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- Ex-Softies launch anti-malware start-up
- A quartet of former Microsoft employees have launched an anti-malware start-up, joining an established list of companies touting browser plugins an an answer to the threat from drive-by exploits.The company, called Haute Secure, is offering an Internet Explorer add-on that uses behavior-based profiling algorithms to identify and intercept malicious files...
- Tags: Browsers, Botnets, Apple, Data theft, Exploit code, Firefox, Google, Hackers, McAfee, Metasploit, Microsoft, Mozilla, Passwords, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Privacy, Responsible disclosure, Rootkits, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Symantec, Viruses and Worms, Vulnerability research, Windows Vista, Zero-day attacks
- Blog posts 2007-07-10
- Trend Micro buys HijackThis, launches SiteAdvisor competitor
- Trend Micro has acquired HijackThis, the freeware spyware-removal program created by Merijn Bellekom. Financial terms of the deal, believed to be all-cash, were not released. This is the second transaction between Trend Micro and Bellekmom, following the companys purchase of CWShredder, a standalone utility used to remove the...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, Web site development, SECURITY, HijackThis, SiteAdvisor, spyware, Trend Micro Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- SiteAdvisor Plus
- SiteAdvisor began as a standalone company, and was purchased in early 2006 by veteran security vendor McAfee. Bundled within McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007, SiteAdvisor is also available as a free download for Firefox and Internet Explorer, and as a paid service, SiteAdvisor Plus, for $20 ($40 for three users),...
- Tags: Phishing, Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, SiteAdvisor
- Product reviews 2007-02-17
- Linkscanner Pro
- Exploit Prevention Labs Linkscanner Pro takes a decidedly different approach to identifying and alerting users to potentially harmful Web sites. Rather than scan all the Web sites on the Internet and rank them, as McAfee SiteAdvisor does, Linkscanner Pro scans sites as they download onto your browser, identifying code and...
- Tags: Web site development, Phishing, Web technology, Cyberthreats, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Exploit Prevention Labs Linkscanner Pro, LinkScanner Pro, SiteAdvisor, Web site, Web, Netcraft, LinkScanner
- Product reviews 2007-02-17
- SiteAdvisor
- SiteAdvisor is a free browser plug-in that tries to keep your PC clean of spyware by providing clear and visible warnings for sites known to be spyware carriers. It takes a decidedly different approach from traditional antispyware programs and antispam programs by alerting you before you start venturing into unsafe...
- Tags: Web browsers, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SiteAdvisor, Web browser
- Product reviews 2006-03-30
- Take the spyware quiz
- How good are you are recognizing unsafe websites -- sites that have unsafe downloads or sites download spyware and use exploits, sites that collect email addresses to spam? SiteAdvisor has a quiz to check your site-sniffing abilities. They say:[...] it's hard to judge a book by its cover. We'd argue...
- Tags: SiteAdvisor
- Blog posts 2006-03-14
- New group to fight the bad guys - stopbadware.com
- An new coalition aimed at fighting spyware and spyware pushers was announced today. The project called StopBadware.org is sponsored by Google, Lenovo and Sun Microsystems. The organizers include Harvard Law School's Berkman Center, Oxford Internet Institute and Consumer Reports' Webwatch. The term "badware" is defined on the site as:a term...
- Tags: spyware, SiteAdvisor
- Blog posts 2006-01-25
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- The most "dangerous" celebrities to search for in 2008
- Searching for details regarding the latest celebrity gossip may expose you to everything the IT underground has to offer - from adware and spyware to misleading offers and fake newsletters enticing you to opt-in into a spammer's campaign. McAfee owned SiteAdvisor has recently released the 2008 list of the celebrity...
- Tags: Adware, Web, Celebrity, Web Site, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Site Development, Cyberthreats, Web Technology, Viruses And Worms, Channel Management, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Facebook introducing new security warning feature
- With Facebook persistently under attacks from phishers and malware authors, looking for creative ways to efficiently exploit its users base, Facebook's security team has silently introduced a new "security warning feature" alerting its users on the potential maliciousness of the third-party site they are about to visit. Is the newly...
