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Entries for January, 2008

Hacker Safe Site Hacked, Data Stolen

Geeks.com, a Web site that displays ScanAlert’s Hacker Safe logo, has been hacked and sensitive customer information may have been stolen. According to a letter from Genica, the company that runs Geeks.com, the problem was discovered on Dec. 5, 2007 and affected customers’ Visa credit card information.

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XPAntivirus Removal

XPAntivirus should be actually called XPVirus, as it is an unwanted corrupt anti-spyware application that infiltrates users’ system via false and misleading advertising. Once inside, XPAntivirus will try to trick you into buying it by claiming you have been infected with spyware and then showing you falsified error reports.

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Your computer was infected by unknown trojan Error Removal

unknown trojan is a new warning message that introduced by a rogue anti-spyware program such as IE Defender or Files Secure, which is a form of fake malicious software engineered by Internet hackers. It is a variant of Trojan.Win32 or Trojan.Win32.agent.akk or Trojan.Win32.Patched, or Trojan.Win32, or Trojan.

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Say No to bundled apps

You’ve gotta be careful when you install software nowadays - you install one thing and you end up with a couple of applications that you didn’t expect to get. Welcome to the world of application bundling, and it seems that everyone is doing it nowadays. Over the past few years I’ve noticed a disturbing [...]

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