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- Software that sends information about your Web surfing habits to its Web site. Often quickly installed in your computer in combination with a free download you selected from the...
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- 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,...
- Blog posts 2006-09-20
- 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...
- Blog posts 2006-09-18
- The state of spyware according to Webroot
- Webroot released its quarterly report on spyware today, claiming spyware infection rates are at their highest since 2004. During the second quarter of 2006, Webroot researchers found that 89 percent of consumer PCs were infected with an average of 30 pieces of spyware – a slight increase from the...
- Blog posts 2006-08-15
- Movieland.com sued for spyware
- Hot off the wires -- I just got a press release stating Washington State Attorney General McKenna filed a suit against Movieland.com and 3 associates, all California based companies, for "installing software that takes control of a consumer's computer by launching aggressive and persistent pop-ups that demand payment for a...
- Blog posts 2006-08-14
- Vonage and spyware
- What does Vonage have to do with spyware? Ben Edelman has the answer to that question. In his usual meticulous style, Ben has documented with screenshots, packet logs and diagrams the relationship between Vonage and spyware. Vonage is caught being advertised by pop-ups from Direct Revenue, Targetsaver and others, sometimes...
- Blog posts 2006-07-18
- User suing Microsoft over WGA notification, calling it spyware
- From the Seattle PI:A computer user is suing Microsoft Corp. over the company's Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy tool, alleging that it violates laws against spyware.The suit by Los Angeles resident Brian Johnson, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle, seeks class-action status for claims that Microsoft didn't adequately...
- Blog posts 2006-06-28
- Engaged in marketing adware and anti-adware
- Here's a lesson in Conflict of Interest 101. A new so-called adware removal program hit the net recently -- literally hit the net as in being downloaded through exploits and bundled with other nasty-ware like DollarRevenue and Look2Me. This program is called AdwareFinder. Take a close look at the page...
- Blog posts 2006-06-27
- Spyware popping porn in all the wrong places
- Ben Edelman has another revealing write up -- this time on ad networks, spyware and porn pop-ups and these are not happening on adult oriented sites. It's happening on sites where sexually-explicit content would not be anticipated. Ben explains in detail, including packet logs, video and screenshots,...
- Blog posts 2006-06-22
- Microsoft's predatory pricing of security software
- SunbeltBLOG has posted an analysis of Microsoft's pricing for their new security products, OneCare and Antigen, calling Microsoft on predatory pricing aimed at putting the rest of the security vendors out of business. Even though Sunbelt Software is in the security business, too, I don't think this is sour grapes....
- Blog posts 2006-06-20
- 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...
- Blog posts 2006-06-19
- Spyware fighter under DDoS attack by DollarRevenue trojan
- My good friend and colleague in the spyware fighting business, Patrick Jordan, aka Webhelper on the forums, has been under a DDoS attack since June 16 at his website, webhelper4u.com. I'm not linking to his site in order to conserve his bandwidth. Here's what he posted.Updated: 19 June, 2006...
- Blog posts 2006-06-19
- Spyware pushers tricks of the trade or how to trash a machine with one bundle of spyware
- I often hear questions asked about why do spyware pushers trash machines with their large bundles of garbage-ware and how do they do it. Last year I wrote about Spyware Tricks, including the money trail. Nearly all of the top 10 spyware tricks of 2005 involved affiliate's distributing spyware...
- Blog posts 2006-05-30
- Spyware pusher shut down and fined $4 million
- Just released by the FTC -- Sanford Wallace nicknamed Spamford for his history of spamming and his company Smartbot.net have been ordered to shut down operations and give up $4,089,500 of their ill-gotten gains. Wallace's partner, Walt Rines, nicknamed Picklejar by some, was ordered to give up $227,000 in ill-gotten...
- Blog posts 2006-05-04
- DirectRevenue's dirty laundry is out of the closet and does it ever stink
- Two days ago DirectRevenue was hit with a lawsuit by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. The 76 page Affirmation of Justin Brookman PDF outlined the outrageous practices of DirectRevenue including evidence of their knowledge that the software was being installed without user consent, evidence showing DirectRevenue was closely...
- Blog posts 2006-04-06
- Criminal charges filed against spyware company Enternet Media
- I just found this piece at LAVoice.org -- the office of LA City Attorney, Rocky Delgadillo, has filed criminal charges against three officers of Enternet Media for distributing spyware to 18 million computers! It is the first criminal spyware case filed in the state of California. The charges include...
- Blog posts 2006-03-31
- Spyware in you cell phone -- what next?
- I just read CNET reporter Joris Evers' article about new spy software that hides on cell phones. I think it's outrageous, but I guess it shouldn't be too surprising since there's already spyware for your automobile. This spyware for cell phones is called FlexiSpy. FlexiSpy went on the market March...
- Blog posts 2006-03-30
- SpywareQuake - newest rogue, replacing SpyFalcon and SpyAxe
- Since I first heard about SpywareQuake, late yesterday afternoon, less than 24 hours ago, I've seen dozens of complaints about it already. SpywareQuake is being installed without notice or consent, hijacks the desktop and pops up a warning from the system tray that the machine is infected with spyware. It...
- Blog posts 2006-03-25
- StopBadware.org issues first reports
- StopBadware.org, the newest anti-spyware group on the scene, promised to name the bad guys and today they issued the first set of reports on 4 badware pushers that consumers should avoid. StopBadware reported on 4 applications: Kazaa, SpyAxe, Waterfalls 3, and MediaPipe. Each report details the objectionable behavior of...
- Blog posts 2006-03-22
- Will Windows Vista make spyware a thing of the past?
- CNET published an article on "Spyware-killing Vista" and why Vista's security features will put anti-spyware companies out of business. Well, almost out of business. Over at Threat Chaos, fellow ZDNet blogger Richard Stiennon says No Way. Even if all current Windows users upgrade to Vista, which they...
- Blog posts 2006-03-20
- 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...
- Blog posts 2006-03-14
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