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- Adware
- (1) ADvertisementWARE Software that periodically pops up advertisements on a user's computer. It displays ads targeted to the individual user based on key words entered in search engines...
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- MVP awards, Messenger Plus! and adware -- a good combination?
- A controversy has been raging in certain circles the last few days over a MVP award, which has now been rescinded, to an adware pusher known as Patchou, Cyril Paciullo, the author of Messenger Plus!, now known as Messenger Plus! Live. Ed Bott blogged about it here. Patchous devotees have...
- Tags: Messenger, Lop, Patchou, Messenger Plus!
- Blog posts 2006-10-09
- DollarRevenue adware pushed through bot net for huge profits
- German Honeynet Project researchers report that adware company DollarRevenue is directly linked to a bot net attack exploiting the MS06-040 server service vulnerability reported last month. Bot net trackers estimate that one malicious hacker alone earned $430 in one day by installing malware/adware programs on infected machines. 7,700 machines...
- Tags: DollarRevenue
- Blog posts 2006-09-08
- Engaged in marketing adware and anti-adware
- Here's a lesson in Conflict of Interest 101. A new so-called adware removal program hit the net recently -- literally hit the net as in being downloaded through exploits and bundled with other nasty-ware like DollarRevenue and Look2Me. This program is called AdwareFinder. Take a close look at the page...
- Tags: EngageMARKETING, NAI, DollarRevenue
- Blog posts 2006-06-27
- Anti-spyware program installs WhenU adware
- A few days ago, it was discovered that anti-spyware program SpywareCleaner has a new "free" version that is sponsored by adware from WhenU. The web page for SpywareCleaner clearly discloses that WhenU is bundled with the free version and there is a for-pay version available sans adware. A bit of...
- Tags: SpywareCleaner, WhenU
- Blog posts 2006-05-14
- Claria quits adware
- Claria announced today that the company will be out of the adware business by the end of the second quarter. In April Claria will launch the beta version of PersonalWebSM, a "next generation platform designed to provide consumers with a highly personalized Internet experience." I don't have any details on...
- Tags: adware, Claria Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-03-21
- Advertisers using badware: who are they?
- The CDT (Center for Democracy & Technology) followed the money trail and they, along with Ben Edelman, are telling names. From the CDT:Large well-respected companies are helping to fund the virulent spread of unwanted and potentially harmful "adware" by paying for advertisements generated by those programs, a new report...
- Tags: advertisement, Center for Democracy and Technology
- Blog posts 2006-03-20
- Anti-spyware program installs adware from BestOffersNetwork
- Yesterday I found a Google AdWords ad using the words Spy Sweeper for a new anti-spyware app called Spy-Shield. It looked suspicious right away because the homepage shows a supposed scan in progress that appears to find spyware. The front page also says the application is free "with the help...
- Tags: Spy-Shield, BestOffersNetwork
- Blog posts 2006-03-07
- Hax0rs, botnets and adware
- Brian Krebs of the Washington Post has published a fascinating and powerful piece about botnets and some of the individuals behind them. Krebs interviewed a 21 year old man using the online name 0x80 who was making around $6,800 a month by taking control of unprotected computers with a worm...
- Tags: Brian Krebs, botnet
- Blog posts 2006-02-18
- Reactions to CDT's action against 180solutions and CJB.net
- There were a number of interesting articles and comments around the web about the CDT's complaint filed yesterday against adware company 180solutions and CJB.net. News.com's Joris Evers has a good outline and 180solutions representative Sean Sundwall's reaction. Company spokesman Sean Sundwall said that 180solutions has not yet reviewed the...
- Tags: Center for Democracy and Technology, 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2006-01-24
- CDT to crack the whip on spyware/adware
- According to an article on News.com, the Center for Democracy & Technology CDT is planning to file two complaints on Monday with the FTC against multiple adware/spyware pushers. The complaints were described as "extensive" and include a number of "deceptive and unfair trade practices" allegations against the targets. A...
