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- Google, Sun, others band to fight spyware, adware
- Google, Sun, others band to fight spyware, adwarearticle rootGoogle, Sun, others band to fight spyware, adwareA few tech companies, consumer groups, and other organizations--including Google and Sun Microsystems--have formed the Stop Badware Coalition. This group will publish the names of companies that it deems are the worst spyware and adware...
- Tags: adware, badware, google, Google Inc., malware, Microsoft Corp., news, security, Sonja Thompson, spyware, sun, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-25
- Will certification legitimize adware?
- article root[Edited by: admin on Nov 18, 2005 6:51 AM]Adware, Spyware - all MalwareSpy programs and Ad programs are all generally noxious overhead for any computing environment.My rule of thumb is essentially - TANSTAAFL - if it's "Free" it's suspect... The worst is when there is some stated "Need" to...
- Tags: adware, computer, Dilbert-Tom, drm, hdcp, Linux, Microsoft Corp., paid-for, security, software, windows
- Discussion threads 2005-11-18
- Microsoft to buy Claria adware maker
- I'm not sure how this can help M$ image.It sounds incredibly stupid of them.Anyone have any napalm flames for them?Or any suggestion as to how this can help them?[Note:]as of right now not a done deal, they're just negotiating
- Tags: adware, Claria adware, Claria Corp., Dr Dij, Microsoft Corp., microsoft windows adware, windows
- Discussion threads 2005-07-05
- What interests you?
- Is there a specific IT infrastructure topic that you would like to read more about? Help us tailor this site to your needs and list your desires here.The things MS leaves outI am always on MS web site trying to find bug fixes. I support many networks and most are...
- Tags: adware, DHCP, DHCP Server, information technology, it management, Microsoft Corp., network, PublishingGal, server, wireless
- Discussion threads 2004-10-04
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- Tools and Tech
- Tools and Techblog rootType Carefully!Beware How You GoogleBy Ryan Naraine?A simple misspelling of Google's domain name could lead to a Web surfer's worst nightmare. In a new twist to the old practice of "typosquatting," virus writers have registered a slight variation of Google Inc.'s popular search-engine site to take advantage...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, Web browsers, conceptual, tool, trojan horse, exploit, adware
- Discussion threads 2005-05-19
- Microsoft's Anti Spyware tool vs the Best
- With so much going on in the malicious codes arena and with so many type of attacks and variants one tries to have the best levels of protection and security against these threats.After installing and testing the Microsoft Anti Spyware beta that was released I must admit that Microsoft's stance...
- Tags: anti-spyware, Microsoft Corp., The Suite, tool, windows
- Discussion threads 2005-01-20
- What do you fight spyware with?
- What do you fight spyware with?In our poll, we asked what you use to battle spyware in your organization? Are you satisfied with what you use? If so, why?Combination of productsFor the organization, I have a combination of tools. AdAware and Spybot S&D are the most prominent, but also CoolWeb_Shredder,...
- Tags: Ad-aware, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Firefox, networking, PublishingGal, SpyBot, spyware
- Discussion threads 2005-05-27
- Wfwall1.exe??
- has anyone heard of this one? When I right click on the file, it comes up with Windows Firewall Coordinator, put out by Microsoft Corp., but can't find anything about it on MS website. It's in the task manager about 20 times, XP original version, acts like a virus, and...
- Tags: adware, spyware, virus, windows, wizardofJ
- Q&A 2005-11-03
- Error playing video files
- reciently my computer stopped playing mpeg, mpg and avi files in Windows Media Player, Media Player Classic, Jet Audio, Winamp and Jet Audio. Each Time i try to open one, it gets an error before it even starts playing the file but it shows the first frame usually. ...
- Tags: Globalastro2013@...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-06
- Can't download file most of the time and web browers terminate loading some
- These two issue may be related. I can't consistantly download files. I usually get msg:"c:....temp..file name can't be saved. Source file can't be read" Yet i can click on a file or program Update and it downloads just fine.When I use any web browser some web site links and...
