Archive for January, 2006

  




What’s new on 2-Spyware.com – Issue 1, January, 2006

Sunday, January 15th, 2006
“What’s new� – a simple name for our new weekly news bulletin, which is a short summary of the most important late week computer security events, noticeable spyware-related issues, recently discovered parasites and significant 2-Spyware. com updates. News ASC finalized official anti-spyware guidelines One of the most egregious phishing examples Unusual fakes – rogue Google sites Articles Webroot Spy Sweeper tutorial (new) Manual removal of harmful files (updated) Infamous parasites Looksky. More...

Spy Sweeper tutorial

Sunday, January 15th, 2006
Table of contents Introduction Installing Spy Sweeper Starting Spy Sweeper for the first time Using Spy Sweeper Using Spy Sweeper’s real-time protection Conclusion Introduction Webroot Spy Sweeper is one of the highest-rated spyware removal and real-time protection solutions available on the market. This product uses an effective, unmatched scan engine, accurate parasite detection techniques and more than a dozen special monitors. All this together with free frequent updates and user-friendly interface make Spy Sweeper one of the best spyware removers available. More...

ASC finalized official anti-spyware guidelines

Saturday, January 14th, 2006
The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC), an alliance of security software companies, academics and consumer groups, said on Thursday, January 12, 2006, that it has finalized its official anti-spyware guidelines. The document entitled “Risk Model Description� is available at the ASC web site. It includes special guidelines that anti-spyware vendors will use to classify spyware and adware parasites, various viral threats, unsolicited software and other security and privacy risks. More...

One of the most egregious phishing examples

Thursday, January 12th, 2006
Did you ever heard about phishing? We are sure you did. (If not, please read this article. ) You should know that phishers run fake malicious web sites, which imitate the look of legitimate banking and financial resources. More...

Unusual fakes – rogue Google sites

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
It looks like advertisers have found new inventive and unusual way to earn money. No, they aren’t employing nasty spyware parasites or dangerous viruses this time. Now they are running fake Google web sites. More...

New malicious web sites related to SpyAxe and other corrupt spyware removers

Saturday, January 7th, 2006
We already wrote about malicious web sites used by spyware makers to distribute their parasites to visitor computers. These sites are designed to spread mostly SpyAxe, SpySheriff and several other corrupt anti-spyware programs. Most of them are fake security and update resources imitating the look of popular fully legitimate sites such as Microsoft Windows Update. More...

Microsoft releases official patch for the WMF exploit

Saturday, January 7th, 2006
A few days ago, on January 5, 2006, Microsoft has finally released critical update for the WMF exploit, which already became one of the most dangerous Windows threats ever. Microsoft’s patch works in a pretty similar way to Ilfak Guilfanov’s unofficial Windows WMF Metafile Vulnerability HotFix. All the users are encouraged to immediately apply new official update. More...

SpywareStrike, a SpyAxe clone, may cause a new epidemic

Friday, January 6th, 2006
It is a bad news to all the Internet users. SpyAxe, one of the most infamous corrupt anti-spyware programs ever, just got a brand new clone – SpywareStrike. This new application does not only look and work in the same manner as SpyAxe, but also is very similarly distributed. More...

Sober.x returns tomorrow

Thursday, January 5th, 2006
Do you recall the most infamous Internet worm of 2005 – Sober. x? If you don’t, please refresh your memory. Sober. More...

Alternate download locations for unofficial patch for the WMF vulnerability

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
Ilfak Guilfanov’s web site hosting the hotfix for the WMF vulnerability is currently experiencing technical problems caused by unusually high load. Although the main page has been reduced to the bare minimum, web servers may still be unavailable. Several reputable Internet resources already host the hotfix and vulnerability checker. More...




Spreading the knowledge:

It is very hard to fight Computer parasites alone in internet space. If you have a website we would be more than happy if you would help us to spread the knowledge about latest threats. You can help your visitors to manage their Computer system manually without aditional expences. Knowledge is the power, we just need to spread it.
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