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- Rogues are easy to spot
- I was sent some interesting screenshots of pop-up advertisements for antispyware apps delivered via 180Search. The pop-ups were triggered at various Web sites, including PC-Tools, maker of Spyware Doctor, Google, and even Download.com. I detect various conflicts of interest. First, what legitimate antispyware app would use spyware to advertise itself?...
- Tags: anti-spyware, advertisement, 180Search
- Blog posts 2005-04-27
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- Apple confirms malware protection in Snow Leopard
- They say Americans don't understand ironyNo irony there, Jason. Any degree of immunity that OS X has to malware is exactly because of such measures.I am gonna love.....to see the people make excuses for the reason for this. You can't say one thing and then do another in the...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, Pwn2Own, virus, malware, trojan horse, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Google vs. Bing: The global battle
- Huh, just 67.5%??I thought it would have been like 80-90% by now.Mr Dignan uses flawed statistics, the market is actually much more skewedAccording to Hitwise, who claims to have bigger and more unbiased samples, was Google's market share up at impressive 74%, i.e. ~14 times bigger than Bing, 4.5 times...
- Tags: Google Inc., Bing, global battle
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Morro FUD ...
- Morro FUD ...You should've checked your emailPeople with subscriptions that were expiring in the last couple months were getting a free 6 month extension to OneCare.Norton AV 2009 isn't bad though. It's much faster than previous versions, but the Norton toolbar that it installs is garbage. I wouldn't...
- Tags: Norton 360, Morro FUD, Norton Co., OneCare, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Microsoft ready to launch beta of its free Morro antivirus offering
- Microsoft ready to launch beta of its free Morro antivirus offeringSimplicityNifty! (Weird how this had cross my mind this morning after we finished our migration to SBS 2008 and suddenly there's a Reuters article today.)Really, all I would like to see is something like how Windows Defender is today--remarkably silent,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Corporate law, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, Morro antiviru, Microsoft Ready, Google Inc., Morro, beta, Symantec Corp., antivirus
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- New Microsoft SharePoint 2010 details start to emerge
- New Microsoft SharePoint 2010 details start to emergeDocument PreviewIt would be nice if one of the options for viewing a document library included a document preview, as we have with Vista/Windows 7.Will it still Suck? Most definitely!SP is still a God-Awful POS system that should be flogged and thrown...
- Tags: Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Alfreso, Microsoft SharePoint, New Microsoft SharePoint 2010, MOSS 2007
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- Shadow Defender 1.1.0.266 (Windows)
- Shadow Defender is an easy-to-use desktop security and privacy protection tool for Windows operating systems. It provides an excellent way to prevent unwanted or malicious changes from being made to a PC. With Shadow Defender you can run system in a virtual environment, called Shadow Mode. And all the attacks...
- Tags: Environment, Virtual Environment, Attack, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-17
- Microsoft's End to End trust vision: Can this identity, trusted stack thing work?
- Microsoft unveiled its "End to End Trust" security vision and now the real work begins: Will anyone buy into it? At RSA, Microsoft rolled out a whitepaper that at the very least is quite the conversation piece. Reading through the whitepaper--something I encourage everyone...
- Tags: Software, Audit, Privacy, Vision, Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Identity, Accountability, Audit Data, Internet, Financial Accounting, Security, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- EAV Popup and Privacy Defender Edition 10 (Windows)
- Filters all Popup windows, removes all your histories, Internet tracks and all temporary files. Suppresses pop-ups, prevents script-ads, prevents the hacking of your browser, cleans your cache, manages cookies, removes temporary files. also removes all previous form entries, typed URLs, and passwords, and blocks script-based drop-down ads, and many other...
- Tags: Pop-up, Microsoft Windows, EAV Software, Cookie, Construction
- Software downloads 2007-07-31
- Google balks as Germany moves toward required data retention
- The age of Internet anonymity is coming to a close in Europe. Germany has recently drafted legislation would require telecommunications providers to collect and keep private information on their German customers for six months, reports Tech Spot.The German Parliament is considering legislation to require ISPs and email service providers store...
