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TechMan: Attacked by adware 

TechMan: Attacked by adware 
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Feb 11 11:17 PM
TechMan is here to answer your questions about personal technology. Computers, cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players and many other topics will be covered. Contact information is at the end of the column.Save to My Web

Sensory Networks and PC Tools Announce Gateway Edition of Multi Award-Winning Antispyware Software With Peak  
[Press Release] Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 06 5:00 AM
Sensory Networks, a leader in acceleration technology for network security applications, today announced NodalCore accelerated Spyware Doctor for the Gateway. The solution is available now as both a software version and a hardware-accelerated version having a blistering peak performance of over 1Gbps using Sensory Networks’ range of NodalCore C-Series Content Security Accelerator PCI cards.Save to My Web

Microsoft Anti-Spyware Removes Norton Anti-Virus 
Slashdot - Feb 11 4:18 PM
An anonymous reader writes “According to a story over at Washingtonpost.com, the latest definitions file for Microsoft’s Anti-Spyware beta flags Symantec’s Norton Antivirus products as a password-stealing trojan and prompts users to delete portions of the program. Users who follow the instructions hose their installation of Norton, requiring delicate Windows registry edits and a complete Save to My Web

ICSA Labs Announces Results of New Desktop Anti-Spyware Certification Testing Program 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 07 5:30 AM
ICSA Labs , an independent division of Cybertrust , the global information security specialist, today announced the results of its first round of anti-spyware certification testing.Save to My Web

Privacy Policy 
Scarlet & Black - Feb 09 7:47 AM
We at the Scarlet & Black take people’s privacy very seriously. We will never request personal information, and you will never need to worry about adware or spyware while navigating the Scarlet & Black site.Save to My Web

TorrentSpy’s Quest for Legitimacy 

TorrentSpy’s Quest for Legitimacy 
Slyck - Feb 07 8:46 PM
In an age of increasing authorized P2P networks, TorrentSpy aims to become the first fully authorized and licensed BitTorrent indexer.Save to My Web

BitTorrent Announces Authorized Rollout 
Slyck - Feb 10 9:31 AM
BitTorrent continues its pursuit of legitimacy as a distribution agreement with British broadband provider NTL is reached.Save to My Web

McAfee, Inc. Wins Gold Twice in Information Security Magazine’s 2006 ‘Products of the Year’ Awards 
SYS-CON Media - Feb 08 2:35 PM
McAfee, Inc. , the leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management, today announced that the company won awards in four different categories in Tech Target’s Information Security magazine 2006 ‘Products of the Year’ Awards.Save to My Web

Top performing generic ink cartridges can save you big bucks 
The Royal Gazette - Feb 08 7:03 AM
Feeling ripped off every time you buy a new ink cartridge from your printer manufacturer? Well you should be. The price of manufacturer branded cartridges can be almost three times that of a generic one, and sometimes more.Save to My Web

Utarget supports TRUSTe whitelist for legitimate adware

Utarget supports TRUSTe whitelist for legitimate adware
I-Newswire.com (press release) - Feb 3, 2006 (I-Newswire) - Utarget is backing the independent industry standards, monitoring and enforcement program for adware, TRUSTe. The

Three Products Achieve ICSA Labs Desktop Anti-Spyware
SQL Server Magazine (subscription), CO - Feb 9, 2006 Labs anti-spyware testing criteria determines whether products can defend systems against spyware, keyloggers, password stealers dialers, rootkits and adware.

MS Can do beta
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - Feb 10, 2006 of IE7. The address bar is fixed at the top - relocating the bar is a common ploy among spyware and adware vendors. Continuing from

Harvard and Oxford team with consumer body on badware
Computerworld New Zealand, New Zealand - Feb 5, 2006 StopBadware.org. The site will be an online hall of shame for those trafficking in spyware or questionable forms of adware. The

Computers Microsoft finally getting into business of security

Computers Microsoft finally getting into business of security
Winston-Salem Journal, NC - Feb 10, 2006 We’re talking about viruses, spyware, adware, spammers, keystroke loggers, phishers, hijackers and other monsters of the virtual night.

