The Software Formerly Known As Spyware

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Spyware Analysis of P2P Software

Spyware Analysis of P2P Software 03/14/2005 05:03 PM
Slashdot Mar 10 2005 10:55PM GMT

Free Windows Software Without
Spyware/Adware

Free Windows Software Without
Spyware/Adware 12/27/2004 04:30 AM

Software firm CA tackles spyware with
acquisition

Software firm CA tackles spyware with
acquisition 08/16/2004 04:17 PM
Computer Associates International joins fight with buyout of antispyware company PestPatrol.

AOL UK to provide anti spyware software
to subscribers

AOL UK to provide anti spyware software
to subscribers 04/22/2004 11:56 AM
Computer Buyer Apr 22 2004 4:24PM GMT

Microsoft has released some anti-spyware
software

Microsoft has released some anti-spyware
software 01/06/2005 07:50 PM
Microsoft Security Spy Center .. get it here

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Using Software Restriction Policies to
Block Spyware-Adware

Using Software Restriction Policies to
Block Spyware-Adware 07/20/2004 05:58 PM

Microsoft Offers Anti-Spyware Software
(washingtonpost.com)

Microsoft Offers Anti-Spyware Software
(washingtonpost.com) 01/07/2005 04:38 AM
washingtonpost.com - Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that it is giving away software designed to help protect Windows users from spyware, one of the fastest-growing of Internet annoyances.

Microsoft rolls out free anti-spyware
software (AFP)

Microsoft rolls out free anti-spyware
software (AFP) 01/06/2005 04:39 PM
AFP - Microsoft Corp. unveiled free software designed to help guard against threats faced by computer users in the form of spyware and other malicious programs.

A Quick Guide for Eliminating Spyware
and Hijacker Software

A Quick Guide for Eliminating Spyware
and Hijacker Software 08/07/2004 03:35 PM

Microsoft Buys Giant Software for
Anti-Spyware Tools

Microsoft Buys Giant Software for
Anti-Spyware Tools 12/17/2004 06:43 PM

Microsoft Acquires Giant, Plans Antispyware Release: Giant's site has essentially been replaced by a big press release. I didn't use any of their products, but they included Spam Inspector, which I hear was quite good. I wonder how many of Bill's four million emails a day it could head off?

Microsoft today announced its acquisition of New York–based Giant Company Software Inc.[...]

Microsoft will use the acquisition to create an antispyware solution for users of Windows 2000 and later. Key personnel from Giant will join Microsoft to make this possible. A beta release of the as-yet-unnamed product is planned within one month.

More information in this CNN article, including information on Microsoft's plans to charge for the product.

Spyware Slayer Offered as Part of
Privasafe's Free Privacy Protection
Software Bundle

Spyware Slayer Offered as Part of
Privasafe's Free Privacy Protection
Software Bundle 06/17/2005 03:42 PM
Privasafe is now including Spyware Slayer in its suite of privacy protection software that is free to users with a monthly subscription to Privasafe. [PRWEB Jun 15, 2005]

Free Spyware Slayer Offered as Part of
SurfSafe's Privacy Protection Software
Bundle

Free Spyware Slayer Offered as Part of
SurfSafe's Privacy Protection Software
Bundle 06/22/2005 02:53 AM
SurfSafe is now including Spyware Slayer in its suite of privacy protection software that is free to users with a monthly subscription to SurfSafe. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Free Spyware Slayer Offered as Part of
Privasafe's Privacy Protection Software
Bundle

Free Spyware Slayer Offered as Part of
Privasafe's Privacy Protection Software
Bundle 06/22/2005 02:53 AM
Privasafe is now including Spyware Slayer in its suite of privacy protection software that is free to users with a monthly subscription to Privasafe. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Spyware Slayer Offered as Part of
SurfSafe's Free Privacy Protection
Software Bundle

Spyware Slayer Offered as Part of
SurfSafe's Free Privacy Protection
Software Bundle 06/17/2005 03:42 PM
SurfSafe is now including Spyware Slayer in its suite of privacy protection software that is free to users with a monthly subscription to SurfSafe. [PRWEB Jun 15, 2005]

Free Spyware Slayer Offered as Part of
Antivirus Email's Privacy Protection
Software Bundle

Free Spyware Slayer Offered as Part of
Antivirus Email's Privacy Protection
Software Bundle 06/22/2005 02:53 AM
Antivirus Email is now including Spyware Slayer in its suite of privacy protection software that is free to users with a monthly subscription to Antivirus Email. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Spyware Slayer Offered as Part of
Antivirus Email's Free Privacy
Protection Software Bundle

