Spyware

It's been another big year for Apple. Here's a round up of the big Apple moments of 2007. The format war rages and big companies like Sony, Microsoft and Apple battle it out for our hard-earned cash. What does tomorrow hold, and will we see any clear winners?

clipped from www2.csoonline.com The Top 10 Data Breaches of 2007 Stolen hard drives, websites infected with malware and Social Security numbers as passwords–the most brilliant lunacy of a year full of security disclosures.

clipped from blog.washingtonpost.com Safeguarding Your Passwords It’s tough to navigate the Web and do business online without having to remember dozens of passwords, yet in my experience, very few people give much thought to securing these precious credentials. Most folks simply take advantage of the simple password storage features built into Web browsers like Internet Explorer and Firefox. However, there are some alternatives that I’d like to spotlight, which can help Web users more safely generate, manage and store passwords.

New service compliments the company's client-side software and provides filtering of e-mail for viruses, spyware, phishing and unwanted images.

SAN FRANCISCO----PC Tools today announced the launch of the latest release of multi-award winning Spyware Doctor®, Version 5.5. Building on the success of Spyware Doctor 5, Version 5.5 has been upgraded to provide minimal impact to computer performance and user-friendly functionality.

Around the same time as allegations were brought against its loyalty community, one of the users of Sears’ ManageMyHome Web site brought a lawsuit against the retailer, alleging that anyone could easily find a customer’s pur­chase history. Brathwaite explained that when users sign up for My SHC Community, the company in­cludes clear notice on the invi­tation, on the first signup page and in a welcome e-mail that is sent to anyone who becomes a member. In addition, the only mention of the soft­ware’s functionality, outside of the pri­vacy policy and user license agreement prior to installation, is one sentence of a six-paragraph introduction to the com­munity, which does not make clear it in­cludes sending personal data to Sears. The close timing of these two problems

Trojan Horse PSW Onlinegames is a family of Trojans created to steal any stored login or password information. Trojan Horse PSW Onlinegames is reported to steal online gaming accounts and financial information. Trojan Horse PSW Onlinegames may then send the collected data to a remote server. In order to have your system safe, it is recommended to get rid of Trojan Horse PSW Onlinegames with no delay.

Medichi Virus, is a browser hijacker that may be installed through P2P file sharing networks or fake video codecs. Medichi Virus will slowdown your computer performance and will issue massive streams of fake system error messages in its efforts to lure Internet users into purchasing rogue anti-spyware programs. Medichi Virus will display the following error message: 'This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.' You are advised to remove MedichiVirus from your PC immediately, just after its detection.

Packed.Morphine.D is a nasty infection affiliated with the BHO.CVX virus. Packed.Morphine.D may be installed together with fake video codecs, free screen savers, P2P file sharing networks and other similar ways. Packed.Morphine.D will generate fake warnings, redirect your typed URLs to predefined websites and issue massive streams of pop-up and pop-under advertisements.

DirectNameService is another browser hijacker that hijacks and changes your home page to Directnameservice.com. DirectNameService may be pushed to your system through malicious Trojans. Directnameservice.com may generate pop-up advertisements for Adservertoo.com and Directnameservice.com. You are advised to stay away from these advertisements and not to click on them for a reason not to receive additional malware infections. DirectNameService may have infected your PC through a Trojan. Remove DirectNameService immediately because it may monitor your Internet browsing habits and interfere with your privacy.