- Tags: Privacy, International, Google
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- News to know: Apollo goes beta; Google privacy; Surface demo; Yahoo security
- Adobe's Apollo platform, now called AIR, goes beta. Ryan Stewart: Adobe announces hardware accelerated video in Flash, Apollo’s new name, and two new betas.Wi-Fi memory cards coming to cameras.Jason O'Grady: WWDC predictions.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft provides first public demo of the Surface tabletop. Gallery right.David Berlind: ZDNet names next Deputy...
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- When is a firewall not a firewall? When it's Vista's built-in firewall
- When is a firewall not a firewall? When it's Vista's built-in firewallEver seen an ordinary user...... confronted with ZoneAlarm's free firewall? One person I know allowed everything in and out, of course, and was looking for a button to press to make the program stop asking. Somehow the...
- Tags: Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows Vista, NetGear, firewall, ZoneAlarm, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-05
- Privacy Defender 7.0.3a (Windows)
- Privacy Defender is a state-of-the-art Internet privacy software that allows for private Web browsing. With Privacy Defender you can surf the Web with complete peace-of-mind, knowing that Privacy Defender protects you from unwanted data becoming permanently hidden in your PC, without the possibility to recover it.Version 7.0.3a improves the erasing...
- Tags: Internet Privacy, Web, SynergeticSoft, Channel Management, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-01-22
- Should anti-spyware programs remove cookies?
- Spyware expert Ben Edelman has written a great piece on anti-spyware programs and cookies. He tested eleven different anti-spyware programs against cookies from 50 advertising systems and posted detailed results including which anti-spyware programs detected which cookies and which programs detected the most cookies. At the extreme ends...
- Tags: anti-spyware
- Blog posts 2006-09-18
- How to disable WGA notification
- How to disable WGA notificationWOW ..... That was quick.Another new blog entry already. Hmmmm.Folks you may wish to read the comments on the subject immediately preceding this one.You said it[i]"I like this method because you, the user, are in complete control.[/i]That kind of thinking is good and why many choose...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., software, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows, forgery, Suzi Turner
- Discussion threads 2006-06-21
- Microsoft's antipiracy tool phones home daily
- Microsoft's antipiracy tool phones home dailyRe: validation tool spyingIf you find a way to SAFELY shut it off let me know -- you cannot uninstall it once its installed.Hah! How do I disable?Sad, very sad. They can't even write a proper Trojan. A friend has a copy...
- Tags: Public relations, PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., phones home, antipiracy tool phones home, validation tool
- Discussion threads 2006-06-07
- The real reason we shouldn't depend on Microsoft for security
- The real reason we shouldn't depend on Microsoft for securityWho would *I* rely on?Myself. I know what security companies and programs are out there. I know how to protect my machine. Whether I am an expert in security or not is not a factor. I do...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, digital-rights management, security, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-23
- More details on the onerous MTV Urge license agreement
- Earlier today, I wrote about the frightening license agreement that accompanies MTV Urge, the new "better than iTunes" music service that Microsoft is offering as a key feature of Windows Media Player 11. It reminded me of a post I wrote almost a year ago, when Microsoft was reportedly thinking...
- Tags: agreement, Urge, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Windows Media
- Blog posts 2006-05-16
- Judge: Google must give feds limited access to records
- Judge: Google must give feds limited access to recordsI say turn over 50,000 government URLs and be done with it. nt..Is THAT the way America is going to work now?If someone's worried about porn they get a filter and put it on the home computer. Then if you want to...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Google Inc., government
- Discussion threads 2006-03-17
- Windows Defender annoyances
- Windows Defender annoyancesWindows DefenderIt's not intuitive, but you can manually check for updates as follows:1. Click on the down facing triangle for Help Options2. Click on About Windows Defender3. Click Check for UpdatesA word about this behavior: Interactive update information is not reported in the application...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Microsoft Windows, Windows Defender, Windows Defender Annoyance, Service Pack 2, annoyance
- Discussion threads 2006-03-02
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