- Tags: Facebook, Security Warning, MySpace, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- News to know: 64-bit Windows; JavaFX; Net neutrality; Apple
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player? Larry Dignan: JavaFX SDK preview launches: Can Sun play the RIA game? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft launches new search...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Broadband, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Microsoft Windows, 64-Bit, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- McAfee SiteAdvisor blocks SANS
- McAfee SiteAdvisor blocks SANSBlock us tooHP Application Security Center tools sites are also blocked for distributing "hacking tools"... R O F L.IDIOTSMcAfee 'understands' security ...Is SiteAdvisor politically correct or just plain stupid?Either way it doesn't reflect well on McAfee.Agreed NT-Nate
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, McAfee Inc., McAfee SiteAdvisor
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- McAfee SiteAdvisor blocks SANS
- Showing you just how much they understand about security, McAfee blocked the SANS website, sans.org, as well as giac.org and sans.edu, with their SiteAdvisor application, listing it as a "bad" site. Interestingly enough, SANS sites are some of the best sites to go to for security related...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., McAfee SiteAdvisor, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- 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
- Preliminary autopsy results on Mozilla's Download Day ...
- Preliminary autopsy results on Mozilla's Download Day ...It was even betterThis morning it appeared in the repository and my machine just downloaded it automatically, no need to go to the Firefox website whatsoever....RE: Preliminary autopsy results on Mozilla's Download Day ..."Why is Firefox "so good""well its sleek and its got...
- Tags: Web browsers, download counter, Download Day, Preliminary autopsy, autopsy, Mozilla Firefox, address bar, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox 3.0
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Developers at fault? SQL Injection attacks lead to wide-spread compromise of IIS servers
- There's been a lot of noise and violent thrashing over the last couple days regarding a flaw that was originally believed to be a flaw in Microsoft's IIS Internet Information Server, but has since been pointed out as simply a well thought out SQL Injection attack. For those of...
- Tags: Developer, Password, Web Application, Server, SQL, Site, SQL Injection, Microsoft IIS Server, Attack, Programming Languages, Security, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Getting tired of the browser-go-round
- Getting tired of the browser-go-roundIf it does not work in Firefox, I don't visit.Truer words were never spoken. We the paying public control what we do with our money and where we shop.Yessss ........ you got 'er. I use FF or I don't go there!!!If it does not...
- Tags: Web browsers, browser-go-round, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Discussion threads 2008-03-16
- Funny.+5%2F3+Bank+advertises+malware+site+in+brochure
- Funny.+5%2F3+Bank+advertises+malware+site+in+brochureMaybe a "friendly customer" wanted to help?Although I find it believable that an ignorant bank employee would recommend such a site, it is also possible that a scam artist left the literature in the bank in a fishing attempt.There have been news stories of fake "depositories" being placed next to...
- Tags: Financial services, bank, OCCAM
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- McAfee SiteAdvisor for Internet Explorer (exe)
- McAfee SiteAdvisor helps protect you from all kinds of Web-based security threats including spyware, adware, spam, viruses, browser exploits, and online scams. Our automated testers continually patrol the Web to browse sites, download files, and sign-up for things with e-mail addresses. As you search, browse, download, or register online, SiteAdvisor's...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-12-18
- Google calls for users to report malicious sites
- Google calls for users to report malicious sitesGoogle calls for users to report malicious sitesAll the more reason not to use Google's services since they index and promote malicious sites. Then they expect the users to help them after stealing all their private data? Cold day in hell...
- Tags: Google Inc., malicious site
- Discussion threads 2007-12-04
- Google looking for anti-malware help
- Google looking for anti-malware helpHow about either SiteAdvisor or Scandoo?Take a look at this example when I typed in "screensaver" without quotes as a keywood:http://g.s.scandoo.com/search?hl=en&meta=on&q=screensaverIt's a good start.Given the level of activity on Google's varioususer fora, providing users with a simple method for reporting abuse may very well prove effective....HenriRE:...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Google Inc., anti-Malware, McAfee SiteAdvisor, malware, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
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