Archive for January, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...