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Security, safety and privacy on the Internet

Samsung rootkit was a Vipre false positive

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/samsung-laptops-do-not-have-keylogger.html That is all well and good, but what about this claim on networkworld.com: “ The supervisor who spoke with me was not sure how this software ended up in the new laptop thus put me on hold. He confirmed that yes, Samsung...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Thu, Mar 31 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Vulnerabilities, viruses and exploits, General stuff
80% of new malware defeats antivirus...

Ok, so tell me something I *don't* know: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Eighty_percent_of_new_malware_defeats_antivirus/0,2000061744,39263949,00.htm The time is long past that I have depended on any antivirus or antispyware product to clean a system properly, or detect all malware files. Instead...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Thu, Jul 20 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, Vulnerabilities, viruses and exploits, General stuff
I need more workspace...

My desk, taken a few minutes ago: Malware infested PC on left (owner has spent $650 with somebody else in a vain attempt to get it cleaned up), monitor for infected PC on rear left, server and server monitor on right and my laptop. I don't know *what* the previous guy was thinking - he's put AVG Free...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Sat, Jul 1 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Vulnerabilities, viruses and exploits, General stuff
MS Word Exploit - Administrator Rights - Oh my...

Some areas of the net are in a flap about the MS Word exploit that has been the focus of some publicity recently. Some sites are even advising that we should consider dumping MS Word in preference to OpenOffice . Come on guys. We shouldn't even be thinking about fighting this thing by moving to a different...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Sat, May 20 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, Vulnerabilities, viruses and exploits, General stuff
Follow-up on Messenger Plus! (Subtitle: There's a human being behind Messenger Plus)

My regular readers will know of the brouhaha (translation: uproar) about the new Sponsor Program for Messenger Plus! As a brief recap, the new Sponsor no longer installs a Search Bar or Passthrough Toolbar, nor does it change your home page. But, the pop-up windows remain, as do the unremovable favorites...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Sat, Apr 15 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, Vulnerabilities, viruses and exploits, General stuff
Its Patch Day!!

Bulletin Summary: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms06-Apr.mspx Note: This month's cumulative update includes the 912945 changes, but there is also a compatibility patch for corporations that have critical applications that don't work with the changes. The compatibility patch should...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Tue, Apr 11 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, Vulnerabilities, viruses and exploits, General stuff
Ahhhh, now they know....

I've received an alert that Patchou's posse know about my blog entries about Patchou's new Sponsor Program: http://www.msghelp.net/showthread.php?tid=58047 This will be interesting - I wonder if the apologists will make it past the "but its optional" excuse and start to consider what the Sponsor Program...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Sun, Apr 9 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, Vulnerabilities, viruses and exploits, General stuff
Dale Begg-Smith: The pressure is still on

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/wp-trackback.php?p=786 My previous Blog post is here: http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2006/02/20/84260.aspx I'm pleased the pressure is still on. I suspect Dale thinks that eventually the attention will all go away. The anti-spyware fights are just a tad more...

Posted to Spyware Sucks by sandi on Tue, Mar 7 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, Vulnerabilities, viruses and exploits, General stuff

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