BitTorrent starts licensing program to keep malware at bay; Opera
Ars Technica, MA - Feb 7, 2006 Reports on the new licensing scheme BitTorrent hopes will keep spyware and adware makers from using the BitTorrent trademark are circulating today, along with

Cookies not so sweet when harming your computer
Inman.com (subscription), CA - Jan 27, 2006 The real culprit, much to my chagrin, turned out to be something that is even more intrusive than most cookies called adware. Eliminate adware.

Shaming purveyors of spyware and adware
Webindia123, India - Jan 25, 2006 A coalition of technology companies and consumer groups have formed an organization to publicize companies that spread spyware and adware.

Anti-Spyware Group Issues Final Guidelines
Mediapost.com, CT - Jan 13, 2006 THE DIVIDE BETWEEN ADWARE COMPANIES and software removal vendors seems to have grown in the last year, with at least one major lawsuit, and increasingly

Security Firms Team Up On Spyware
Forbes - Jan 30, 2006 In particular, some forms of “adware,” which display advertisements on a computer and may record a user’s Internet activities, are legal and could benefit some

Press Release: Utarget supports TRUSTe whitelist for legitimate

Press Release: Utarget supports TRUSTe whitelist for legitimate
E-consultancy (press release), UK - Feb 3, 2006 The program, set to launch early this year, will create a whitelist of downloadable software, more commonly known as adware.

Can StopBadware Save The Universe From ‘Badware’?
InformationWeek, NY - Jan 27, 2006 It’s debatable whether StopBadware.org’s education campaign against deceptive adware, spyware, and other malware will provide much of a counterweight against

BitTorrent to enforce its trade mark rights
Out-Law.com, UK - Feb 9, 2006 “We’re sensitive to people calling their software BitTorrent to achieve a certain level of popularity in order to distribute spyware and adware,” he said.

Harvard and Oxford team with Consumer Reports on ‘Badware’

Harvard and Oxford team with Consumer Reports on ‘Badware’
NetworkWorld.com, MA - Jan 26, 2006 Reports to launch a Web site called StopBadware.org to be an online hall of shame for those trafficking in spyware or questionable forms of adware.

CDT Files Complaints Against Major Adware Distributor
Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington DC - Jan 27, 2006 StopBadware.org will “spotlight the companies that make millions of dollars by tricking Internet users to download malicious spyware, adware and malware

Protect Yourself: 40.000 Bots For Hire!!
Online-Casinos.com, Denmark - Jan 31, 2006 Ancheta also entered the murky world of Adware - parasitic programs installed on computers (often without notification) Online vendors, such as gambling

Pane Relief: Registry Management Tools
informIT, NY - Feb 10, 2006 though, and some are real brats. Obviously, adware and spyware are the juvenile delinquents of the registry. They not only don t

180Solutions - Adware Company at it Again
addict3d.org - Jan 12, 2006 We have written before about the adware maker, 180Solutions suing an online security company in order to save their reputation.

Press Release: Utarget supports TRUSTe whitelist for legitimate
E-consultancy (press release), UK - Feb 3, 2006 The program, set to launch early this year, will create a whitelist of downloadable software, more commonly known as adware.

Shaming purveyors of spyware and adware
Webindia123, India - Jan 25, 2006 A coalition of technology companies and consumer groups have formed an organization to publicize companies that spread spyware and adware.

Russian hacker groups sold WMF exploit code 

Russian hacker groups sold WMF exploit code 
Computer Weekly - Feb 03 4:30 AM
Hacker groups in Russia were trying to sell exploit code for the recent Windows Meta File flaw before it was even discovered by security software companies.Save to My Web

As computer virus marks 20th anniversary, the battle continues - and gets tougher 
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Feb 05 10:28 AM
WINNIPEG (CP) - Cost of new computer and new software: $1,000. Cost of getting high-speed Internet service into your home: $49.95 a month. Time it takes for a botmaster to infect your unprotected computer, take control and use it to infect others: one minute from first connection to the Internet. Chances of anyone finding a surefire cure for this threat tomorrow: not great.Save to My Web

