Archive for December 4th, 2009

URL-shortening service Bit.ly will check links for malcode

Friday, December 4th, 2009
URL-shortening service Bit.ly will check links for malcode

Bit.ly, the URL-shortening service that sees much use by the Twittering set, has announced that it will begin checking shortened links with input from Sophos, Verisign and Websense. The service generates 40 million shortened URLs per day.Malicious oper... »

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It pays to read the fine print (literally)

Friday, December 4th, 2009
It pays to read the fine print (literally)

This is a new one: bribeware. They’ll pay you a dollar to install their product.Nice idea, but unfortunately in this case it comes bundled with malware. We detect it as C4DLMedia, a group of installers that include adware and agents that change brows... »

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Microsoft: counterfeit software infected with malcode more prevalent

Friday, December 4th, 2009
Microsoft: counterfeit software infected with malcode more prevalent

The amount of counterfeit software infected with malcode has increased significantly since 2006, Microsoft said. A 2006 study by marketing intelligence firm IDC found that 25 percent of counterfeit software tried to install malcode when it was download... »

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Core Configurator 2.0 now available!

Friday, December 4th, 2009
Core Configurator 2.0 now available!

Core Configurator 2.0 is now available for download here: http://coreconfig.codeplex.com/ If you are unfamiliar with this tool – it is a graphical tool that allows you to configure a whole bunch of system settings on a Windows Server Core installation: Having spent some time playing with this release I have been impressed by a number of... »

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