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

By Suzi Turner | November 19, 2006, 9:11pm PST

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 the wrist?
Zango, the FTC, MySpace and You Tube

By Suzi Turner | November 6, 2006, 6:18pm PST

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 dessert bowls...
Halloween sites tricking users with malware

By David Grober | October 26, 2006, 8:07pm PDT

Update October 27: This morning I contacted the owner of listed sites. The sites were indeed hacked, and the owner has since removed the malicious code from the web pages. This is a nasty trick!...
Scary malware tricks part 1

By Suzi Turner | October 20, 2006, 11:57am PDT

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...
Edelman on 'Deceptive Door Openers' and Ask toolbars

By Suzi Turner | October 16, 2006, 10:09am PDT

In a new article posted this morning, Ben Edelman continues his investigation of high-profile companies clogging users' computers with junk. Today's target:...
Is Zango stealing affiliate commissions from adult webmasters?

By Suzi Turner | October 13, 2006, 9:07pm PDT

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 with...
So what about user education on security?

By Suzi Turner | October 12, 2006, 9:05pm PDT

CNET's Joris Evers writes about one security expert who says education users on computer security in the enterprise setting is "pointless". Doctoral candidate Stefan Gorling,...
Malware being spammed as PDF from retail stores

By Suzi Turner | October 10, 2006, 8:41pm PDT

Reports surfaced today of spam purporting to be from Dell, Walmart, Circuit City or Sony confirming an order for a Sony Vaio computer with a PDF attachment, but the attachment is, in fact, a very...
MVP awards, Messenger Plus! and adware -- a good combination?

By Suzi Turner | October 9, 2006, 9:19pm PDT

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, the author of Messenger...
Spyware pushers cash in big on zero day exploit

By Suzi Turner | September 20, 2006, 9:24pm PDT

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),...
Should anti-spyware programs remove cookies?

By Suzi Turner | September 18, 2006, 10:17pm PDT

Spyware expert Ben Edelman has written a great piece on anti-spyware programs and cookies. He tested eleven different anti-spyware programs against cookies from 50 advertising systems and posted...
DollarRevenue adware pushed through bot net for huge profits

By Suzi Turner | September 8, 2006, 6:34pm PDT

German Honeynet Project researchers report that adware company DollarRevenue is directly linked to a bot net attack exploiting the MS06-040 server service vulnerability reported last month. Bot...
FTC settles with Enternet Media for $2 million

By Suzi Turner | September 6, 2006, 7:06pm PDT

The Federal Trade Commission announced their settlement with Enternet Media for $2 million for putting spyware on users’ computers. Under a stipulated final judgment and order, the...
The state of spyware according to Webroot

By Suzi Turner | August 15, 2006, 10:43pm PDT

Webroot released its quarterly report on spyware today, claiming spyware infection rates are at their highest since 2004. During the second quarter of 2006, Webroot researchers found that 89...
More disturbing long-tail content from Zango

By Suzi Turner | August 14, 2006, 6:12pm PDT

SunbeltBLOG asks “Is Zango partnering with a bunch of sickos? ” I won’t repeat much what’s posted there because it’s too disgusting, but here’s the first part.
Movieland.com sued for spyware

By Suzi Turner | August 14, 2006, 1:32pm PDT

Washington State Attorney General McKenna filed a suit against Movieland.com and 3 associates, all California based companies, for “installing software that takes control of a consumer’s...
Zango caught in lies about their software on MySpace?

By Suzi Turner | July 28, 2006, 12:26pm PDT

Spyware researcher extraordinaire Chris Boyd, aka Paperghost of Vitalsecurity, has been pursuing Zango’s entanglement with MySpace like a trusty hound dog on a trail. Now Boyd claims to have proof...
Vonage and spyware

By Suzi Turner | July 18, 2006, 12:10am PDT

Ben Edelman has documented with screenshots, packet logs and diagrams the relationship between Vonage and spyware. Vonage is caught being advertised by pop-ups from Direct Revenue, Targetsaver and...
Pushing Zango - out of MySpace

By Suzi Turner | July 17, 2006, 10:00pm PDT

Last week I blogged about Pushing Zango on MySpace and linked to Paperghost’s blog asking if teenagers are being unwittingly used to push Zango on my space. It looks like Paperghost (aka Chris...