Archive for November, 2009

Washington Post columnist Brian Krebs did a great piece “Eight tips for safe online shopping.” His list:1. Shop with a credit card, not a debit card2. Keep track of your receipts.3. Shop from a locked-down PC.4. Look for the SSL sign/padlock in the... »

KeepCop is a rogue antivirus program, created by cyber thieves to rip people off.Like typical rogue antivirus, KeepCop will:Run system scans and report multiple infections - WHICH ARE ALL FAKEUse system alerts and warnings that state the PC is infecte... »

eco Antivirus 2010 is fake security software, designed to trick people into buying the software with false security alerts and warnings.eco Antivirus 2010 claims to help you "Stay Protected, Care of Earth", I guess these cyber thieves felt it was time ... »

If you’re searching for videos of the infamous Adam Lambert AMA kiss, Ortiz vs. Griffin or Jennifer Lopez at the AMAs, a twist in fraud has come to YouTube, this time in the form of a fake message on a video itself telling the user to go to another s... »

This Friday, November 27th, VIPRE will be 70% off! During this one day, you can purchase VIPRE for yourself, friends or family for only $9.95.Have more than one PC? You can get a VIPRE Unlimited Home Site License for only 10 bucks more!http://www.vip... »

Someone put up a fun site in October. The “Mystery Google” search page gives you the search results of the person who did a search before you. The results can be… ahem… interesting. I tried it out with the word “Russia.&... »

Britain has stored the DNA profile of 5.9 million people, which is about 10 percent of the country’s population. It’s been estimate that as many as one million of those whose information is in the database since it was started in 1995 have never be... »

I was interviewed by the CBC last night. You can see it at about the seven minute mark here.Nothing stellar or exciting. Just me on Skype talking about malware and child porn. I think I scared the newscaster though with my comments about P2P ;-)Alex ... »

As 2009 winds down, it's time for some reflection on the past 11 months. Let’s take an impressive visual tour of the Rogue Antispyware of 2009!Complete Visual Catalog Here »

It's become a sort of intermittent tradition here to upload buckets of screen shots of rogue antivirus programs. So here's a perspective for 2009, loaded on my Flickr account.Acknowldgement to Patrick Jordan, in our malware research team.Alex Eckelbe... »