by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Here we have a website claiming you can “Play Super Mario Online”, complete with looped Youtube video and a large “Start Here” button at the bottom of the page.playmario4free(dot)com/networks/vc/index(dot)htmlAs you’re about to see, The...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Our friends at Commtouch have blogged about something that is no surprise — spammers using compromised accounts vs. bots (their latest threat report is quite good and worth reading btw). While compromised email accounts (hotmail, yahoo, gmail, etc.) are not new, there...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Our good friends over at Symantec love VIPRE so much, they’ve decided to use the logo in their new marketing campaign!We prefer our colors, of course (I like blue) but otherwise, not a bad copy of our logo. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!Alex...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Here’s a roundup post with some snippets from the past day or two along with one or two events you may have missed.Last week, you could (in theory) been searching for the country singer Katie Armiger.No, I have no idea who she is. Anyway, this is what you would...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Update: Looks like we’re all clear — all links have been removed.Well, this is certainly a busy time for the porn/malware bad guys. The same folks who apparently spammed Sourceforce with porn and mawlare redirects are now doing it on, of all places,...