- Tags: FTC, Center for Democracy and Technology
- Blog posts 2006-01-21
- Adware and affiliate marketing by Ben Edelman
- Spyware/adware expert Ben Edelman is featured on Thought Shapers with a very enlightening five part podcast on the use of adware in affiliate marketing. Some of the topics Ben addresses are how affiliates cheat by using adware, the rules broken by affiliates using adware, how advertisers are defrauded by affiliates'...
- Tags: adware
- Blog posts 2006-01-10
- AIM users targeted again by IM worm, rootkit and adware
- Hot off the press -- another IM worm is making the rounds, targeting AIM users and leaving a nasty payload of rootkits, trojans and adware including 180solutions and Zango. Research experts at FaceTime Security LabsTM, the threat research division of FaceTime Communications, identified and reported a new threat today affecting...
- Tags: rootkit, IM, AOL Instant Messenger
- Blog posts 2006-01-06
- Top 10 tricks causing spyware epidemic
- Spyware tricks have become increasingly devious, making spyware and adware stick to machines longer, more difficult to remove and sometimes impossible to see with ordinary methods. In the spyware tricks series I wrote about seeing installations with multiple resuscitators, increasing numbers of randomly named files, even randomly named folders. Internet...
- Tags: spyware, Direct-Revenue
- Blog posts 2005-12-20
- 180solutions rebuttal
- Today has been quiet in the 180solutions news department. There are still a few points to be made from the last 2 days, so here goes. In yesterday's talkbacks, Mr. Sundwall of 180solutions wrote:Suzi. Please visit our blog, read this entry and answer the questions. http://blog.180solutions.com/PermaLink,guid,0b685813-78a3-4c82-a565-7afc5df011f8.aspxWhy is it you and...
- Tags: WhenU, 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2005-12-08
- Adware company unfairly criticized?
- 180solutions has referred to their critics as anti-spyware zealots and seems to think the "zealots" have unfairly maligned them. In a recent interview with Spyware Informer, 180's public relations spokesperson Cory Magnus was asked about 180solutions' plan to become certified by TRUSTe’s Trusted Download Program with a reference to...
- Tags: Coast, zealot, 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2005-11-21
- TRUSTe to legitimize adware
- At least that's what one adware company says. The announcement of TRUSTe's new certification program has been all over the tech news today, so I'm not going to repeat all the details. CNET's Joris Evers has a good article and you can read the press release from TRUSTe....
- Tags: TRUSTe
- Blog posts 2005-11-16
- Trick or treat: AIM worm delivers backdoor, rootkit and adware
- Imagine you're chatting with friends in an AOL IM chat room one minute, you click on a seemingly innocent link, and the next minute your computer is taken over by a worm delivering an extraordinarily nasty payload. That's precisely what happened just a few days ago. CNET news...
- Tags: adware, 180Solutions
- Blog posts 2005-10-31
- ShopAtHomeSelect strikes again
- ShopAtHomeSelect made the news last week for getting kicked out of affiliate network Commission Junction. See my previous post for the details. Now there's more news about SAHS and their unsavory practices. Wayne Porter of FaceTime blogs about it. Wayne refers to a write up by Chris Boyd (aka...
- Tags: ShopAtHomeSelect, adware
- Blog posts 2005-10-26
- Beyonce and adware, illustrated
- We have yet another example of a misleading installation from 180solutions. See Paperghost's write up and pictures of Beyonce at VitalSecurity. Paperghost also shows an ActiveX dialog box from IST Integrated Search Technologies, recently divorced by 180. Interestingly enough, the IST ActiveX dialog box is more clearly labeled...
- Tags: 180Solutions, Beyonce
- Blog posts 2005-10-25
- Adware drama
- My apologies for the lack of blogging the past two days. Several things have happened that are worth mentioning. Ben Edelman published a piece on Claria ads being shown by pop-ups delivered through security exploits. In his usual style, Ben presents meticulous documentation including screenshots and a packet...
- Tags: adware, settlement, Marketing Law Blog
- Blog posts 2005-10-22
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