Archive for November 25th, 2009

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... »

The holiday shopping season will kick off in earnest on Friday – named “Black Friday” because that’s the date that many businesses traditionally go into the black for the year.Another tradition is an uptick in Internet fraud, scams and hacks.So... »

You don’t often (if ever) see emails asking for login credentials to a tiny (albeit respectable) college. Given that Hampshire College has under 2,000 students, one wonders exactly what the phishers are aiming for. Alex Eckelberry »

Sunbelt is offering a Black Friday special for those of you anticipating those usual holiday-linked malware attacks: a single one-year subscription license for VIPRE for $9.95.Go to www.vipreantivirus.com/blackfriday to take advantage of this deal.Also... »