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- Badware
- Software, such as spyware and adware, that has been deceptively installed in the user's computer. Although it may also be called "malware," badware is not designed to purposefully destroy...
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- Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?
- Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?AVG Freeware Ain't So Free After All...Man, am I shocked that AVG is doing this. Of course I don't use the product but have made recommendations in the past to folks who could not afford to purchase good...
- Tags: Scanners, Web browsers, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Badware, server log, AVG, AVG LinkScanner
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Debunking yet another bogus malware study
- Here we go again, with yet another round of bogus reporting about the extent of malware infections in the United States. This morning I read a report by Nick Farrell of The Inquirer, which was accompanied by the screamer headline One in Four US computers infected. It links in turn to a much longer...
- Tags: Adware, OECD, Malware, Computer, Badware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Productivity, Security, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- The IT Commandments: Thou shalt not use nonsecure protocols on thy network
- The IT Commandments: Thou shalt not use nonsecure protocols on thy networkTurn of HTTP while you're at it!Funny, it seems to me that the VAST MAJORITY of severe virus/spyware/adware problems flowed over HTTP! How about this: dump the idiot Web-based applications, and enforce a strict "deny all" policy on the...
- Tags: Web technology, NETWORKING, Badware, Funny IT, HTTP, Telnet, network, IT Commandment
- Discussion threads 2006-04-02
- Google in China, Badware, Pixney, Sun and more...(The Dan and David Show)
- In this latest episode of the Dan & David Show we cover a variety of timely topics. Google refuses the U.S. government's subpeona for search logs but agrees to censor material deemed objectionable to Chinese authorities--the company that will do no evil faces some tough, politically-charged choices. We also discuss...
- Tags: Badware, Dan Farber, David Show, podcast, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-01-25
- Badware coalition wants your horror stories
- Badware coalition wants your horror storiesNice PCtiptoes around the sticky semantics of what constitutes spyware vs. adware vs. malware. Now if they would just DO SOMETHING.I'm dubious when I see this in their Privacy Policy!"Links to Independent WebsitesPages hosted by the Site may link to independently-run web sites. ...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Web site development, Spyware, adware & malware, Web technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Badware, Google Inc., Web site
- Discussion threads 2006-01-25
- Badware coalition wants your horror stories
- If you haven't heard of "badware" before, you will now. A coalition, which includes sponsors Google, Lenovo and Sun Microsystems, and organizers the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and the Oxford Internet Institute in the UK with an assist from the Consumer Reports' WebWatch project,...
- Tags: spyware, Badware
- Blog posts 2006-01-25
Additional Resources
- Music MP3 Downloader 2.6.5.2 (Windows)
- Music MP3 Downloader is easy-to-use software which enables you to search and download over 100 million MP3 from the largest music network. It is not a Peer-to-Peer program and it is 100% clean of any form of badware (viruses, spyware, adware). Music MP3 Downloader always brings you the hottest songs...
- Tags: Song, Music MP3 Downloader, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Peer To Peer (P2P), Viruses And Worms, Microsoft Windows, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-04
- SafenSec Personal 3.5 (Windows)
- Tens of thousands of new viruses arrive in security companies' research labs every day. Anti-virus products that protect you the traditional way - with a 'signature' to detect each virus - simply can't keep up. A new approach is needed. That approach is SafenSec. SafenSec Personal uses unique proactive technology,...
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows, Virus, S.N.Safe&Software, Self-education Mode, Desktops, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-01
- Does Twitter's malware link filter really work?
- Today, researchers from F-Secure stumbled upon a long-anticipated feature in Twitter's fight against malicious abuse of its service - a malware URL filter preventing automatically registered or compromised legitimate accounts from tweeting known malicious links. Whenever a Twitter user is attempting to post a link to a...
