Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- Spyware news
- My apologies for the lack of blogging recently. Here are a few good places to keep up with the spyware news, sites that I read on a daily basis, SunbeltBLOG, Vitalsecurity, SecurityFix, Ben Edelman and others listed in my blogroll on this page.Last week I was at Tech Ed in...
- Tags: Zango, Hotbar
- Blog posts 2006-06-19
- 180solutions plus Hotbar equals...
- They tied the knot today, that is, 180solution and Hotbar. The new (?) name is Zango. The folks at VitalSecurity think the new entity should have been named ZangoBar. I think it has a nice ring.From the Seattle P-I:The merger is not about cost savings, Baur said, but "about growth...
- Tags: Zango, Hotbar
- Blog posts 2006-06-07
- Adware makers 180solutions, Hotbar merge
- Adware makers 180solutions, Hotbar mergeLow-Life Unite!Two non legitimate company merge... big deal, must be slow new day. Both of those company are un desirable element on computer. Peoples who end-up with them should be able to sue those garbage company.All anti-virus maker should un-install this junk on contact.Much appreciated!I do...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, spam, adware, Hotbar, 180Solutions
- Discussion threads 2006-06-07
- Symantec files suit to label adware
- Symantec files suit to label adwareHotbar IS Adware!"Also, in some cases, the Hotbar programs were installed with other software or when a specific Web site was visited, unbeknownst to the user, according to the lawsuit."Hotbar is definately Spyware/Adware and Symantec has the right to classify as such. I sure do...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Hotbar, Symantec Corp., adware
- Discussion threads 2005-06-08
Additional Resources
- Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OS
- I keep trying to come up with explanations for why rational technical publications continue to amplify the nonsensical research coming out of Australian security vendor PC Tools in the past few weeks. Jedi mind tricks? Post-hypnotic suggestions embedded in web pages served from the Southern Hemisphere? Sunspots? There's certainly...
- Tags: Operating System, PC Tools, Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Click Fraud
- I find it ironic that advertisers are bitter about hackers’ use of bots and other tricky techniques to defraud them by clicking on either their banner ads or Google keywords. Where were the complaints when spammers promoted their products via mass mailings to millions of totally...
- Tags: Ron
- Blog posts 2006-06-15
- 180solutions plus Hotbar equals...
- 180solutions plus Hotbar equals...Zango?Somehow this name was associated with a security threat on my XP OS. If they are so above board how did my security software identify it as a threat?Sounds like...Sounds like a way for 180Solutions to try to shed themselves of the "180" name and it bad...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Corporate governance, SECURITY, Zango, 180Solutions, adware
- Discussion threads 2006-06-09
- Not all adware is badware
- Not all adware is badwareI agreeLets not let them find another way to load our computers with this resource consuming garbage.adwareSounds like commercial advertising for tv. Once it becomes acceptable enough, adware will be on every program. The option to have it or not will be absent. The justification will...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, TVs, Advertising & Promotion, TV & Home Theater, Internet adware, PC, VW, adware, advertisement, radio, TV
- Discussion threads 2006-04-06
- 180solutions installation practices under fire
- 180solutions installation practices under fireThe other side of the story.First, I would encourage people to read my entire post, particularly the first point which states that only 64 installations of our software occurred via this AIM worm. That’s not quite the “large infestation” accused on this blog. Let me tackle...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, DollIdol.com, DollIdol, software, TRUSTe, 180Solutions, screen resolution, computer
- Discussion threads 2006-01-10
- Adware Detections
- Spyware and anti-spyware expert Eric L. Howes just updated his work on the State of Adware Detections. Twelve well major players in the anti-spyware business were tested with eight advertising software vendors. The vendors included 180solutions, AskJeeves, Claria formerly gator, Hotbar, Ibis, New.net, Weatherbug and WhenU. You...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Adware Detection, adware
- Blog posts 2005-10-07
- Demystifying EULAs
- Demystifying EULAsPointlessWhy bother? Nobody with a clue agrees to a EULA for crap like screensavers, and the EULAs for purchased software are a case of "click here if you want more than a coaster for the $700 you already paid."In other words, you may well be better off [b]not[/b]...
- Tags: EULA
- Discussion threads 2005-09-16
- Real World Head Aches
- Occasionally a Webroot customer will share the initial data they gather after deploying Spy Sweeper Enterprise. As the rest of the world does not usually get access to this kind of information I thought it would be valuable to share the results from one particular customer. I have...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, hijacker
- Blog posts 2005-05-16
- CounterSpy is cool, FavoriteMan is not
- Last month, I reviewed CounterSpy, a program from Sunbelt Software, and am pleased to find another capable utility for ferreting out spyware. I have become very skeptical about new spyware-removal programs, because so many of them are scams, but I already had an idea CounterSpy would work since I'm familiar...
- Tags: Favoriteman, CounterSpy
- Blog posts 2005-01-04
- EarthLink finds spyware running amok
- EarthLink finds spyware running amokZDNet, please clarify and state what Operating System is involved.Although a flawed OS like Windows should not be categorized in the same category as real Operating Systems.Thank you,The FutureEarthLink finds spyware running amokNot on my machine. I just get cookies, but even they get deleted....
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, spyware, EarthLink Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-10-05
- Hacker takes bite out of Apple's iTunes
- Hacker takes bite out of Apple's iTunesNT What a dickhead.Coolcan't wait for the expanded userbase as the mod and experimenting community love an open avenue to explore and develop upon. I'm sure Apple will treat this with the respect and love that they've shown to entity Real, and...
- Tags: Hacking, Digital media, Apple iTunes, DVD-Jon, DVD John, Apple Inc., hacker, DeCSS, DVD
- Discussion threads 2004-08-13
- Spyware following spam into the enterprise
- Spyware following spam into the enterpriseSpyware is even worse than spam in my viewWe block most of our spam at a mail gateway and I'd say 95% of it gets flushed unread. Spyware, on the other hand, is in your face and crippling your PC, at least if you're...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, spyware, NEWDOTNET
- Discussion threads 2004-06-01
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
White Papers and Webcasts
We need to get back to freethinking and innovation that is core to our roots. Companies like Intel were founded on thoughts like the famous quote from Robert Noyce - "Don't be encumbered by the past, go out and do something wonderful."
