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Well-known anti-spyware pioneer Lavasoft today announced its list of security predictions for 2011, anticipating the top threats that Internet users should be aware of this coming year as cyber criminals adapt their tactics, finding new ways to con people while they use the Internet.
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Full View / NID: 36068 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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Do you use a netbook? There are plenty of reasons to - they have a small, light-weight design, low price points, and are readily available since most major PC makers now produce their own.
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Full View / NID: 27482 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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A word of caution to all of you online shoppers browsing the Web for the best buys: if it looks too good to be true, it just may be.
We’ve recently come across a website that is misrepresenting itself as a Lavasoft affiliate, and selling copies of our Ad-Aware Pro software that are not legitimate or supported by our company.
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Full View / NID: 27439 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Be on the lookout: a new warning has been issued to consumers about economic stimulus scams via incoming e-mail and fraudulent websites.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is urging you to watch out for offers of help qualifying for a payment from the U.S. economic stimulus package, in exchange (of course) for personal information or a small payment. Worse yet, you may not even have to supply information to get scammed: by simply clicking a link in some scam e-mail offers, you inadvertently download malware and spyware which, in turn, may lead to identity theft.
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Full View / NID: 27384 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Comic: Local disasters in the server room...based on a true story.
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Full View / NID: 27326 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Antispyware Pro 2009 is a new rogue anti-spyware application. It will give exaggerated threat reports on the compromised computer then ask the user to purchase a registered version to remove threats which don't exist.
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Full View / NID: 27322 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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How much does identity theft cost? $56.6 billion. According to Identity Theft Daily, that’s the cost of ID theft in terms of cash, goods, and services netted.
The Identity Theft Daily staff has reported on simple ways to keep your identity safe – including using our Ad-Aware to protect your PC – so you can make sure your hard-earned money and private information stays out of the hands of scammers! Read the full article.
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Full View / NID: 27348 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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How much does identity theft cost?$56.6 billion.
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Full View / NID: 27312 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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When Bloomberg announced that President Obama (U.S., for those of you who may have been sleeping the past 5 months) will appoint Jon Leibowitz to head up the Federal Trade Commission, they failed to mention the potential security benefit for computer users. Here at Lavasoft, we nod our collective heads in approval of this appointment.
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Full View / NID: 27287 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Those located in the US will likely have tax preparation on their minds in the coming weeks…and, likewise, that topic will also be of major interest to spammers and scammers looking to exploit the upcoming April 15 filing deadline. Recent reports are already confirming a rise in phishing messages purporting to come from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, aimed at tricking taxpayers into falling for a scam.
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Full View / NID: 27251 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Lavasoft Malware Labs recently had a closer look on an IP range full of hoax sites. Reverse IP on 78.129.142.235 will reveal around 200 fraudulent domains which are hosted in United Arab Emirates. Most of the sites hosted under 78.129.142.235 will use and take advantage of already existing products from the security industry and other popular software. The examples below display their way to make illegal domains look reliable.
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Full View / NID: 27223 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Today a new rogue was discovered called Spyware Fighter. It is following the normal patterns with false detections and trying to scare the user into buying a license to clean them.
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Full View / NID: 27202 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Not to be missed news - in the March 2009 issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine, a digital security mag that takes on today’s hottest information security topics, there are two contributions from Lavasoft that make for an interesting read.
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Full View / NID: 27175 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Last Friday (The 13th) I started drawing this comic.
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Full View / NID: 27169 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Full View / NID: 27170 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Not too long ago, we called on our Ad-Aware users to write in with their thoughts and stories of what our software has meant to them over the past decade.
We’re humbled and flattered – not to mention extremely appreciative – of all of the e-mails that have poured in to help celebrate Lavasoft’s 10th year [...]
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Full View / NID: 27091 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Some new rogue anti-virus programs to be aware of...First out is XPVirusProtection with a standard looking website.
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Full View / NID: 27171 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Some new rogue anti-virus programs to be aware of…First out is XPVirusProtection with a standard looking website.
This rogue is also available under a different name, TotalVirusProtection, with an identical interface.
The second rogue in today’s lineup is MalwareDoc. Comparing its web page, it is a clone of a previously known rogue, AntispyKnight.
As always, stay away from these [...]
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Full View / NID: 27072 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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Think identity theft can’t happen to you? If you’re a woman, your odds of being an identity theft victim may be higher just by virtue of being female.
According to statistics from a new study, women are 26% more likely than men to be fraud victims. Reuters reports a few other interesting bits of data from [...]
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Full View / NID: 26974 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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We’ve all heard that China has a bad reputation for being one of the global hotspots for malware distribution, but we should remember that the computer users there are victims as well.
Our CEO, Jason King, is in China right now, and has some very interesting statistics coming out of the security industry there.
When compared to [...]
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Full View / NID: 26904 / Submitted by: The Zilla of Zuron
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