Archive for November, 2006
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Guess who goofed up their new fake BrainCodec-homesite
If you've been reading our blogs regularly, then you know about fake codecs and fake scanners, like VirusBurst/VirusBuster/VirusBursters. If you know me a littlebit, you'll probably know where this little story will end up ;-) Yep, it's time to
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The Free Myspace Viewer – Beware!
Oh do read and Digg this. Because I said so! If you see a popup on a Myspace profile claiming the page has been "securely protected", you better run the other way as fast as you can. Trojans, rogue antispyware tools and fake media codecs await...
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Getting on the scumbags nerves…
...In a hillarious way! You all know by now the fake codecs flying about like fruitcakes! And you also know the amount of newly created domains that get set-up daily for these codecs. Well in a hillarious way Sunbelt have set up a domain in hop
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Why some trackbacks are bad!
...And some people are just stupid enough to leave it on a security site! A bit like VirusRescue! You slamdunk them ... they go silent! 1-0 to the zealots! Remember this post? 'Course you do! It only goes on chatting about Zango.....and MySpace...
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DoiiarRevenue.com imitates DollarRevenue!
Notice the spelling? That is the difference here! Without typing too much has I have hardly no time at this current time. Check out teh paperghost rant! Now where is that cape!!!
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Want to report new malware? – Updated-09th of April 07
Whilst we continue to upgrade our services here at security cadets. You can now, our readers, report new malware. *Disclaimer - We may not reply back to each and every e-mail sent to us. Please don't feel disheartend* Coverage about this - Secu
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Watch out – ‘The Myspace Tracker’ and … Zango!
It's like Zango week and it's only monday. Oh dear. But anyway. Please be aware of a new piece of crap floating on the internet waves. It's called 'The Myspace Tracker'. You know at first I thought it was another smitfraud infection considering th
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Zango continue their bad practices after being fined!
Remember the 3 million dollar fine? Well you should so feast your eyes on this: "Earlier this month, the FTC announced the proposed settlement of its investigation into Zango, makers of advertising software widely installed onto users' computers wit
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New Sub-Forum added on our Forum
Whilst having a spare five minutes or so, I have taken that time to tweak our site and forum a bit. One of the tweaks is to offer news on updates for security programs. We already have a discussion room for security programs. However the only link
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Microsoft, FTC Sue Spyware Distributor
Wow, doesn't this blog look empty with recent posts. I did say I was busy! I Just didn't realise I would be as busy as I am. Anyway, less of the crack and on with the important stuff! "The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that a court has shut d
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Patchou and the MVP saga continues…
...And the new version of Messenger Plus Live still contains the sponser feature that is bundled with LOP and Winfixer. In October many security experts started blogging about Patchou, creater of MSN Plus, receiving the MVP award for his work in t
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Internet Explorer 7 against Firefox 2.0 – The stats
Nothing major this but almost as interesting as bread and butter pudding! Since IE 7 and FF 2.0 were released many of us have been interested to know how quick users are to install the new versions. Like Bill Pytlovany, from WinPatrol, posted some
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Security vendor hit by spite attack: Gromozon vs. Marco Giuliani
Security vendor hit by spite attack. I would Digg this if you have a Digg account. Very important read. A mini-war between Prevx and the Gromozon malware website. read more | digg story
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VirusBurst completes its change over to VirusBursters
Remember when we reported on VirusBurst then new varients of this rogue that started by recalling itself? You know to VirusBursters and not VirusBurster? Well since then, they have added the final touches to the make over. All words that were Viru
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Articles of Interest
I haven't had the time to post on our home page last week and next week isn't looking bright either. However I do have some ten minutes or so at the moment to post some articles of interest:- Zango do it again on MySpace WinPatrol Plus turns in
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Zango stop distributing their software under agreement with FTC
In the Matter of Zango, Inc. f/k/a 180Solutions, Inc., a corporation, Keith Smith, individually and as an officer of the corporation, and Daniel Todd, individually and as an officer of the corporation. FTC File No. 052 3130 Ok I won't go into
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Windows Media Player 11 Released
If like me you are interested in everything media related. Then feast your eyes on the next media player. "Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP offers great new ways to store and enjoy all your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV. Play it, vie
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