Archive for January, 2006

On this Friday, February 3rd, Blackworm, an extremely dangerous and rapidly spreading Internet parasite will delete millions of various documents, databases, images and archives stored on hundreds of thousands of computers around the globe. It is not a joke. Blackworm is real, and over 300,000 machines are already infected with it.

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Google has joined with Sun Microsystems and Lenovo to fund a new anti-spyware project, which was launched last week. The new site, StopBadware.org is designed to act like a “Neighborhood Watch” for the Internet. Its About Us page says that StopBadware.org “will seek to provide reliable, objective information about downloadable applications in order to help […]

On Wednesday, January 25, Microsoft and Western Washington US District Court have filled lawsuits against Secure Computer, a New York-based company, which sells Spyware Cleaner, a well-known corrupt anti-spyware program. The Microsoft suit alleges that the company used pop-up and e-mail spam to advertise its software and illegally used the Microsoft name and trademarks for […]

RazeSpyware, one of the most infamous corrupt anti-spyware programs, has come back. During the past month, we didn’t receive a lot of reports regarding RazeSpyware infections. However, the threat came back last week. Now the program is illegally installed by malicious web sites using various exploits and different third-party parasites. However, the most interesting fact […]

The registry is one of the most vital components of the Microsoft Windows operating system. In simple phrase, it is a complex database containing virtually all system, software, hardware and user settings. Almost every piece of software keeps its data in the registry. It is so important that Windows would not even start without it.
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The Center of Democracy & Technology (CDT) yesterday asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to stop illegal and deceptive practices of 180solutions, one of the largest developers and distributors of adware software.
In a detailed complaint, CDT outlines a pattern whereby 180Solutions, through a complicated web of affiliate relationships, deliberately and repeatedly attempted to dupe […]

Table of contents.
Introduction
Installing SpyHunter
Starting SpyHunter for the first time
Using SpyHunter
Conclusion

Introduction

SpyHunter is one of the most effective and advanced spyware removers available on the market. Numerous tests performed on different computers proved that this product has excellent spyware detection and removal abilities and is able to clean […]

On this Friday, February 3rd, Blackworm, an extremely dangerous and rapidly spreading Internet parasite will delete millions of various documents, databases, images and archives stored on hundreds of thousands of computers around the globe. It is not a joke. Blackworm is real, and over 300,000 machines are already infected with it.
The worm, which is also […]

You should have heard about SpySheriff, the infamous corrupt anti-spyware program. This malware is illegally installed to victim computers by the same named parasite through certain web browser exploits. SpySheriff was and still is a rapidly spreading threat. Thousands of users have already been infected. Although the infection rate in 2006 has slowed down noticeably, […]

A new version of one of the most powerful and popular anti-spyware programs has just been released. Spyware Doctor 3.5 introduces new features, refreshing enhancements, even more effective scan engine and removal functions.
What’s new in Spyware Doctor 3.5:
- improved detection and removal of rootkits and complex parasites;
- new Startup Scanner;
- new White List Cookie […]