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- I've just installed Kazaa-Skype, and I've got 2,509 adware files
- After temporarily disarming my PestPatrol anti-spyware program, I downloaded and installed the free version of the new Kazaa-Skype package today.Then, around 10 a.m. Pacific Time,I firedmy PestPatrol back up. Right now, it is still counting the spyware, adware, scumware, pests-whatever you want to call it -that came along for the...
- Tags: Kazaa, PestPatrol
- Blog posts 2004-11-30
- CA picks up PestPatrol
- CA picks up PestPatrolAnother Corporate Schism"" eTrust Threat Management, which is intended to help stop computer viruses and spam, and to restrict employee's Internet access."" CA controls 'employees '' with their software ""... Desktops control their own destiny. Autonomy for personal computers. 'Pests of course are a matter of preference...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Computer Associates International Inc., PestPatrol, computer
- Discussion threads 2004-08-16
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- Advanced Searchbar (exe)
- Advanced Searchbar is a customizable toolbar for Internet Explorer. Search using 100 search engines including Google, Yahoo, & MSN to name a few, & eliminate annoying pop-ups. You get: spelling checker, a calculator, automatic login manager, 70+ games, radio player list, media players (for CDs, DVDs, MPEGs, and MP3s), system...
- Tags: Spyware Removal, IM, Advanced Search Technologies, Advanced Searchbar, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Spyware, Microsoft Outlook, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Online Communications, Internet, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2007-11-19
- CA Anti-Virus Plus CA Anti-Spyware 2008
- CA Anti-Virus Plus CA Anti-Spyware 2008 holds the middle ground, neither improving nor declining with this year's offering. The code is leaner, resulting in faster scans; however, there are too few features here to warrant much excitement. Also, this is the only antivirus product we tested that attempted to download...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Kaspersky, Computer Associates International Inc., antivirus, CA Anti-Spyware 2008, CA Anti-Virus, CA Anti-Spyware
- Product reviews 2007-10-12
- CA Anti-Spyware 2007
- CA formerly Computer Associates has rebranded itself and its antispyware product (formerly eTrust, and formerly PestPatrol before that) as, simply, CA Anti-Spyware. Unfortunately, rebranding seems to be all they've done, as the PestPatrol product was once one of the best antispyware applications on the market and now pales in comparison...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Computer Associates International Inc., CA Anti-Spyware, CA Anti-spyware 2007, anti-spyware
- Product reviews 2007-03-28
- CA Internet Security Suite 2007
- CA, formerly Computer Associates, redesigned its product line for 2007 and repackaged its Internet security suite as CA Internet Security Security 2007. It provides antivirus, antispyware, antispam, and personal firewall protection, but there are many omissions, such as antiphsihing and antirootkit protection. Online parental controls are available from an optional...
- Tags: SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows, INTERNET, Computer Associates International Inc., CA Internet Security
- Product reviews 2007-03-02
- Trend Micro flaw opens PCs to takeover
- Trend Micro flaw opens PCs to takeoveris ALL security software flawed?Hello there!I cannot comment on the TrendMicro 'flaw', but having used both Symantec and Computer Associates security software over some years, I am beginning to have doubts about the protection they offer.For instance, on this particular machine I am using...
- Tags: Operating systems, PC, Internet, Symantec Corp., flaw, Trend Micro Inc., Microsoft Windows, Windows Box, security
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- New security program to prevent exploits -- it works!
- New security program to prevent exploits -- it works!YawnWoohoo. Another anti-virus program.And this deserves coverage on ZDNet becuase.....? Almost all AV programs incoporate the exact same web-exploit protection that this SocketSheild does.Diseases spread best...... when the host lives long enough to carry them around.If these spyware sites are doing so...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, exploit, antivirus, SocketShield
- Discussion threads 2006-05-02
- Anti-Spyware Solutions Technology Report: eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware Corporate Edition
- When discussing and evaluating anti-spyware products, the most immediate difficulty is that there is little agreed definition of spyware, and little agreement as to whether a given sample is or is not spyware. Compared with the firmly established classifications in fields such as macro and boot sector viruses, this does...
- Tags: CA eTrust, Anti-spyware, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2006-02-01
- CA targets Sony DRM as spyware
- Computer Associates, maker of security software, has announced their anti-spyware program PestPatrol will detect and remove Sony's rootkit-enabled DRM software. I spoke to Samuel Curry, Vice President, Product Management of Computer Associates, yesterday and he confirmed that four pests from Sony have been added to PestPatrol's new definitions slated to...
