antispyware

Also Known as: Gator eWallet Claria gain
Category Description: Program that delivers advertisements on your PC.
Note that many websites have their own advertising, unrelated to adware.
Adware is any software application in which advertising is displayed while the program is running. The authors of these applications include additional code that delivers the ads, which can be viewed through pop-up windows or through a bar that appears on a computer screen and sometimes through text links or in integrated search results. Adware may or may not track personal information. It may also gather information anonymously or in aggregate only. Users should check the EULA and Privacy policy to ensure if the adware on their machines conforms to their standards.
Removal tools: List of products that detect/remove/protect against Gator:
-Pro User: X-Cleaner
-Home User: PestPatrol
-IM - P2P Security Appliance: RTGuardian
-Regulatory Compliance: Greynet Enterprise Manager
 

What is Go Hip?
Go Hip is a website directory similar to Yahoo and a number of other search directories. The problem is it has a link on the very top of the page entitled “Click Here To Make GoHip! Your Default Search”. This file changes information in your Windows registry so when you click on the Search button at the top of Internet Explorer it opens GoHip!. Many times it also changes your start page to be GoHip’s as well.
Since the change is in the Windows Registry, its harder to remove than most installations.
How to I Remove GoHip?
The easiest way to remove it is to download the following file from the GoHip website and run it. This will remove the GoHip registry changes and allow your browser to use another search site for the default search and home pages.

McAfee Internet Security Suite pulls together the SpamKiller, VirusScan, Privacy Service, and Personal Firewall Plus products. Its Security Center integrates and tracks the status of these modules and of most retail antivirus products (but not corporate versions). In Microsoft Windows XP, it verifies Windows Update status, making it a full replacement for the Windows XP SP2 Security Center. Though all the components performed adequately, it was the VirusScan module that really excelled on our Labs tests.

What is ExpertAntivirus?
ExpertAntivirus is a rogue antivirus program that is often downloaded and installed by Trojans, through browser security exploits, or via other nefarious mechanisms. After installation ExpertAntivirus will use various aggressive tactics to push scared users into purchasing a license for this fake software. ExpertAntivirus can be extremely difficult to remove manually, and will continue to try to recreate itself.

ExpertAntivirus Detailed Description:
ExpertAntivirus is Malware which is a computer contaminant. The purpose of Malware is to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the direct consent of the owner. Malware includes Spyware or Adware programs and can take on more sinister names such as Trojans, Worms and Viruses.
To elaborated further we investigate and explain the key malicious properties that make up ExpertAntivirus.

Kaspersky Lab, one of the world’s leading developers of secure content management solutions, has signed a partnership with Netintelligence, an internet security company. The agreement will enable Netintelligence to offer its business and home customers Kaspersky Lab’s anti-virus and firewall protection to combat the growing threat of web and email-borne viruses. Under the terms of partnership, Netintelligence will incorporate Kaspersky Lab’s products into its Netintelligence Internet Security and Netintelligence Parental Control solutions.
Netintelligence specialises in providing a comprehensive internet security service, protecting home users against viruses and spyware, web filtering and blocking, instant messenger and P2P control. The company also protects SMEs across several sectors, including education and local authorities. Its wide range of customers include Manchester City Council, Bett Homes, The Royal Mint, and CRISIS, among others.
Phil Worms, Product and Marketing Director at Netintelligence, explains the decision to partner with Kaspersky Lab: “Virus and firewall protection is extremely important for our customers and it was vital that our internet security solution protected them from current and new threats. Our main criterion was that the product set had to provide the most robust protection available against threats, and after looking at several products, we felt that the Kaspersky Lab offerings were the best available in the market.”
“We also wanted to partner with a company whose security solutions could easily integrate into our service and whose updates could be pushed out to customers through our own web-based security platform. Kaspersky Lab’s products are easily incorporated within our own product which means there aren’t any additional layers of administration for either ourselves or more importantly our customers.”
Vanessa Mitchell, OEM Manager, Kaspersky Lab UK, comments: “Our mutual knowledge of the home and SME markets makes the partnership a natural fit. We look forward to protecting Netintelligence’s customers from the latest malware threats and hacker attacks via our hourly anti-virus and anti-spyware updates.”