- Tags: Web browsers, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Channel management, Construction, Cyberthreats, Web browser, Web, window, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-01-17
- have i been hacked?
- I Have a laptop with windows XP Sp2 out of the blue asked me for a password that I never set, I was able to get past this using "ERD Commander, Lock Smith" after this I ran - Norton AV, Adware 6,TrojanHunter, Spybot 1.4 & Registry Medic v2 among...
- Tags: administrator, cheney0123@..., Error 0x800A0046, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows XP, password, programming, security, software, system restore, windows, windows update
- Discussion threads 2007-03-07
- Sanity check: Did The Wall Street Journal sabotage businesses by publishing tips on how to circumvent IT?
- In the Monday, July 30, edition of The Wall Street Journal, there was a special section on technology that led with the article "Ten Things Your IT Department Won't Tell You" by Vauhini Vara. If you haven't read the article, you should take a look because some of your users...
- Tags: Security, Wall Street Journal, Information Technology, Compliance, E-mail, User, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2007-08-03
- Windows anti-spyware to come free of charge
- Good NewsI installed the Beta version of MS Antispam a while ago and I am impressed how well this piece of Software is working. Seeing that MS will give it away as a freebie I will make it part of my standard installation for Windows XP PCs.Nothing is actually ever...
- Tags: anti-spyware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Nothing, Planning, spyware, techmail@...
- Discussion threads 2005-02-17
- Good Solutions For Anti Virus
- Hello All, I am trying to find solutions for anti virus for a network of about 60 work stations and about 20 servers in a cluster enviroment with a exchange server already running symantec mail soulutions and it has a barrucuda spam firewall attach to it also they have a...
- Tags: deerek11@..., firewall, hardware, hardware solution, it management, network, server, symantec
- Q&A 2005-08-23
- What Anti-virus do you use?
- What Anti-virus do you use?Hi, I'm now setting up my network and doing some research on anti-virus software to deploy. I've used MCAffee EPO and that worked fine in my former place of employ, but I used Panda at home which also worked fine. More and more i'm...
- Tags: antivirus, AVG, NAV 2005, no1trini, Panda, security
- Discussion threads 2005-03-10
- DOWNLOAD: Essential support tools: One tech's top picks
- http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-6249-5628779.htmlAfter you take a look at this download, please post your feedback, ideas for improvements, or further thoughts on this topic.Thanks,--The TechRepublic Downloads TeamMore tools please...That download is a list of the tools I use most often at work, but as much as I like them, it would be good...
- Tags: download, hardware, JodyGilbert, network, OCS Inventory, tool
- Discussion threads 2005-03-22
- IE Favorites Will Not Open After Time
- While in IE, you drop down the left pain of favorites and click on many everything is ok until about 5 minutes or so of clicking around the favorites then all of the sudden you cannot access them. Then when you close down ie the minimized selection of the last...
- Tags: ESTechnical, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safe Mode, spyware, windows
- Q&A 2005-05-27
- McAfee or Symantec?
- McAfee or Symantec?Following the corruption of my Windows XP Media Center 2005 system's registry, I was forced to utilize Sony's recovery wizard process, which essentially returned my system to the same state it was in when I removed it from the box upon receiving it last year.After buying the PC,...
- Tags: antivirus, Apple Macintosh, Erik Eckel, mcafee, McAfee Inc., norton, Norton Co., security, symantec, Symantec Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-09-09
- Attention! If your computer is infected...
- Please read all of this before replying.I've had several users receive the following pop-up message over the past few months while using Windows XP and IE...ATTENTION! If your computer is infected,you could suffer data loss, erratic PC behaviour, PC freezes and creahes.Detect and remove viruses before they damage your computer!Antivirus...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Antivirus 2009, antivirus, Malwarebytes Antimalware, PC, Sophos Plc., computer
- Discussion threads 2008-08-30
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