- Tags: CD, Sony Corp., Computer Associates International Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-11-08
- Spyware obstacle course
- We revisited our Spyware Obstacle Course, running six antispyware contenders against eight pieces of spyware. We ran our first Spyware Obstacle Course last November, and Spybot took the win out of a field of five. In the four interceding months, antispyware apps have grown a little more refined. This time...
- Tags: spyware
- Blog posts 2005-04-15
- Firefox spyware scanning
- I've always liked Yahoo's toolbar for Internet Explorer because it incorporates PestPatrol, making spyware scanning quick and convenient from the browser. But I don't use Internet Explorer when I can help it. I use Firefox. For people like me, Yahoo just released its toolbar as an extension for Firefox, including...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Yahoo! Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-04-11
- Researching spyware
- I really like the Computer Associates Spyware Information Center. Not only does it host a searchable database of spyware, it also shows a list of newly discovered components. This is the same database that was hosted on the PestPatrol site, before Computer Associates bought it. There are other spyware guides...
- Tags: spyware
- Blog posts 2005-02-21
- Windows anti-spyware to come free of charge
- Windows anti-spyware to come free of chargeAs it should be... but now what about anti-trust?I agree MS should at least try to fix the problems it created.. but what about anti-trust issues?by giving it away freethey are going to drive addaware out of business!!! Destroying addaware's business model of giving...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, Web browsers, Now Let, anti-Trust, Microsoft Corp., anti-spyware, Microsoft Windows, spyware
- Discussion threads 2005-02-15
- Catfight in the spyware corral
- Catfight in the spyware corralLOL ... code of ethics :P"According to Stiennon, Webroot co-founded Coast in 2003 to help establish industry-binding guidelines defining spyware and a code of ethics surrounding the distribution of desktop software."Sorry, but you can't regulate scum .. just go ask Sanford Wallace, ok? Anyway, these companies...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Policies and procedures, spyware people, spyware, primary use
- Discussion threads 2005-02-08
- Think twice before deleting that Kazaa-Skype spyware
- The late, great Warren Zevon's "Send Lawyers, Guns and Money" epitomized his view of the roots and exercise of power.So when someone who knows a good bit about this nexus speaks, I for one, have a tendency to listen.Ben Edelman knows a lot about the lawyers and money part. He's...
- Tags: Kazaa, Skype Technologies S.A.
- Blog posts 2004-12-01
- Quick Guide: Spyware Detection and Removal
- Spyware and adware are increasingly consuming IT professionals' time and resources. These programs can enable important data to escape your network. Spyware and adware also slow end-user system performance. This resource collection examines how these programs prove damaging, reviews three of the most popular removal programs (Spy Sweeper, Spybot, and...
- Tags: Adware, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Download resources 2004-09-28
- Pop-up purveyor Claria settles suits
- Pop-up purveyor Claria settles suitsDIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIEall i gotta say...I normally rail against lawsuits in generalbut in the case of Claria I will make an exception. You cannot blame the complainents being upset when a surfer goes to their website to have a pop...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, hacker, Claria Corp., Gator
- Discussion threads 2004-08-31
- Consolidation radar: Anti-spyware outfit in security land grab
- First, there was anti-virus. Then, there were personal firewalls. After that came anti-spam tools and pop-up blockers. And now, anti-spyware. Today, many businesses and consumers are still going to separate solution providers for each of the five and distinctly different forms of protection. With uber-protection suites in mind, the land grab for independently...
- Tags: solution provider, anti-spyware, antivirus
- Blog posts 2004-08-17
- Yahoo's Anti-Spy toolbar feature buggy
- Yahoo's Anti-Spy toolbar feature buggyWhat's this Yahoo Anti-Spy crap??Use Spybot!http://www.safer-networking.orgNot Exactly!Stephanie Olson has written(http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5300761.html) that Yahoo's Anti-Spy detected a registry entry installed by Gator as "SearchCentrix."This is not surprising. There are several SearchCentrix installers at http://downloads.searchcentrix.com/pushapps/ thatwill install both SearchCentrix and Gator. For instance, retrieve and runhttp://downloads.searchcentrix.com/pushapps/fsgintl_4104.exe to see...
- Tags: Yahoo! Anti-spy, toolbar, SearchCentrix, Gator, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-08-07
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