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- Spyware pusher shut down and fined $4 million
- Spyware pusher shut down and fined $4 millionyesYes, I made time to post about a story that's important to me because I was very involved in helping the CDT bring their complaint against Seismic Entertainment, which later led to the FTC complaint. I addressed toadlife's points the the talkbacks...
- Tags: Spam, Blogging, Viruses and worms, SocketShield, pusher, spamming, Spamford Wallace, spyware
- Discussion threads 2006-05-04
- 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
- New security program to prevent exploits -- it works!
- SocketShield is a new security application just launched by Exploit Prevention Labs, founded by two veterans of the anti-malware/anti-spyware business, Bob Bales and Roger Thompson, both former executives of Pest Patrol which was bought by Computer Associates two years ago.SocketShield is designed to stop exploits and block malware at the...
- Tags: SocketShield Beta, exploit
- Blog posts 2006-05-01
- Security tool aims to stop drive-by installs
- Security tool aims to stop drive-by installsI already have a tool that does this.It's called a "firewall."Specifically, Zone Alarm Pro. It does tend to be paranoid at times, questioning the activity of programs I know to be safe. But I'd rather have a paranoid firewall than an infected...
- Tags: Firewalls, PRODUCTIVITY, Linux, Network security, SECURITY, SocketShield, firewall, tool, exploit, software, security tool
- Discussion threads 2006-04-28
Additional Resources
- Spyware pushers cash in big on zero day exploit
- I expect that most readers have already read about the latest zero day exploit, Microsoft Vector Graphics Rendering Library Buffer Overflow, discovered by Adam Thomas of the Sunbelt Software research team on Monday. I'm not going into detail on it -- there is plenty of information about the exploit already,...
- Tags: exploit
- Blog posts 2006-09-20
- The state of spyware according to Webroot
- The state of spyware according to WebrootYes but...I like Webroot. It's what I use. However, they classify tracking cookies, which are relatively innocuous, as spyware, and this would skew the statistics quite a bit. Sure, you might not want them on your computer, but there is a [b]big[/b] difference...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, PRODUCTIVITY, Viruses and worms, Firewalls, SECURITY, Outpost Firewall, spyware, Webroot Software Inc., computer, disc
- Discussion threads 2006-08-16
- Three May Day Launches
- It’s the first of May and the first day out of stealth mode for three start-ups. Two security companies and a security e-zine are celebrating their debuts. In some quarters there is talk that the days of security innovation...
- Tags: e-Zine, ezine, security
- Blog posts 2006-05-01
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