Archive for October, 2006
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Biggy it up to ya! I go global!
Ok after the totally random name you are probably wondering what the heck I am babbling about, right? Thought you would be. This is were I go GLOBAL...Muwahahaha! Ok, hold your seats, grab your popcorn from last nights movie. And hide your kids an
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It is VirusBurst? Is it VirusBurster? NO!
Yeah, i know ... it's getting confusing. But this is NOT VirusBurst and it's NOT VirusBurster It's VirusBursters! Yes, there is a brand new variant on the old VirusBurst-theme ... and they call it VirusBusters And it has absolutely no new s
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Internet Explorer 7 and repairing Windows XP
My eyes allmost popped out of their sockets, while i was reading this blog from Temerc. It says, that repairing Windows XP, while IE 7 is installed, is not possible ... at least if you want to keep using Internet Explorer. Another goof-up by Mi
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Another password generator – MyPornMagPass
And yes you guessed it. MyPornMagPass is basiclly the same as X Password Generator and PornPass Manager. And like its twins it comes with rogues such as VirusBurst(er), SafetyAlerter and Internet Explorer Security Plugin. The complete package of u
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PornPass Manager, the spitting image of XPG
Remember my blog about X Password Generator, little over a month ago? If you remember it or not, just read it one more time, but replace 'X Password Generator' with 'PornPass Manager'. Yep, it's true. XPG has a twin, which they called PornPass
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FireFox 2.0 to be released this week – Tuesday to be precise
Just days after Internet Explorer 7 got released for public download. Firefox will be releasing their latest upgrade of the well known and respected browser. It is some two years since their major upgrade. Compared to Microsoft's gap of five years!
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Internet Explorer 7 gets released!
As a direct download. Not yet part of the automatic updates. But it is available. So much I am using it right now! It looks pretty funky really. This from someone who never installed the beta versions of IE7. This is pretty much my first hand-on e
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New Rogue, Again – AntiVermins
And suprise suprise (I wish that show was back on our screens....NOT) this rogue is from russia and ESTDOMAINS INC:- Registration Service Provided By: ESTDOMAINS INC Contact: +1.3027224217 Website: http://www.estdomains.com Domain Name: ANTIV
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Ask.com and their toolbar practices!
I all recommend you go read this article over at Ben Edelman's site! Oh and Digg it here! "As the fifth-biggest search engine, Ask faces a clear problem: How to get users to leave their favored search engines, to conduct their searches at Ask instea
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Internet Explorer 7 to be released this month!
Earlier this month it was believed that Internet Explorer 7 would have been released with the 10 October 2006 updates. Microsoft denied it would be released on that date! However they did say it was planned to be released for sometime this month!
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MMCodec and the psychological approach
Maybe you didn't notice it yet, but there is a new fake codec on the loose -- MMCodec / MMediaCodec. Is there anything new under the sun? Is it installing new terrible malware on your computer? Well ... NO! The installation-package, which i
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Please welcome the Terrorism toolbar
This worries me alot. Infact so much so I need some fresh air. Just go catch a detailed write up over at the SunBelt blog.
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New SmitFraud varients for VirusBurst
Some more varients that have been added to the fixes. The following files are for VirusBurst. C:\WINDOWS\System32\tazth.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\dpfwu.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\ficqv.dll Whilst we are on the subject. I am getting many many peopl
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Are Pay-Per-Click Ads misleading?
After one of our bloggers here posted about Google being to tough on their ads. Ben Edleman has an interesting article how false and deceptive Pay-Per-Click Ads can be. "In False and Deceptive Pay-Per-Click Ads, I show more than 30 different adverti
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Microsoft to ship Internet Explorer 7 in patches tomorrow?
It's a new month again and new updates will be released tomorrow. However this time there will be updates including Internet Explorer 7 as a high update, according to Washingtonpost.com's Security Fix blog. That also means any of you who have Wind
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How to cause havoc in just a few days!
Simple: Point out that a program uses adware Upset many people Get called a noob/idiot And then you have many many users of MSN Plus with a chip on their shoulder just because they can't define adware and malware. It's funny really. As
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D’oh …
... Sorry for Internet Explorer users! The sidebar decided to stay at the bottom after I added the search feature. All sorted out now. Swapped it around and altered some parts. Sometimes I suprise myself. On a side note - If you have registerd
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Microsoft MVP Award given to Adware Pusher?
You can bet your bacon rolls on it. It is very much true! And thanks to PaperGhost (a blogger here) for the heads up! What is the Microsoft MVP Award I hear you ask? Well check the Overview out! We ourselfs have a few registerd members in our foru
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New Rogue making its mark – PestCapture
Thanks to Sunbelt for the heads up! This rogue also uses the same .dll files as SpySheriff, you know the one rogue that was the main attaction in yesterdays video. The IP used for this rogue is shared with an earlier rogue, Bravesentry: IP: 69
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Funky Spyware Video
Done by the guys over at SiteAdvisor. Pretty funky really. It shows how your system would be like when you get the rogues on your system. You know VirusBurst, VirusBurster, SpySheriff. WML exploits and even the dreaded blue screen of death. Cat
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