Stupid users are the worst problem on the Internet, according to this survey of more than 600 Internet users.
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Articles on Spyware & AdwareStupid users are the worst problem on the Internet, according to this survey of more than 600 Internet users. If your computer is suddenly doing strange things such as running very slowly, or you are suddenly getting pop ups advertising various products such as the notorious Winfixer, along with others such as Storage Protector, Sysprotect, and AntiSpywareMaster (that are really spyware, not anti-spyware), your computer may be infected with the Vundo virus. Known also as the Vundo Trojan, Virtumonde, or Virtumondo and sometimes even as MS Juan (which Vundo leaves in your registry), the Vundo virus was first discovered back in 2004, but has recently made a reappearance, infecting countless PCs. And it's darn hard to eradicate. Firefox and IE both have site blocking (or at least, site warning) built into their current iterations. Google also does site blocking now. All do site blocking based on some metric, known only to them, that tells them that a site is more likely than not to be a malicious site, such as a phishing site, or a site loaded with spyware. The problem with site blocking browsers and site blocking search engines such as Google is that sometimes they get it wrong. We've been getting complaints of "Classmates.com email trying to take over my computer" and "I clicked a link in a Classmates .com email and my computer froze"... or "..and my computer told me I had a virus." This is because Classmates.com has fallen prey to spyware called XPOnlineScanner (XP Online Scanner). XPOnlineScanner claims to be an XP antivirus software, but is really spyware, and Classmates.com currently has some advertising banners are acting as a conduit for XPOnlineScanner to download itself on to your Windows PC. Microsoft has filed a patent to allow them to scrape your hard drive, searching through the contents of your files, to serve you targeted advertising that they just know you'll want to see because it will be based on the contents of those files. It's kind of like having Bill Gates reading your computer over your shoulder and saying "Ooh, I have just the thing for you!" Are you one of the countless people whose Windows PC has been affected by Winfixer, ErrorSafe, WinAntiSpyware, WinAntiVirus, SystemDoctor, or DriveCleaner? A class-action lawsuit has just been filed by attorney Joseph M. Bochner against the makers of Winfixer (which is the same as ErrorSafe, WinAntiSpyware, WinAntiVirus, SystemDoctor and DriveCleaner), and you may want to get on board! Consumer Reports has released their recommendations for the best anti spam software, the best anti spyware remover, and the best anti virus software. Did you know that your innocent-looking little cell phone can be used to listen in on your regular conversations - conversations which aren't even taking place on your cellphone but just in the room in which your cell phone is sitting - without you even knowing? Known as a "roving bug", this technology can be used for eavesdropping even when your mobile phone is turned off! If your search results during a Google search turn up sites which Google has reason to believe may attempt to shove malware (spyware, adware, etc.) onto your machine - and if you click on one of those result links - Google now serves up an intermediate page warning "the site you are about to visit may harm your computer!" MySpace ads for DeckOutYourDeck.com (Deck Out Your Deck) have become a vector for spyware, infecting millions of users with the PurityScan and ClickSpring spyware trojans. By all accounts, DigiKeyGen is a password generator which purports to generate and provide passwords for the user which will gain them access to pay-to-play porn sites for free. But if DigiKeyGen sounds too good to be true, that's because it is. Spybot Search Destroy for Windows XP is a free anti-spyware program for Windows XP (and other Windows versions) which comes very highly recommended. W32.Sinnaka.a is the hook which phishers are using to scare people into buying Spy Trooper, World AntiSpy, PS Guard and Raze Spyware, some of which are merely repackaged versions of other rogue spyware programs, such as SpyDemolisher, SpySheriff, and SpywareNo. They are doing it with fake Windows Security Center sites and bogus W32.Sinnaka.a virus alerts. Don't let it fool you. 2Search spyware is nasty stuff. It shows up uninvited on your computer, and then hijacks your web browser, taking you places you don't really want to go, and exposing you to even more spyware. Jealous Lover Spyware "Lover Spy" users are arrested along with Lover Spy's author, and charged with all sorts of nasty crimes. If you're thinking of using spyware to spy on an ex, don't. Spyware which redirects a user's computer to a particular website is not uncommon, and may be quite lucrative. But can lead to jail. Search marketing company 180 Solutions has filed a lawsuit against several of its own affiliates, after it discovered that those affiliates were using botnets to install the 180solutions solution on unsuspecting users' computers, without their permission. 