got bought by McAfee recently. It lets you know in your browser if the site you are on is rated good. Or it lets you know if you need to treat the site with caution.
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Funniest thing ever! Paperghost v Mark Arruda!
...And you can pretty much guess who gets 0wned! Thanks Dave! LOL. Remember the interview Mark Arruda did? Well Mark Arruda the person behind the Myspace and Zango disaster replied back to several posts made by Chris Boyd. I won't start posting
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Firefox v1.5.0.6 update
Yup, it is update time again for Firefox! Not long after their last update either. Firefox 1.5.0.6 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade
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