“It outta be illegal” is the first thing I usually hear as I start the long process of sanitizing a spyware infested windows machine. The fact is some parts of it ARE, some are just ethically questionable. The area that’s against the law is the part that involves tacking control of someone elses computer without their permission, either manually or in an automated way (exploiting a vulnerability to install a trojan or bot.) Today Brian Krebs is reporting on The connection between botnets and spyware at the securityfix.
Tag: PC
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Another Dumaru variant
Sunbelt has found another keylogger in the dumaru family and has updated their free tool to scan for it and clean it up. This is the same family of trojans/keyloggers that contributed to the large ID theft discovery they made earlier in the month.
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Light Linux Desktop for older pcs?
I’ve seen a story over at Desktop linux about the release of Turbolite 2005. Which is based on Turbolinux. It’s targeted at older, refurbished hardware. They offer “all the essential functions required for a desktop PC, including a Mozilla Web browser and email client, a Flash player, and streaming multimedia capabilities.”
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Identity theft
So, you don’t click on “phishy” links, keep your pc free from spyware, only bank at secure websites, do all the good things a cautious computer user is supposed to do to keep from having your identity stolen. Your safe right? Not entirely. I just found this in the Security Fix… Verizon Wireless Fixes leaky website.
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3GB USB bootable Micro Hard drive with Ubuntu Linux
Just found a reference to this product at barrapunto.com. It’s a 3GB microdrive in a “big usb cracker”kind of form factor. (Not solid state, it does have moving parts I understand.) It comes with Ubuntu linux preinstalled with Office suite/web browser, all the trimings. It will boot on PC’s that support booting from USB. Of course any changes are saved to the micro drive itself, and no touches are made to the computer systems internal drive. It’s about 35 grams, the size of a square lighter and is selling for 135 Euros.
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Try another web browser – Mozilla Firefox
Most people use Internet Explorer for windows and why not? It’s preinstalled on every Windows PC. Well, there are a number of reasons to consider using another product. (more…)