The most “dangerous” celebrities to search for in 2008 (ZDNet)
Searching for details regarding the latest celebrity gossip may expose you to everything the IT underground has to offer – from adware and spyware to misleading offers and fake newsletters enticing you to opt-in into a spammer’s campaign. McAfee owned SiteAdvisor has recently released the 2008 list of the celebrity… original article
Sneaky Ad Net? Or Just Bad At Picking Names? Jellycloud Hopes You Don’t Recall ‘Claria’ And ‘Gator’ (CBS News)
What’s in a name? That’s something the team behind Jellycloud has been pondering for the past few years, a Venturebeat piece suggests. Back in 2000, the Redwood, CA.-based company was known as Gator, which offered an online “vault” that let users store their various login data. But the second part of Gator’s business was based [...]
Searching For Celebrities Leads To Security Risks (WebProNews)
Actor Brad Pitt has surpassed Paris Hilton to become the most dangerous celebrity to search for on the Web according to Internet security company McAfee. Users searching for “Brad Pitt,” “Brad Pitt downloads,” and Brad Pitt wallpaper, screen savers and pictures have an 18 percent chance of having their PCs infected with online threats, such [...]
New SUPERAntiSpyware Protects Home, Business Users (Enterprise Security Today)
EUGENE, Ore., Sep 16, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — SUPERAntiSpyware.com, a Pacific Northwest developer of state-of-the-art anti-spyware solutions, has released a major upgrade to its SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition and SUPERAntiSpyware Professional products. SUPERAntiSpyware, in use by over 10 million users worldwide, is an innovative product that protects users from Spyware, Malware, Adware, … original article
…more and more Rogue Antivirus
As you probably know, in the last months the amount of new fake / rogue antivirus applications has grown a lot. Right now we are finishing the latest quarterly report, and while playing with statistics we've found out that the Adware detected has grown from about a 22,03% in Q2 to an amazing 37,49%, and [...]