180 Solutions explains that they "provide search assistant ... Sunbelt Software, who last weekend discovered the CoolWebSearch trojan keylogging software which is right now stealing bank account, username, and password information from thousands of Windows users, has just released a free tool to detect and remove the keylogger, it has announced. "This is ... The implications are staggering. Internet security software company Sunbelt Software was investigating CoolWebSearch, a spyware package, when they noticed that stowing away in the CoolWebSearch download were two trojans, a spam zombie engine, and a keystroke logging program. It was the ... If you don't think that spyware is really a problem, you must either be using a Mac or Unix machine, or not connected to the Internet. WebRoot has just announced that their database of spyware has exceeded 100,000 unique traces of spyware!: "Combined ... Here's a very interesting study having to do with spyware, grey nets, and the corporate infrastucture. A greynet is made up of unauthorized Internet applications on a network. Wikipedia, which says it far more eloquently than can I, explains that "a ... This just in: Google wins rights to typos. Seriously. According to their recent press release, the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) has issued a ruling giving to Google the rights to the Internet domain names "googkle.com", "ghoogle.com", "gfoogle.com" and "gooigle.com". Google had filed a complaint ... The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it has received a restraining order against and frozen the assets of TrustSoft and their SpyKiller program, a program which, the FTC says, was nothing more than a scam. According to the FTC, users who visited the ... Protecting yourself from credit card fraud and identity theft has become even more important with the unrelenting succession of security breaches, such as last week's theft of 40 million credit card numbers. Here are seven specific things you can do now to help ... Talk about spyware versus spyware. Authorities in Isreal have arrested dozens of people, including high level executives of multinational corporations, in what increasingly is developing into the Internet Trojan spyware custerfluck of the year. Only on the Internet can a Trojan ... "Sure, I could get a Mac, but the time I spend with my daughter removing spyware is very precious." A great line, already being attributed to Intel CEO Paul Otellini, but actually penned by Good Morning Silicon Valley's John Paczkowski on the ... For some reason Aunty has had a lot of searches this week asking how to get rid of Internet cookies. It's really quite easy, but to make it even easier, Aunty is going to cover it for you here. The vast majority of ... The nation is one step closer to having a Federal anti-spyware law, and all odds point to it becoming a reality before the year is out. At this very moment the House is working with two proposed anti-spyware laws, I-SPY (the Internet ... A new type of attack on Internet Explorer has been discovered this week, and this attack works even if IE is closed! The way that it works is that a user visits an infected site, is given a pop-up window asking them ... Using spyware to spy on your spouse's activities, even to gather evidence for an upcoming divorce, is not ok. In fact, it's against the law. Security firm Sophos is reporting today that a new spyware Trojan, BankAsh-A, is specifically targeting Microsoft's new anti-spyware, and very effectively so, it would seem. Once having disabled the anti-spyware, it sets about stealing passwords and other vital information, which it reports back to ... Microsoft's spyware program is one of the first to use the new Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) process of determining whether your version of Windows is legitimate or pirated. As if online downloaders don't have enough to worry about (rightly or wrongly), now they have to worry about spyware being buried within the media files they download. I don't think this is what Marshall McLuhan had in mind. According to a report in ... Consider it an act of contrition, largesse, or just good business sense, but Microsoft is making available its new anti-spyware software free to Windows users. Having acquired anti-spyware maker Giant Company last month, it was anticipated that Microsoft would enfold a spyware fighting product ... The real Spam King is Sanford Wallace, who has been around in one form or another for well over a decade. It was Wallace's CyberPromotions against which many a spam lawyer first cut their spam litigation teeth. Happy New Year, Californians! In addition to a brand new year, you've got a brand new anti-spyware law! The new law, signed in September by Governor Schwarzenneger, took effect on January 1st, and makes it illegal to install software which takes control of another's computer ... America Online (AOL), one of the largest Internet Service Providers in the United States, if not in the universe, is sticking it to spammers again, this time by offering an updated version of its software which is designed to be more spam, ... Overpeer, a division of Loudeye, Inc., has been caught putting infected files on peer-to-peer filesharing networks, and putting attractive and likely sounding names on the files in order to induce users to download the files. Thinking that they are downloading their favourite songs or ... Webroot, the developers of the Spy Sweeper anti-spyware product, this week released their "Top Ten Unwanted Spyware" list (is any of it actually wanted?) The list was developed based on data obtained in scans done by Webroot, both from their own site, and in ... Computer Associates International has named Kazaa one of the top "spyware" programs, and in fact is saying that it poses a greater risk than any of the other top five programs on CAI's spyware list, due to how popular it is. Kazaa ... Cookies. Everyone has them. And everyone wants to know how to get rid of them. While for some browsers it's fairly obvious and straight-forward, for others it's not so much. So, without further ado, here is a list of how to ... Lx_CATS is a Lexmark printer file, installed by Lexmark, which spies on your printer usage and reports back to the Lexmark mother ship. Spam Kings takes you on a trip through the world of spam, where you'll meet all kinds of spammers (and even a few antispammers) and learn what makes them tick (I mean in addition to the crack and coffee). Sanford Wallace, the original "Spam King" (sorry, Mr. Richter), is back in the news. Wallace is perhaps best known for the run-ins which he and his company, Cyberpromotions, had with AOL and Compuserve back in the 1990s. At that time both companies sued ... |
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