Spyware Slayer Offered as Part of
Antivirus Email's Free Privacy
Protection Software Bundle 06/17/2005 03:42 PM
Antivirus Email is now including Spyware Slayer in its suite of privacy protection software that is free to users with a monthly subscription to Antivirus Email. [PRWEB Jun 15, 2005]

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware 08/05/2004 03:50 AM
It appears that Yahoo heard the backlash loud and clear a few months back when they released an anti-spyware tool that just so happened to skip over adware from Yahoo partners. The latest version, built on PestPatrol's technology will now default to notifying users of both "spyware" and what they consider to be "adware" and then give the user the choice of what to do. I haven't tested the product yet, but it sounds like they're moving in the right direction. It still makes you wonder what they were thinking in offering a purposely crippled offering. People know what spyware is, and telling them that spyware isn't spyware doesn't change how people feel about it. It also doesn't make them look kindly back at the company that provided them with the bogus anti-spyware tool in the first place.

AOL Offers Spyware Stopper... Just After
They Started Offering Spyware

AOL Offers Spyware Stopper... Just After
They Started Offering Spyware 04/22/2004 02:36 AM
Just a few weeks after saying that they're going to start bundling spyware/adware with their instant messenger product, AOL announces their latest anti-spyware application. While we've been complaining about anti-spyware from ISPs that just points out the spyware, AOL claims that this version will disable (though not delete) the spyware. I wonder if it will catch the spyware that AOL installs themselves.

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners 06/02/2004 10:10 AM
We didn't write about Yahoo's new "anti-spyware" toolbar that they announced last week, because it seemed to receive plenty of hype, and there were no real reviews of how it worked. There are so many so-called anti-spyware applications out there that don't actually stop spyware and adware for fear of upsetting marketing companies or out of worries that actually stopping spyware may make some applications stop working (upsetting the user), that we figured Yahoo's anti-spyware app (hype and all) probably wouldn't be much to bother with. It certainly looks like that may be the case. eWeek is now reporting that Yahoo tries to dance the careful dance of not upsetting certain companies who threate n to sue people who call their application spyware. Of course, the situation is even more complex because Claria (who you probably know as Gator - despite their attempt to change their name to shake that spyware label) is also a partner of Yahoo. So, it's really not surprising that the default setting for Yahoo's anti-spyware app won't actually remove services like Gator or WhenU. Instead, Yahoo's spyware remover claims these programs are "adware" and will only remove them if you click and extra check box each time you run the program. In other words, once again, you can't trust a provider of anti-spyware software, because they're playing both sides of the fence: partnering with providers on the one hand, and then offering weak removal products on the other. If Yahoo were serious about removing spyware from the computers of users they would refuse to partner with companies that used surreptitious tactics to be installed on computers. Instead, they want to look good to users in the front, while letting in spyware/adware from partners through the backdoor.

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law 04/13/2004 03:42 PM

Broadlook--#1 CRM Software
Solution--Empowers your CRM Software and
fill your CRM Software with contact
management relationships.

Broadlook--#1 CRM Software
Solution--Empowers your CRM Software and
fill your CRM Software with contact
management relationships. 06/18/2004 03:03 AM
Whichever CRM software your company uses, you need to look at the Broadlook Suite of Software which should seamlessly integrate with whichever CRM software you are using. BroadLook is an integrated set of applications designed to harness the Internet as a powerful real-time data source--the data from which can be exported into your CRM software. [PRWEB Jun 18, 2004]

Adobe to buy Macromedia in $3.4 billion
stock deal - Computer Software -
Internet Software - Software - Internet
- Company Announcements - Earnings - M&A

Adobe to buy Macromedia in $3.4 billion
stock deal - Computer Software -
Internet Software - Software - Internet
- Company Announcements - Earnings - M&A 04/19/2005 04:29 AM
Adobe Systems To Buy Macromedia .. schluckt

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Print Manager Plus Wins W2KNews Top
Award for Best Print Management
Software, Best Price, Best Quality in
the Industry American-British Company
Software Shelf Receives Software Award

Print Manager Plus Wins W2KNews Top
Award for Best Print Management
Software, Best Price, Best Quality in
the Industry American-British Company
Software Shelf Receives Software Award 05/31/2004 02:14 PM
Software Shelf International, Inc., an American and British software development and marketing company today announced that its flagship product, Print Manager Plus(R), has won the coveted Sunbelt W2KNews Top Award for Print Management Software. The award is presented at Microsoft's Tech.Ed 2004 for Best print management software, Best price, and Best quality in the industry. The Award was won as a result of voting from over 500,000 W2K News subscribers consisting of Windows NT/2000/2003 Administrators, MIS Managers, MCPs, MCSEs and IT professionals around the world. Print Manager Plus solves the problem of the hidden cost of printing in organizations. According to Datamation document costs consume up to 15% of a company's revenues. Print Manager Plus reduces these costs. [PRWEB May 26, 2004]

