Archive for July, 2009

Smart Protector is a phony antivirus software, a complete scam, also known as a rogue antivirus software.Smart Protector infects PC's with the help of trojans and misleading advertisments on malicious websites. Once Smart Protector has infected a comp... »

Our rogue software researcher Patrick (last name withheld to protect the innocent) goes to some strange places on the Internet pretty much on a daily basis. Recently he drew our attention to some interesting URL obfuscation: vvindows.com and google-rna... »

Hi, In conjunction with the Microsoft July 2009 Out-of-Band Bulletin release, we conducted two public webcasts to assist customers. During these webcasts, we were able to address 60 questions in the time allotted. The questions centered primarily on MS09-034: the Internet Explorer Cumulative Update Bulletin and MS09-035: the Visual Studio Bulletin. We also addressed questions... »

Patrick found a new online scare tactic page being used for the SystemSecurity rogue: Blue screen… clever.Read about SystemSecurity rogue in the Sunbelt Rogue Blog here.Tom Kelchner »

Today, we’re releasing guidance and security updates to help better protect customers from responsibly reported security vulnerabilities discovered in the Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL).    Because libraries function as building blocks that can be used to build software, vulnerabilities in software libraries can be complex issues and benefit from what we call community based... »

Windows Antivirus Pro is a phony antivirus software that is made to look like a legit security suite. Windows Antivirus Pro is nothing more than an elaborate scam designed to rip people off.Windows Antivirus Pro usually infects computers with the help... »

AVCare is a phony antivirus software, also known as a rogue antivirus software. AVCare is designed to rip people off. If AVCare is installed on your PC, you should remove it immediately.AVCare makes it's way from PC to PC with the help of fake online m... »

At least one marketing guru is pushing his fellow professionals to get past their inertia and start using social media more imaginatively.That imaginative use of sites like Facebook and Twitter by marketers also is starting to attract the attention of ... »

Microsoft is releasing two out-of-band updates on Tuesday. It’s always big news when MS does an out-of-band update, because it is a major amount of work for them to test against all the different operating systems, change their normal release cycle,... »

Another excellent article has been posted by Paul Graham, a must-read writer on technology, startups and the technology business.This time, about meetings, managers and makers: One reason programmers dislike meetings so much is that they're on a differ... »