- Tags: Malware, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- EyeWonder malware incident affects popular web sites
- During the last couple of hours, visitors of popular and high trafficked web sites such as CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Gamespot, WorldOfWarcraft, Mashable, Chow.com, ITpro.co.uk, AndroidCommunity; Engadget and Chip.de, started reporting that parts of the web sites are unreachable due to malware warnings appearing through the EyeWonder interactive digital advertising...
- Tags: Web, EyeWonder, Malware, Web Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- Study: IE8's SmartScreen leads in malware protection
- A recently released NSS Labs study, claims that Internet Explorer 8 greatly outperforms competing browsers in terms of protecting users against web based malware. According to the study based upon a modest sample of 492 URLs, not only is IE8's SmartScreen Filter achieving a leading position against...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Study, Malware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, IE8, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Web Browsers, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Bad, bad, cybercrime-friendly ISPs!
- In a post-McColo, post-Atrivo and post-EstDomains cybercrime ecosystem, the researchers at FireEye have recently launched a "Bad Actors series" aiming to put the spotlight on some of the currently active badware actors online. The sampled ISPs represent safe heavens for drop zones for banker malware, DNSChanger malware, rogue security software...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Malware, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- eBay solutions provider Auctiva.com infected with malware
- eBay solutions provider Auctiva.com suffered a malware attack during the weekend, resulting in a "this site may harm your computer" badware warning which affected hundreds of thousands of customers and their eBay auctions. Following the complaints of users who started receiving antivirus software warnings appearing upon visiting...
- Tags: Malware, eBay Inc., Auctiva.com, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- Is your Java up to date?
- For a long time, the experience of patching Sun's Java software has been less than pleasant. The updates were huge and time consuming, the patching instructions were a mess and, even worse, Sun never removed older, vulnerable versions from the patched machine. Now it appears that things...
- Tags: Environment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-02-14
- Apple Patch Day: Gaping Mac OS X, Safari holes
- It's Apple's turn on the Patch Day treadmill and, for Mac OS X users, it's quite ugly. As I write, Apple has released four different bulletins to cover 48 documented vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X ecosystem, a solitary code execution flaw affecting Safari for Windows and...
- Tags: Security, Apple Macintosh, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Programming Languages, Java, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
- Google goes nuts with the
- Google goes nuts with the Yeah ...... seems fixed nowRE: Google goes nuts with the Death to Google. Talk about a Hijack. RE: Google goes nuts with the I've tested it too. No matter where you are located (I've tested it threw different location proxies) the bug seems worldwide!Maybe Fixed?...
- Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Google Inc., operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-01-31
- UPDATE x5: Google goes nuts with the "This site may harm your computer" warnings
- I'm getting reports that Google search is going nuts with the "This site may harm your computer" warnings and displaying this beneath all entries. I'm seeing it no matter what I search for, which is a real pain because you can't get to sites...
- Tags: Google Inc., Site, Computer, StopBadware.org, Productivity, Search, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-01-31
- Infamous vendor of "AntiVirus XP" badware sued
- Infamous vendor of "AntiVirus XP" badware suedcombofix, smitfraudfix, etcI used all the usual tools to remove at least one incarnation of this s__tware, and it still kept coming back! Had to run the "uninstaller," then run smitfraudfix, then manually remove the folders and registry keys!All I can say is...Thank goodness...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, antivirus, Infamous vendor, AntiVirus XP
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Infamous vendor of "AntiVirus XP" badware sued
- The software purveyor behind AntiVirus XP, a fake anti-virus package, has been sued and will hopefully be put out of business. There has been plenty of information available on this organization for some time, yet unsuspecting consumers continue to hand over their own money for what amounts...
- Tags: Software, Antivirus, Microsoft Windows XP, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adam O'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopper
- Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopperHave you ever read MS EULA? In short...We can go into your machine and do what ever we want.If this is the case with the browser....how are they using your data in their cloud?Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopperI looked...
- Tags: Web browsers, EULA, Google Inc., Chrome EULA, TOS
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
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