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Top 10 rogue anti-spyware

Top 10 rogue anti-spywareanother FCC target was Spyware AssassinThe FCC shut down a Washington state operation selling Spyware Assassin. Company agreed to pay $76,000 to settle the action.another FTC target was Spyware AssassinThe FTC shut down a Washington state operation selling Spyware Assassin. Company agreed to pay $76,000 to settle...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, anti-spyware, backup strategy, spyware, Spyware Assassin, malware, social engineering

Discussion threads 2005-12-22

Spyware assassin arrested

Spyware assassin arrestedWOWShutting down a company that sells products that don't work? When has THAT been a governmental priority? Just as long as it ISN'T a defense contractor!TypoI assume you mean Spyware Assassin where you say "Spam Assassin"I sure hope so.

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware Assassin, spyware

Discussion threads 2005-03-17

Spyware assassin arrested

From the "it's about time" department, the Federal Trade Commission FTC shut down a rogue antispyware company. The company, named MaxTheater, was responsible for Spyware Assassin, a utility that had been listed on Spyware Warrior's rogue antispyware product list since July of last year. The FTC will be holding an...

Tags: Spyware Assassin, MaxTheater, spyware, anti-spyware

Blog posts 2005-03-17

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Green light for hacker's extradition

Green light for hacker's extraditionUS owned server spaceWhen he hacked into our military's network's, he was trespassing on US owned server space.The EU would cry bloody murder if we had a little pasty 16 yr old hack MI6 and do what this guy did, and we didn't extradite him. book...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Green Light, extradition, hacker

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Politicians press for antispyware law yet again

Politicians press for antispyware law yet againSpy ware bites!I agree , the spyware is out of control and i have every reason to belive that it is linked with spamming as well, if we kill the spyware i think we will get rid of a lot of spam as well."unnecessarily...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, PRODUCTIVITY, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spy-ware, Computer #1, spyware, computer, anti-spyware

Discussion threads 2007-03-15

Court sides with alleged 'vacation' spammer

Court sides with alleged 'vacation' spammertheir statements come trueisn't this what a lot of critics said when this useless law passed, inundating state laws that were more clear on spam, and allowing some forms of spam to become legal. Our wonderful government at work again because they know...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Constitution, spammer, spam

Discussion threads 2006-11-28

Microsoft will solve the spyware problem? Not.

Microsoft will solve the spyware problem? Not.Correct conclusionActually, look at the question he asked:"Did Microsoft make spam go away as well?"Spam clearly still exists, and it's still taking up resources on his network, and the internet in general. Just because he's not seeing it does not mean that it's...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Java Version, Yahoo! Inc., spam, peice, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, spyware, anti-spam

Discussion threads 2006-03-20

Microsoft will solve the spyware problem? Not.

The quality and quantity of Kewl Aid being served in Redmond must be going up this season. This article published over at News.com makes it seems like there is universal consensus that Microsoft has finally got it right and that Vista is going to make the spyware problem...

Tags: spyware, anti-spyware, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-03-20

FTC Settles with scamming anti-spyware purveyors

The two kids that the FTC have gone after for jumping on the anti-spyware bandwagon and using fraudulent practises have to pay some hefty fines. See the news here. Thomas Delanoy has to cough up $76,000 and is barred from selling Spyware Assassin. Danilo Ladendorf has to pay $1.9...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, anti-spyware, FTC

Blog posts 2006-01-06

Microsoft tries to breathe life into older PCs

Microsoft tries to breathe life into older PCsSilly Wabbit, older PCs are for Linux..Nice try Billy..Damn Small Linux, LTSP and saving with WINEThere are cheaper alternatives.For older hardware ( 486DX with 16MB of Ram ) as a standalone PC there is http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/applications.htmlWith a PentiumI 100 with 32MB ram and 192MB...

Tags: Desktops, Servers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, PC, older PC, server, wine

Discussion threads 2005-05-12

When will open source security grow up?

When will open source security grow up?Linux security products are mainly for babysitting Windows..They are out there..I found some....Ethereal, Snort, Nessus, Tripwire, YaST.. There are a bunch. What is it you want to do? Active directory style policies? If so get eDiretory from Novell.But for everything else try insecure.org.There are...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Linux security product, SpamAssassin, developer, open source, Linux, security, open source security, firewall, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-03-28

Novell spiffs up its desktop Linux software

Novell spiffs up its desktop Linux softwareSounds good...I will have to look into the specifics and see if there is a compelling reason for me to upgrade or not. Hopefully the networking issues created with 9.1 will be corrected! Otherwise, cool!Not *quite* bleeding edgeBut it's as close as any distribution...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Tools & Techniques, Development tools, KDE 3.3.0, SuSE, mandrake, desktop, Novell Inc., software, desktop Linux, Linux software

Discussion threads 2004-10-06