from July 2008 – June 2009, in order of prevalence were:
1) SpywareGuard 2008
2) AntiVirus 2008
3) AntiVirus 2009
4) SpywareSecure
5) XP AntiVirus.
Check out the full report …. Symantec Report on Rogue Security Software
malvertisements = malicious advertisements
online advertisements that dupe unsuspecting users into downloading malicious software on their computers
Before clicking you may want to check out the “advertiser” using this free Google tool:
http://www.anti-malvertising.com/
It’s relatively new and it’s database is limited but at least it’s a start.
Seems the scammers/slammers/spammers and attackers are getting quite good at SEO. So much so they’re beating Google at it’s own game. This isn’t just bad news for those directly affected it’s looking bad for all of us. Read more here….
http://thompson.blog.avg.com/2009/10/impressive-search-engine-optimization.html
Safely store, organize and manage all your passwords with one simple little utility – Password Safe. Instead of remembering dozens of passwords, remember just one. Just a few of the items that you can store for a single password are Title, Username, Password, URL and Notes. You can organize them into Groups, create your passwords manually or let the program create the password for you according to a predefined password policy that you control. I use Roboform for online passwords but I wouldn’t think of relying on anything else but Password Safe for the security of all my many passwords and user names. Best of all, it’s open source so it’s FREE.
Like many I tend to keep several tabs open in Firefox and am constantly opening new tabs for a quick task then closing the tab page. I also use the Google toolbar. So it was with much frustration that I started waiting for a new tab page to open with recent history as opposed to the nearly instantaneous opening of a blank tab page. Not to fear the fix was actually quite easy. From the Google toolbar menu (right click the menu bar) select Options then look for Enable the Google new tab page. Uncheck this entry. Now your new blank tab pages should open immediately.