HijackThis And CWShredder Have Moved

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Heads up for those who link to or recommend HijackThis, CWShredder, the Coolwebsearch Chronicles, or to any other file at http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/. Merijn has his own web site now, located at http://www.merijn.org/. All of his files can now be found there. Here are the most common files accessed on his site. http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html http://www.merijn.org/htlogtutorial.html

Open Letter To Dell Inc. From The Security Community

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

For Immediate Release. Please distribute as you see fit December 2, 2003 -- We in the antispyware, antivirus and security communities would like to express our disappointment with the new technical support policy in place at Dell Inc. Dell's new support policy does a disservice to its customers and puts everyone ...

VX2.betterinternet and Bundleware Infestations on the Rise

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

"Over the past month, I have seen an increase in infestations by a group called Bundleware.com which with the signature of Ad-aware calling it VX2.BetterInternet objects. Until last night, I believed it was wrong to label Bundelware with the VX2 Transponder signature as their methods were different from what I ...

Spyware Program Impersonates E-Card

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Beware of a new spyware program called Lover Spy, which has been advertised heavily through spam recently. The spam emails claim that potential customers can send a fake e-greeting to the person on whom they wish to spy. When the victim receives the fake e-card, they are sent to a ...

Beginners Guides: Spyware Protection and Removal

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Fresh from penning our Firewall and Virus Alert article, PCStats would like to present the second part of our beginners guide to the less savoury aspects of the internet experience; dealing with the subject of "Spyware." If you've installed a peer-to-peer sharing program such as 'Kazaa Media Desktop' or 'Morpheus', ...