A lawsuit was filed today in Western Washington US District Court against New York based Secure Computer naming their company President Paul E. Burke and their affiliates that their application “Spyware Cleaner” falsely reports spyware being on a user’s computer. They are accussed of using aggressive marketing pitches to convince a user that they […]
To me one of the biggest scares about spyware are the type that function as system monitor. Japanese authorities today arrested a man by the name of “Atsushi Takewaka” on suspicion of stealing bank account information from unsuspecting people. Atsushi admitted that he had created a spyware program and distributed it on […]
I just read a report today eWeek that surveyed 679 people that felt they were more likely to be a victim of a Cyber-Crime than a Physical crime. This really got me thinking about how popular the internet has become. When I first started out surfing the internet, all websites were in text […]
In a joint effort between Harvard and Oxford Universities, the web site www.stopbadware.org has been created. It’s being financially backed by Google, Lenovo Group and Sun Microsystems and is going to be (in their words) a “Neighborhood Watch” shining light on adware, spyware, viruses – where and how you get them, and what you […]
ISTbar is one of the worst malicous programs that you could ever come into contact with! Just like the other programs, it will display advertisements and hijack your web searches. In addition, it can install a toolbar. But the worse part is that advertisements and hijacked web searches will be pornographic.
ISTbar is usually bundled with […]
This is another malicous program which can hijack your web searches, permanantly change your internet settings and home page. In addition it can display advertisements and reroute your web searches. Similar to the other malicous programs, it can be found in javascript programs or bundled with free software,
CoolWebSearch is a malicous program which will be able to hijack or modify your web searches, homepage and more. In addition, it can prevent you from changing your internet settings back. CWS can be created using HTML Applications.
AbetterInternet is a Browser Helper Object (BHO) which will be able to change your web browser settings. A BHO is usually found in a toolbar, but it can also be used for malicous purposes. AbetterInternet will be able to change web searches made on your computer, and hijacks your searches.
In addition, it can be used […]
A recent analysis has actually proven that the antivirus or spyware protection software we are using today is actually a legacy. In fact, all antivirus or spyware programs are just using the method of trial and error.
When new patches come out, hackers find a way around it in record-breaking time, mostly using Trojan Horses. […]
CSI/FBI has reported that the number of security breaches is increasing in amount over time. More than 1/2 of the people who were interviewed by the FBI reported that they did not have any security breaches. However, people suspect that they did not report this because of negative publicity. They also have a fear that […]