Archive for March, 2009
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Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (29/03/2009)
Despite the busy day with the Conficker Information article and the ComboFixTool article, we are going ahead with this weeks NewsBot Round-Up. All articles in the NewsBot Centre are imported from blog and site feed from the world of security and t
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ComboFixTool – What’s that all about?
First there was SmitFraudFixTool and then VundoFixTool came onto the scene. What do all these have in common? ... Well, they all imitate legit removal tools for malware. And probably created to gain financial advantages from the traffic the origin
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Conficker Information for the Home Computer User
This message about Conficker is not for people in the security industry. It is directed to the home computer user. Is the Internet coming to the end on April 1? Will your computer crash and burn if you are online on that day? The answer to bo
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Time is of the essence
You may or may not have heard of "Confiker" or "Downadup". At this juncture, it does not matter what you have heard. It is time to take action. Forget the technical jargon. If your computer is not updated and is unprotected by a firewall, it is
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Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (22/03/2009)
This weeks Sunday NewsBot marks it's first anniversary. We started this venture all the way back in March 2008 and the first article was a Microsoft Security Advisory (950627) article. Let's hope this is the start of many more. All articles in the
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Introducing WinPatrol 2009
Bill Pytlovany has released a new version of WinPatrol in a history stretching twelve years. It includes a new tab and other features. Read more here. Certainly a tool I recommend to have in your computer armour.
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Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (15/03/2009)
It's that time again with the weeks news from security and technology. All articles in the NewsBot Centre are imported from blog and site feed from the world of security and technology: Scottish hospitals laid low by malware infection YouTu
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Ask.com Toolbar is back with Webroot Software
Just a few weeks ago we reported about Webroot's SpySweeper not including the Ask.com toolbar anymore. We thought, after a long period of time, Webroot finally came around to the idea that including the option of a toolbar in their software was not b
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Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (08/03/2009)
Back to normality regarding our weekly round up with NewsBot after last weeks round up was posted on a monday. All articles in the NewsBot Centre are imported from blog and site feed from the world of security and technology: Facebook Sued Ove
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VundoFix also gets imitated: VundoFixTool
A few weeks ago I was sat here telling you about a legit tool being targeted. SmitFraudFix was the target and the rogue created was SmitFraudFixTool. This week another legit tool got targeted. VundoFixTool Popular removal tool for the infect
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Monday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (02/03/2009)
For the first time ever we have a Monday NewsBot. Simply because yesterday we were too busy with the Webroot/Ask.com toolbar story. Nevertheless let's get on with it. All articles in the NewsBot Centre are imported from blog and site feed from the
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Webroot pull the plug on the Ask.com Toolbar
Never did I think I would be sitting here at home informing you that a company has removed a controversial toolbar from their product. But, today is that day guys. Donna's SecurityFlash today reported that Webroot's SpySweeper appears to have removed
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