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Fri, Oct 26 2007 13:44

Symantec took a closer look on rogue applications

Symantec blog today on how rogue applications infiltrate user's machine to earn money. It's done by rogue apps thru System tray, Active Desktop, Dialogue box. Symantec provided some screenshots including a misleading application with a Windows...
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Fri, Oct 26 2007 12:37

Free Software Tests for Bot Infections

PineApp has released a free zombie test that can instantly discover whether an organization’s computer network might be an unwitting spamming machine -- a “zombie” or “bot” -- that can send thousands of infected spam messages to other networks—without...
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Thu, Oct 25 2007 20:09

University of British Columbia tracked his 'theft of time'

The University of B.C. wants the right to keep using "spyware" to monitor its employees' Internet use. And the university -- which used the software to fire a worker who surfed non-work-related websites for hours a day -- has gone to court...
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Thu, Oct 25 2007 20:05

RSA 2007: Spyware cashes in quietly

Spyware is the most rapidly evolving threat on the threat landscape at the moment, and it will continue this way into 2008, said Gerhard Eschelbeck, chief technology officer of Webroot Software, at RSA Europe in London on 23 October. Spyware is software...
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Wed, Oct 24 2007 18:48

Notorious spyware purveyor shuts down

Less than a year after successfully negotiating a US$1.5 million wrist-slap to to settle charges that it used sneaky tactics to install spyware on millions of computers, DirectRevenue (also known as Best Offers) has shut down operations. The notorious...
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Wed, Oct 24 2007 16:45

The Top 20, fake anti-spyware and anti-malware Tools

In a continuation of the discovery of the RBN's "Retail Division" one of the most important exploit delivery methods is the fake; anti-spyware and anti-malware for PC hijacking and personal ID theft, this is a source of revenue for the RBN...
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Wed, Oct 24 2007 16:29

Zango Acquires Smart Shopper For $9 Million: Now More Evil

Everyone’s favorite love-to-hate spyware company Zango has acquired browser based comparison shopping engine Smart Shopper for what we’ve been told by two people related to the company (but unconfirmed directly) for $9 million. Smart Shopper offers what...
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