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Spyware Blaster Database Update July 06 2012

• 15368 tota items in the database • 18 new IE CLSID's • No new IE Restricted Zone Entries • No new entries for Mozilla

Spyware Blaster updated June 1 - 2012

• 19 New IE CLSID's • 15225 Total items in the database • No new IE Restricted Zone entries • No new entries for Mozilla Note that Javacool software is now BrightFort

Spyware Blaster database updated May 23 2012

• 15206 total items in database • 29 new IE CLSID's • No new IE Restricted site zone entries • No new entries for Mozilla

SpywareBlaster 4.5 released

• Overview • System requirements • Installation and upgrading tips

Spyware Blaster Database Update Nov 08 2011

14738 Total Items in Database 19 New IE CLSID's • No new IE Restricted Sites • No new entries for Firefox

Microsoft Security Advisory (2639658)

Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in TrueType font parsing could allow elevation of privileges • Advisory » technet.microsoft.com/en-us/secu···/2639658 • Fix It » support.microsoft.com/kb/2639658

How to defang the Fake Defragmenter

<quote> We are tracking the trails of this fake " System Defragmenter " software since its first appearance last October 2010, and have warned our customers in our earlier post about this trojan software. In this follow-up post, we give...

Facebook's Canadian users top 16 million

Privacy concerns don't seem to have scared Canadians off Facebook. Canada passed the 16 million users mark in May, according to research firm Inside Network. More than 912,000 Canadians signed up for the social networking site last month, a six per...

Facebook announces new privacy settings

Social-networking site Facebook has introduced a number of new policies and settings amid growing concerns over how it uses members' private information. The website will allow users to completely opt out of the Facebook platform, which will block...

Privacy watchdog rebukes Google for Buzz

Canada's privacy commissioner has chastised Google for not consulting with her before launching its Buzz social-networking service. “We have seen a storm of protest and outrage over alleged privacy violations and my office also has questions...

Yahoo-Microsoft ad deal gets OK (finally)

Microsoft and Yahoo have received clearance from regulators in Washington and Europe to proceed with a search partnership intended to challenge Google. The companies announced Thursday that the partnership has been approved without restrictions by the...

Microsoft adds Facebook, MySpace to Outlook

Microsoft is taking another step toward turning Outlook, its desktop email program, into a hub for information from popular social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. On Wednesday, Microsoft is releasing a "beta" test version of the...

Canadian Privacy commissioner reviewing Google Buzz

Concerns around Google's recently unveiled Buzz feature are deepening with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada looking into the social-networking tool. Valerie Lawton, a spokeswoman for the privacy office, said the office is looking into...

Canadian Commissioner takes data collection probe to public

Canada's privacy commissioner is launching a series of public consultations to investigate online data collection through social networking and consumer profiling. Jennifer Stoddart will examine the privacy risks associated with the online tracking...

Mininova removes links to copyrighted files

Mininova, one of the biggest torrent file-sharing websites in the world, has removed links to all copyrighted content that it does not have official agreements for. Thursday's move is a win for the entertainment industry as users of the site are now...

Online advertising regaining momentum

After bogging down in the recession, internet advertising is regaining the momentum that has made it the decade's most disruptive marketing machine. The signs of an online revival are emerging even while advertising in print and broadcasts remains...

Google results flog millions of compromised webpages

Two ongoing scams are tricking Google and other search engines into prominently displaying millions of compromised webpages that attempt to hijack end users' computers or steal their credit card numbers, researchers said. http://www.theregister.co...

Microsoft releases free antivirus software

Microsoft's free antivirus program, Security Essentials, became available for download from the company's website Tuesday. Microsoft bills the software as providing "high-quality protection" against viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware...

New York Times Reforms Online Ad Sales After Malware Scam

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/09/nyt-revamps-online-ad-sales-after-malware-scam/

Jackson's death slows web to a crawl

In life, Michael Jackson once ruled the pop charts. With his death, he dominated the internet. As reports of Jackson's death on Thursday spread, celebrity gossip websites crashed, news sites slowed to a crawl and traffic on social networking sites...
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