Spyware Security » Badware http://www.spywaresecurity.net Anti Spam, Spyware, Malware, pc and internet security Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:02:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Google blames ‘human error’ for search ‘malware’ hiccup http://www.spywaresecurity.net/2009/01/31/google-blames-%e2%80%98human-error%e2%80%99-for-search-%e2%80%98malware%e2%80%99-hiccup/ http://www.spywaresecurity.net/2009/01/31/google-blames-%e2%80%98human-error%e2%80%99-for-search-%e2%80%98malware%e2%80%99-hiccup/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:01:05 +0000 admin Google is blaming “human error” for today’s search results screw-up that flagged the entire Web as serving up malicious code. But the company’s explanation, detailed in a blog post by VP of search products and user experience Marissa Mayer incorrectly linked StopBadware.org to the glitch, causing major problems for the non-profit group. StopBadware, which [...]]]> http://www.spywaresecurity.net/2009/01/31/google-blames-%e2%80%98human-error%e2%80%99-for-search-%e2%80%98malware%e2%80%99-hiccup/feed/ 0 Infamous vendor of “AntiVirus XP” badware sued http://www.spywaresecurity.net/2008/09/30/infamous-vendor-of-%e2%80%9cantivirus-xp%e2%80%9d-badware-sued/ http://www.spywaresecurity.net/2008/09/30/infamous-vendor-of-%e2%80%9cantivirus-xp%e2%80%9d-badware-sued/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:09:36 +0000 admin The software purveyor behind AntiVirus XP, a fake anti-virus package, has been sued and will hopefully be put out of business.

There has been plenty of information available on this organization for some time, yet unsuspecting consumers continue to hand over their own money for what amounts to malware. Alex Eckelberry at Sunbelt Software [...]]]> http://www.spywaresecurity.net/2008/09/30/infamous-vendor-of-%e2%80%9cantivirus-xp%e2%80%9d-badware-sued/feed/ 0 Measuring malware infections in the Chinese Internet http://www.spywaresecurity.net/2008/08/28/measuring-malware-infections-in-the-chinese-internet/ http://www.spywaresecurity.net/2008/08/28/measuring-malware-infections-in-the-chinese-internet/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:08:58 +0000 admin Measuring malware infections in the Chinese Internet Posted by Ryan Naraine @ 3:36 am Categories: Browsers, Vulnerability research, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Botnets, Exploit code, Viruses and Worms, Data theft, Google, Firefox, Phishing, Arbitrary Code Execution, Anti Virus, Malware Tags: China, Infection, Malware, Security, Ryan Naraine Guest editorial by Oliver Day In [...]]]> http://www.spywaresecurity.net/2008/08/28/measuring-malware-infections-in-the-chinese-internet/feed/ 0 StopBadware.org http://www.spywaresecurity.net/2006/05/10/stopbadwareorg/ http://www.spywaresecurity.net/2006/05/10/stopbadwareorg/#comments Tue, 09 May 2006 22:48:40 +0000 admin http://www.spywaresecurity.net/index.php/2006/05/10/stopbadwareorg/ StopBadware.org is a “Neighborhood Watch” campaign aimed at fighting badware. We will seek to provide reliable, objective information about downloadable applications in order to help consumers to make better choices about what they download on to their computers. We aim to become a central clearinghouse for research on badware and the bad actors who spread [...]]]> http://www.spywaresecurity.net/2006/05/10/stopbadwareorg/feed/ 0