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Summary: The Sponsor Program deliberately bypasses XPSP2's pop-up blocker; it removes protective entries from HOSTS files, it *may* edit your firewall settings to grant itself unfettered access to and from the net (blocked on my system by Group Policy...
Important update: http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2006/03/15/86345.aspx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've added an update to my original blog entry: http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive...
http://www.incidents.org/diary.php?storyid=1179 http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?n&storyid=1184 "NAI/McAfee today released pattern version 4716 only hours after 4715 had come out. Pattern 4715 triggered false positive virus alerts for "W95/CTX" on a...
Important Update: http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2006/03/15/86345.aspx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This could prove to be a very serious problem. The Windows Genuine Advantage Validation...
[Text edited 28 August and missing graphics recovered] Note: On smaller screens this article may fall to the bottom of the page.. sorry 'bout that guys.. known IE bug... Y'know, there was a time when Activenetwork (aka ActiveWin) was worth reading...but...
Ok, from my just published Blog about Deepnet Explorer we know that I was forced to use System Restore today to undo damaged caused by installing and then uninstalling Deepnet Explorer. By way of background, I'll explain that on Saturday I was taking...
Ok, I've joined the dark side... been borgified... assimilated... absorbed... whatever you want to call it. Put in an order today for a brand spanking new SBS server via a good friend, Wayne Small, SBS MVP. Ahhhhh, some are so disappointed that I succumbed...
Check out this thread started by "Calamity Jane" : http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15508219 So, it seems the Aussie golden boy Dale Begg-Smith has made his money via some pretty shady dealings.... As a person who deals on a far too regular basis...
The Title of my Blog says it all. A big area of concern for me recently has been Google Ads. Far too many people are being directed to sponsored advertisements, and far too often these sponsored advertisements are for malware. Let's look at the recent...