Tag: Spyware
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Blogs used to infect PCs with spyware and malware
I note a story on the BBC Technology site which says Spyware and Malware authors have copped on to the popularity of blogs and are now using them as vectors to host spyware and malware to infect people lured to the blog. I’m surprised it took so long for them to come up with this.…
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Who writes Spyware and why
I read a very interesting article on Livejournal by Franklin on how, when his partners PC was infected by Spyware, he tracked down who was making money from the Spyware and reached some very interesting conclusions about who is distributing Spyware and why. One of the interesting aspects of the article, for me, is when…
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How to rid a PC of viruses and malware
My parents have asked me to look at their neighbours PC – it has started ‘acting funny’ and “they think it might have a virus”, I was told. “Uh oh”, I thought. Here we go again. If you are the local IT guru you know this feeling well. And, is it just me or is…
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Security center could not change your automatic updates settings
I was working on a friends PC the other day. It had Windows XP Home on it and several viruses! After cleaning out the viruses, I updated the PC to XP SP 2 to get the security advantages that the service pack confers. However, on re-starting the PC after the install, the Security Centre gave…