by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
New malware: DVDacess, a fake zlob codec, and VirusHeal, a clone of rogue security product SpyHeal.URLs:virusheal(dot)cominc-codec(dot)comObviously, installing either of these programs on a system is a bad idea. And for those people who find out about fake codecs by...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
Over the past several months, we’ve seen several alarming stories of trojans being loaded from YouTube videos, like this one that came out today: Within the past week, cybercriminals have hidden Trojan horses in fake video postings on the wildly popular YouTube site,...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 19, 2007 | Uncategorized
Our malware research team has observed SmartFixer, an apparent legitimate product, now being installed through dubious methods (trojans/exploits, all that kind of fun stuff).It’s a shame. One supposes that the company, in trying to increase its downloads, has made...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 19, 2007 | Uncategorized
Conventional wisdom by marketing experts is that you’re never supposed to say the word cheap in any association with your products or services.The ostensible reason is that it degrades the quality aspects of your product, since cheap, as it is sometimes used, may...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
Can’t print to files programmatically in XPIf you try to print to a file programmatically in Windows XP and the print job fails, or the job appears in the print queue but nothing prints, and then you cannot delete the job, or if program errors occur, you might...