Archive for May, 2006

According to a new study conducted by Ben Edelman, reputable anti-spyware expert, and Hannah Rosenbaum, McAfee SiteAdvisor research analyst, searching the web can be dangerous. Search results, especially the sponsored ones, from popular search engines often contain links to spyware and malware sites.
During the study, the experts used almost 1,400 popular keywords to find out […]

Webroot, one of the leading anti-spyware companies, released the latest State of Spyware Report recently. This quarterly document is probably the best read shedding light on actual spyware rates, parasite prevalence and new infection trends. We think that it would be interesting for you to find out some of the facts from the latest State […]

We have received a letter from Oemtec, makers of SpySpotter, the infamous corrupt anti-spyware program that uses false positives. In this letter Oemtec states that the 2-Spyware.com project is posting false information regarding the SpySpotter product. The letter also says that SpySpotter does not produce false positives.
Oemtec requests that you cease and desist purchasing the […]

Ransomware is a type of malicious software that threatens to do something terrible (delete user sensitive information, destroy the entire system, encrypt vital data or steal confidential documents) and demands the victim to pay up. If the victim pays the ransom, the author of ransomware completely removes the threat and restores victim information. Leastwise promises […]

According to a recent study from Panda Software, a well-known antivirus developer, a larger part of all parasites is made only to make money for their authors. 40% of all malware detected by the company’s online scanner was spyware, 17% was made up by parasite downloaders and trojans stealing user bank account details and other […]

It looks like there is no end to numerous, rapidly spreading SpyAxe clones - Spyware Strike, Spy Falcon, Spyware Quake, and now - Spyware Sheriff. The latest rogue is very similar to its predecessors. It is the same poor performance product unable to protect user privacy and system security. The program does not use false […]

News
Ransomware
There is no 100% safe software
YapBrowser - adware and child porn
Beware of fake codecs
New virus targets Windows and Linux
New York sues major spyware company
New Internet Explorer vulnerability
Infamous parasites
New variant of SpyFalcon, a trojan
Ransom, a trojan
Kidala.c, a worm
Kidala.b, a worm
Kidala, a worm
New variant of SpywareQuake, a trojan
Emcodec, a trojan
Secefa.d, a worm
Vulnerabilities
Secunia advisory SA19521 — Internet […]