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“Between the 1-26 February 2010, Scamnesty bins will be placed around the country in public places so you can bin those pesky scam letters you have received in the post. As well as letters and mailers some scammers send emails, text messages or will call you at your home. Now you can report these phone calls and forward us your suspected scam emails and websites and help us to beat the scammers!”

You can find more details about this project at the followin website:

http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty/

We really recommend that you forward this message onto any UK resident for their attention. It is their chance to fight back. Discuss here.

BBC Technology reports – “Almost a half of those who did respond to a scam had lost more than £50, while 5% lost more than £5,000.

The OFT said 73% of adults had received a scam e-mail in the past year.

Some 6,500 people are also receiving letters from the authorities warning them that their names are on a “sucker list” being circulated by fraudsters.

The OFT is launching a “scamnesty”, calling on consumers to drop scam mailings into designated boxes at public places or into an online “bin”.”

Are you in Britain? Do you think you are one of those who falls for scams, whether directly or indirectly? Tell us!

Ben Edelman (Direct link to the article) – “I present screenshots and screen-capture videos demonstrating that even after a user specifically chooses to “disable” the Google Toolbar, and even after the Google Toolbar disappears from view, Google Toolbar continues tracking users’ web browsing — including the specific sites visited, pages browsed, and searches conducted. I then critique Google’s installation — which lets users activate these transmissions in a single click, while ceasing the transmissions is much harder. I compare Google’s current notice/consent process to Google’s 2004 version, finding important declines in both the presentation and substance of disclosures.”

It’s pretty worrying to be honest as privacy plays a big part on our every day life these days. Have an opinion about the research? Tell us here.

There are simple steps to ensure you protect it better. At no extra costs, protecting it to your needs will secure it ten-fold.

Security Garden have a detailed blog post with tips and tricks you may find usefull – So, You Received a New Computer for Christmas

Should you have any questions that you may feel need to be raised from the guide or questions about some of the steps, then feel free to ask in our Computer Help forums.

Welcome to another blog post of Sunday NewsBot. All articles in the NewsBot Centre are imported from blog and site feeds from the world of security and technology and gathered in our centre. This weeks top articles are:

• New iPhone worm is ‘more serious’
• Beams collide in Big Bang machine
• Facebookers hit with steamy clickjacking exploit (‘Click da button, baby!’)
• Hong Kong man, three others jailed for spam scheme (Godfather of Spam)
• Google grabs another ad company
• BitDefender and Auslogics Partner to Bundles Their Software

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A computer worm that China warned Internet users against is an updated version of the Panda Burning Incense virus, which infected millions of PCs in the country three years ago, according to McAfee.

The original Panda worm, also known as Fujacks, caused widespread damage at a time when public knowledge about online security was low, and led to the country’s first arrests for virus writing in 2007. The new worm variant, one of many that have appeared since late 2006, adds a malicious component meant to make infection harder to detect, said Vu Nguyen, a McAfee Labs researcher.

“It has gotten more complex with the addition of a rootkit,” said Nguyen. “It definitely makes it more challenging for users to clean up and even to know that their systems have been compromised.” A rootkit burrows into a system to try to hide the existence of malware.

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• Yahoo site flaw uncovered
• Rogue antivirus: a growing problem
• Malware writers feeding on Twilight mania
• Police make “trojan” virus arrests
• MS discovers flaw in Google plug-in for IE
• Dumb code could stop computer viruses in their tracksDumb code could stop computer viruses in their tracks

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• Softpedia’s exclusive interview with Malwarebytes: Malwarebytes Accuses, IObit Plays Dead
• Rogue Anti-Spyware Targets Sesame Street’s Big Bird
• New Koobface Component Imitates Facebook User
• Firefox flaws make up 44% of all browser bugs?
• Windows 7 Team: How we really designed the look and feel of Windows 7
• Pushdo/Cutwail Spambot – A Little Known BIG Problem
• New Declaration by IObit about MBAM’s database;Iobit apologizes
• Keylogger Software Company Not Liable for Eavesdropping by Ex-spouse — Hayes v. SpectorSoft

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• Microsoft anti-virus software dawdles over updates
• China anti-virus authorities warn of new Hack_Kido computer virus
• Kaspersky tool detects malware in Twitter links
• Internet addresses set for change
• Man denies ‘Trojan’ webcam virus
• Will Microsoft buy Ask.com now?

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• Millions tricked by ’scareware’
• A black hat loses control
• Windows 7 Arrives
• Google Online Security: Best Practices for Verifying and Cleaning up a Compromised Site
• Europe adopts tough piracy stance

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All articles in the NewsBot Centre are imported from blog and site feeds from the world of security and technology. This weeks articles are:

• Fugitive gives the game away with Facebook updates
• Twitter launches tool for nailing spammers (Follow @Securitycadets)
• MJ’s New Song Leaked Triggers Spam Attacks
• Trojan Turns Smash & Grab Into Grab & Smash
• With botnets everywhere, DDoS attacks get cheaper – $30 only
• Bad anti-malware affiliates caught by MVP S!ri Urz

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• Yebol, new search engine in beta
• FTC Publishes Final Guides Governing Endorsements, Testimonials
• Bank Botnet Serves Fake Info to Thwart Researchers
• Key-logging behind web mail scam;Google admits Gmail login details were leaked online
• W32/Xpaj Botnet Growing Rapidly
• One billion a day turn to YouTube

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• Orange announces UK iPhone deal
• Botnet Reported Loose in Fortune 100
• Microsoft Security Essentials Final is ready
• UK broadband ‘not fit’ for future
• DHS Seeking 1,000 Cyber Security Experts
• Court order served over Twitter (Follow @Securitycadets)

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• Dell to acquire Perot for $3.9bn
• Google Confirms That Keyword Metatags Don’t Matter
• Razer downloads distributing malware
• Fake anti-virus attack on Twitter
• Microsoft: Google Chrome Frame makes IE less secure

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