Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Todd
Making Money from Malware: Spyware, botnets, keystroke loggers and dialers.
In our two previous articles we touched upon two separate, yet equally important topics in malicious computer software.
Malware, which can be considered any type of software that intends to do harm to your computer or network. Whether that harm is actual distruction or data, disrupting the […]
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Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Todd
Some of my friends may call me a fan of Ubuntu, others may call me a fanatic. You can call me either one and I wouldn’t mind one bit. I’m in love with Ubuntu Linux and I can say that with no shame or regrets whatsoever.
I originally started using Ubuntu approximately 12 months ago. At […]
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Posted on April 8th, 2008 by Todd
In Part 1 of this article - Virus and Spyware Threat is Larger Than Ever Before - Anti-Virus Companies Struggle to Keep Up with Flood of Spyware - we talked about the ever increasing threat posed by malware, spyware and viruses.
Today we will be talking about what different anti-spyware companies are doing in order to […]
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Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Todd
Everthing Old is New Again: Trojan Horses
Trojan Horses - Anyone familiar with Greeek Mythology recognizes the tale of Troy and the Trojan Horse.
Basically, Trojan Horse programs were developed as bait to get people to do the hard work of spreading computer viruses. Just like their historical namesake, a vicious little package is placed in a […]
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Posted on April 6th, 2008 by Todd
As I was writing the article about the Rise in Computer Viruses, Spyware and Malware earlier today I realized about mid- through that not everyone reading that article would know exactly what those terms mean.
In order to help anyone who doesn’t understand the difference between a spyware program, trojan horse and a virus, I decided […]
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