Russian hacker groups sold WMF exploit code 
Addict 3D - Feb 03 5:37 AM
Russian-based internet security software company Kaspersky Lab said some hackers were attempting to sell the malicious code for around 2,500 before the flaw was exploited by remote attackers just after Xmas.Save to My Web

Mi5 Networks Announces General Availability of the First Purpose-Built Enterprise Anti-Spyware Gateway Appliances 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 06 11:14 AM
DEMO 2006 — Mi5 Networks today announced the general availability of its Enterprise Spygate appliances, the world’s first purpose-built anti-spyware appliances for medium-to-large enterprises.Save to My Web

Microsoft buys FutureSoft Web filtering software

Microsoft buys FutureSoft Web filtering software
Computerworld - FEBRUARY 09, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Microsoft Corp. Thursday said it was buying Web-filtering software called DynaComm i:filter from FutureSoft Inc. The company also released a generally available beta of the next version of its firewall and

Sensory Networks and PC Tools Announce Gateway Edition of Multi Award
Market Wire - Sensory Networks and PC Tools Announce Gateway Edition of Multi Award-Winning Antispyware Software With Peak Performance at Over 1 Gigabit per Second Sensory Networks’ High Performance NodalCore(R) Technology Combines With PC Tools’ Security

Privacy Watchdog: Beware Google Desktop
MediaPost - THE ONLINE PRIVACY ADVOCACY GROUP Electronic Frontier Foundation Thursday blasted a new feature on Google’s Desktop Search product, which allows users to search their home computers from any computer. The group said that Google’s caching of users

180Solutions - Adware Company at it Again

180Solutions - Adware Company at it Again
addict3d.org - Jan 12, 2006 We have written before about the adware maker, 180Solutions suing an online security company in order to save their reputation.

Fighting Spam, Pop-Ups and Viruses
WBNS, OH - 20 hours ago they filter out spam.”. Another online annoyance is pop-ups. They are a result of spyware and adware. Watson says, “Spyware is a

Beware of Internet Trespass
FindLaw, CA - Feb 1, 2006 Media, Inc., a federal court in Los Angeles just held that trespass was a viable legal theory to address the alleged distribution of spyware and adware programs

Internet is New York consumer’s prime peeve
SC Magazine, UK - Feb 9, 2006 Last year, an attorney general’s investigation led to Intermix Media paying $7.5 million in penalties and profit disgorgement and to ban adware distribution.

Reactions to CDT’s action against 180solutions and CJB.net

Reactions to CDT’s action against 180solutions and CJB.net
ZDNet - Jan 25, 2006 There were a number of interesting articles and comments around the web about the CDT’s complaint filed yesterday against adware company 180solutions and CJB

Report highlights rise in corporate hacks
Net4now, UK - Feb 9, 2006 The State of Spyware report is an in-depth review and analysis of the impact of spyware, adware and unwanted software on consumers and enterprises.

Highwaymen on the net
Deccan Herald, India - Feb 4, 2006 Cyber criminals use the internet as a convenient conduit to unleash viruses, plant adware and spyware, steal personal/credit card information, send spam mail

Network Neutrality is an Answer to the Wrong Problem
TMCnet - Feb 10, 2006 Indeed, their major beneficiaries are likely to be spammers, adware operators, and others who inhabit the gray area, undesirable but not clearly illegal.

BitTorrent starts licensing program to keep malware at bay; Opera
Ars Technica, MA - Feb 7, 2006 Reports on the new licensing scheme BitTorrent hopes will keep spyware and adware makers from using the BitTorrent trademark are circulating today, along with

CDT Files Complaints Against Major Adware Distributor
Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington DC - Jan 27, 2006 StopBadware.org will “spotlight the companies that make millions of dollars by tricking Internet users to download malicious spyware, adware and malware

Utarget supports TRUSTe whitelist for legitimate adware
ClickPress (press release), United Arab Emirates - Feb 3, 2006 [ClickPress, Fri Feb 03 2006] Utarget is backing the independent industry standards, monitoring and enforcement program for adware, TRUSTe.