McAfee, Inc, a provider of intrusion prevention and risk management solutions, announced on Tuesday (15 November) the beginning of McAfee Stop Spyware Week, an initiative that is designed to raise awareness of the threats posed by spyware and other potentially unwanted programs (PUPs).
In a study conducted by the National Cyber Security Alliance, 53% of respondents said they had spyware on their computers, but when checked, 80% of computers were infected with spyware. Separate research by the Ponemon Institute showed that 42% of computer users infected with spyware had no idea how it landed on their computer.
In addition to increasing awareness of spyware and PUPs, the aim of the initiative is to educate people about the threats of PUPs and provide tips for avoiding potential infections. Computer users can visit http://www.mcafee.com/stopspyware to download a free trial to one of McAfee’s anti-spyware software programs, the company claims.

A reader wrote in Friday with an interesting observation: When he went to access his AOL.com account, he accidentally entered an extra character at the end of his password. But that didn’t stop him from entering his account. Curious, the reader tried adding multiple alphanumeric sequences after his password, and each time it logged him in successfully.
It turns out that when someone signs up for an AOL.com account, the user appears to be allowed to enter up to a 16-character password. AOL’s system, however, doesn’t read past the first eight characters.
How is this a bad set-up, security-wise? Well, let’s take a fictional AOL user named Bob Jones, who signs up with AOL using the user name BobJones. Bob — thinking himself very clever — sets his password to be BobJones$4e?0. Now, if Bob’s co-worker Alice or arch nemesis Charlie tries to guess his password, probably the first password he or she will try is Bob’s user name, since people are lazy and often use their user name as their password.
And she’d be right, in this case, because even though Bob thinks he created a pretty solid 13-character password — complete with numerals, non-standard characters, and letters — the system won’t read past the first eight characters of the password he set, which in this case is exactly the same as his user name. Bob may never be aware of this: The AOL system also will just as happily accept BobJones for his password as it will BobJones$4e?0 (or BobJones + anything else, for that matter).
AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein said the company was looking into the matter, but didn’t have any comment beyond that.
Bruce Schneier, chief technology officer BT Counterpane, called the set-up “sloppy and stupid.”
“Truncating the password at eight characters is a big deal, and there’s no excuse for any company in today’s world to be doing that,” Schneier said. “Especially because AOL has…shall we say, some less sophisticated users. Those users need all the help they can get when it comes to choosing a password, and to artificially penalize them in secret for choosing long passwords seems like a bad thing.”

A new Spysheriff, PestTrap, PestCapture variants have been found. They go by the name of Malware Stopper & Malware Panacea. These are just more fake antispyware programs that get installed by the zlob trojan. The web sites malware-stopper.com and malwarepanacea.com that should be avoided and will be added to the block lists soon.

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What is SpyLocked?
SpyLocked has hit the web. SpyLocked will be forced into your computer by a malicious Trojan. SpyLocked may also install through browser security flaws. Through fake security pop-ups SpyLocked will attempt to force you into purchasing this inferior program. When infected, SpyLocked will identify genuine files in your computer as Spyware in the attempt to get you to buy it. Additional spyware may also be installed to your PC generating advertisements through pop-up windows. SpyLocked is the new VirusBurst! Immediate removal is highly recommended.

How SpyLocked can help you?
If your PC is infected with spyware all your keystrokes, visited websites and even conversations can be recorded or monitored by someone who had secretly installed spy software on your PC. This person or company can steal your banking data, make Internet access slower, change browser homepage, etc. 
Usually spyware is bundled with software downloads, attached to e-mails, or transmitted through networks. That’s why many antivirus programs define it as legitimate software. Once installed, it can be hard to remove, and therefore, your computer will remain infected and your privacy will be at risk for a long time. We have developed a powerful tool – SpyLocked – to help users detect and remove spyware and malware from their PCs. 
Every PC owner has valuable and confidential personal information stored on his/her computer. This can include credit card and banking details, private e-mails and documents, shopping and browsing habits, etc.

 The new Panda Internet Security 2007 offers the most complete protection so you can use the Internet with absolute peace of mind. It prevents data theft (login details, credit card numbers, etc.) and protects you from other Internet threats, such as viruses, spyware, hackers and online fraud. And now, for each Panda Internet Security 2007 product purchase, you will obtain protection for up to 3 PCВ’s!

Also includes:
- Panda Antivirus
- Panda AntiSpyware
- Panda Firewall
- Panda Identity Protect
- Panda AntiSpam
- Panda Parental Control
 
Key features:
Panda Identity Protect: Secures your personal data.  Personal data theft (account and credit card numbers, login details, etc.) is becoming a major threat to your security. With Panda Internet Security 2007, no one can access your data without your permission. Keep reading →