================================ GNU
Core Utilities race condition
file-permissions vulnerability
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Software: mkdir, mknod, mkfifo Version:
Part of GNU Core Utilities 5.2.1
Software URL:

================================ GNU
Core Utilities race condition
file-permissions vulnerability
================================
Software: mkdir, mknod, mkfifo Version:
Part of GNU Core Utilities 5.2.1
Software URL:
04/11/2005 01:45 PM
Posted by Imran Ghory, Apr 06 2005

Spyware

Spyware 06/16/2004 11:30 AM
Personal Computer World Jun 16 2004 3:31PM GMT

Spyware vs. spyware

Spyware vs. spyware 08/30/2004 03:50 PM
Even as many online marketing companies struggle to comply with recent federal legislation governing unsolicited commercial e-mail -- spam to you and me -- new state and federal legislation addresses another online blight: spyware. From California to Washington, D.C., lawmakers are lining up for the chance to smack down this bothersome byproduct of online commerce.

What you should know about spyware

What you should know about spyware 04/26/2004 06:19 AM

See how Spyware has taken over a PC

See how Spyware has taken over a PC 05/28/2004 10:46 AM

Want to see what a little program that is full of spyware can do to your system check out this Windows Task Manager. Makes me say ouch. Oh and guess what program it was, the freeware version of Kazaa [ Dave Winer]

The Top Ten Spyware

The Top Ten Spyware 03/22/2005 04:23 PM

According to Webroot Inc. and listed in the Inquirer, here are the top ten spyware and adware threats based on detection as well as potential impact.

1. CoolWebSearch
2. Gator
3. 180 search asst.
4. ISTbar/AUpdate
5. Transponder
6. Internet optimizer
7. BlazeFind
8. Hot as Hell
9. Advance Keylogger
10. TIBS Dialer

Read how each works at the Inquirer Website.

Spyware: Where's the fix?

Spyware: Where's the fix? 04/20/2004 04:52 PM
ZDNet Apr 20 2004 9:47PM GMT

AAA Spyware C.O.P. v10.0

AAA Spyware C.O.P. v10.0 11/13/2003 12:22 PM
This product will scan your P.C. for spyware and adware, notifying you of the infected files, as well as the spyware or adware name. After registering you may use spyware cop as an adware and spyware remover, deleting the infected files and programs. [Shareware $19.95 990 KB]

FTC Takes Aim At Spyware

FTC Takes Aim At Spyware 04/19/2004 03:07 PM

Microsoft and Spyware

Microsoft and Spyware 08/13/2004 12:30 PM
My older, wiser brother Steve points out: "Although Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides fixes for many of Internet Explorer's persistent security flaws, it does little or nothing about spyware, where "free" software adds code to your system that can capture keystrokes, monitor e-mail and IM traffic, and send the resulting data back to the invader's home base without your knowledge."

Is It Possible To Outlaw Spyware?

Is It Possible To Outlaw Spyware? 11/18/2003 01:53 PM
Now that Congress is rushing around trying to outlaw spam, some are wondering if they should turn their attention to the next big annoyance online: spyware. The problem is that it's very very difficult to write a law outlawing spyware that doesn't also outlaw any number of completely legitimate applications. Right now, many spyware products are perfectly "legal", because they hide the details of what they're doing in the very very very fine print within huge, unreadable license agreements that most people agree to without even getting through the first sentence.

The spyware inferno

The spyware inferno 08/13/2004 12:21 PM
CNET News.com Aug 13 2004 5:09PM GMT

The spyware inferno.

The spyware inferno. 08/17/2004 08:40 PM
CNet: The spyware inferno. "For whatever reason, selling software for $30 or less has not worked for new entrants in either retail or Internet channels."

Who's Seeding the Net With Spyware?

Who's Seeding the Net With Spyware? 06/15/2004 11:34 AM

Spyware as a service

Spyware as a service 08/12/2004 03:02 PM
ZDNet Aug 12 2004 6:39PM GMT

Other News: PC Spyware

Other News: PC Spyware 06/29/2004 10:41 AM
Considering all the nasty PC infections in the Windows world, it's a wonder more people don't switch to the Mac.
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The Software Formerly Known As Spyware

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