Archive for October 19th, 2009

SoftCop

Monday, October 19th, 2009
SoftCop

SoftCop is phony security software, also known as rogue antivirus. SoftCop is designed to rip people off. If your computer is infected with this corrupt security software, you should remove it immediately, as SoftCop poses a serious security risk to ... »

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No anti-virus software or procedures = compliance i$$ue

Monday, October 19th, 2009
No anti-virus software or procedures = compliance i$$ue

A Massachusetts stock broker will pay a $100,000 penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to have security software or procedures when intruders stole account information of hundreds of customers and began making transactions with ... »

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Malware researcher S!Ri catches rogue site affiliates ripping off his content

Monday, October 19th, 2009
Malware researcher S!Ri catches rogue site affiliates ripping off his content

Rogue researcher S!Ri (blog here) just blogged about catching some rogue affiliate web sites ripping off his content to boost their search engine rankings. The game is a good glimpse into the rogue security software distribution world.Rogue creators pu... »

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Half of businesses surveyed will go with Win 7 in a year

Monday, October 19th, 2009
Half of businesses surveyed will go with Win 7 in a year

The history of advice about Vista: 2006-7: It’s pretty buggy, wait till they get the kinks out2007: It’s such a resource hog, wait until you buy your next (bigger, faster) machine and get it free rather than spend the cash for new RAM, etc.2008: Th... »

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