Spyware

Taking aim at the security "fear factor," Big Blue is changing the way its security business operates.

Home » Archives » 2007 » Dec » 27 » MarketingVOX Snookered by Trojan Horse. This morning MarketingVOX ran an ad campaign containing a trojan-horse-like Flash mechanism that produced a pop-up ad for a fake “performance optimizer. The ad campaign, which launched yesterday the 26th of December, initially tested fine — showing an ad for a multimedia technology called Sound F/X — and exhibited trojan horse behavior starting this morning. MarketingVOX ran about 1,300 impressions of the ad early today before it was caught and terminated. MarketingVOX trafficking staff was warned about Flash-based ruse campaigns after several incidents (like this and this ) came to light over the past year and a half, where major publishers fell victim to spyware distribution schemes. The trojan horse version of the ad attempted to get readers to voluntarily download a program that would allegedly scan a hard drive for spyware and other malware. More Spyware News

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It's not all that surprising these days to hear about software companies having their software "phone home" in some manner or another, though it's often quite annoying.

Internet Speed Monitor is an intrusive and excessive adware toolbar program created to generate pop-up advertisements with a title Internet Speed Monitor. Once installed, Internet Speed Monitor will bombard your screen with massive stream of pop-up advertisements. This annoying parasite will slow down the performance of your computer and may appear very difficult to manually remove. This is because Internet Speed Monitor firmly embeds itself inside your system has an ability to recreate itself.

Emlkdvo Toolbar is a clone of a previously-known Zlob Trojan toolbar, which is created to distribute viruses, Trojans and other malware. Four icons and text are available within The Emlkdvo Toolbar

Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communication has recommended government agencies use open source software when using state moneys to implement information technology projects, local newspaper Vietnam News reported Friday. The ministry has issued a list of open source software, including OpenOffice, Thunderbird, Firefox and Unikey.

Ahomepcsafety.com is a clone of a previously-known Zlob Trojan toolbar, which is created to distribute viruses, Trojans and other malware. We DO NOT recommend paying for any Ahomepcsafety.com promoted software because its makers just want to swindle you out your money. Ahomepcsafety.com shouldn"t be trusted and is recommended to be removed immediately.

In this final part of the series, we examine the security technologies companies employ to protect their networks. That is, when they even bother...

Cyberoam's Unique Identity-Based UTM Solutions Meet Stringent Certification Criteria, Validating Quality, Performance and Ability to Address Critical Security and Compliance Demands Newburyport, MA - November 27, 2007 - Cyberoam, a division of Elitecore and a leading innovator of identity-based Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances, today announces that its CR Series appliance family has ...

The Android open source mobile platform made a splash in October when Google announced it, along with the Open Handset Alliance. An Android software development kit came on Nov. 12, and the first Android-based open source platform mobile phones are expected in mid-2008.