by Alex Eckelberry | Nov 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
It’s become a sort of intermittent tradition here to upload buckets of screen shots of rogue antivirus programs. So here’s a perspective for 2009, loaded on my Flickr account.Acknowldgement to Patrick Jordan, in our malware research team.Alex...
by Alex Eckelberry | Nov 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
The holiday shopping season will kick off in earnest on Friday – named “Black Friday” because that’s the date that many businesses traditionally go into the black for the year.Another tradition is an uptick in Internet fraud, scams and hacks.Social engineering will...
by Alex Eckelberry | Nov 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
You don’t often (if ever) see emails asking for login credentials to a tiny (albeit respectable) college. Given that Hampshire College has under 2,000 students, one wonders exactly what the phishers are aiming for. Alex Eckelberry
by Alex Eckelberry | Nov 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sunbelt is offering a Black Friday special for those of you anticipating those usual holiday-linked malware attacks: a single one-year subscription license for VIPRE for $9.95.Go to www.vipreantivirus.com/blackfriday to take advantage of this deal.Also, on Cyber...
by Alex Eckelberry | Nov 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Windows IT Pro has VIPRE Enterprise named as the top antimalware product, chosen by system administrators (the “Community Choice” award). Our good friends at ESET and Trend also made the cut:Community ChoiceGold: VIPRE Enterprise—Sunbelt Software...