Zango’s continued bad practices in light of FTC’s proposed settlement terms

Monday, November 20th, 2006 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

Zango out of compliance with terms in every aspect of FTC proposed settlement per Edelman and Howes. Is the $3 million repayment of ill-gotten gains just a slap on ... Read more..

Zango, the FTC, MySpace and You Tube

Monday, November 6th, 2006 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

Using an electric mixer on medium high, beat cream in a medium bowl until soft peaks form. Gently fold cream into chocolate mixture until thoroughly combined. Divide mousse among 6 ... Read more..

Scary malware tricks part 1

Friday, October 20th, 2006 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

In keeping with this Halloween season, I’m starting a series on scary malware tricks, similar to last year’s series on spyware tricks. Perhaps my personal focus has changed, but it ... Read more..

Edelman on ‘Deceptive Door Openers’ and Ask toolbars

Monday, October 16th, 2006 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

In a new article posted this morning, Ben Edelman continues his investigation of high-profile companies clogging users' computers with junk.  Today's target: InterActiveCorp's Ask.com, known for its widespread "smiley" toolbars. Last year ... Read more..

Is Zango stealing affiliate commissions from adult webmasters?

Saturday, October 14th, 2006 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

It seems that Zango, formerly known as 180solutions, the company we all love to hate, has royally ticked off a bunch of adult webmasters. Paperghost, aka Chris Boyd, has the story, complete ... Read more..

MVP awards, Messenger Plus! and adware — a good combination?

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

A controversy has been raging in certain circles the last few days over a MVP award, which has now been rescinded, to an adware pusher known as Patchou, Cyril Paciullo, ... Read more..

Spyware pushers cash in big on zero day exploit

Thursday, September 21st, 2006 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

Nearly 50 malware threats being installed though the VML zero day exploit, including familiar names like Virtumonde, BookedSpace, webHancer, SurfSideKick, Qoologic (also known as Qoolaid), Zenotecnico, TagAsaurus, with some trojan ... Read more..