by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
New run, targets Yahoo advertisers (Yahoo’s service is similar Adwords).Sample text:Update Account Alert Notification !Dear Advertiser, Account Notification: Account ‘Yahoo! Inc’ [2233234322] has stopped displaying ads at this time because the account...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
(Malvertisements are Flash ads that have been modified to redirect to a malware site. A malware author takes an ad (often a legitimate one) and then embeds malicious URLs into it, and then attempts to place the ad on various sites. The ads will typically redirect to a...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google Adwords phishes have been quiet for a while, but now they’re back.Unlike most of the other Google Adwords runs, these are not using .cn TLDs, instead ones like Belgium and EU (.be and .eu).Some sample URLs:adwords.google.com.mstrack01 beadwords.google.com.fputs...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
Some people have been asking if VIPRE works under Windows 7. The standard CYA corporate answer is “Sunbelt Software does not support operating systems in beta”.Ok, ok, I know, you still want to know. The answer is yes, both the consumer and enterprise versions should...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
I got some sage advice from someone years ago: Don’t ever write anything that you wouldn’t want on the front page of the NY Times. Or, on Shankman’s blog. Just because social media is personal, it doesn’t mean you don’t have...
