Daily Bookmarks 01/17/2007
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Vista Firewall Isn't Quite What It Seems
Published by Technology Monster.| The XP version could block incoming attacks, but the Vista edition watches traffic both in and out of your system, which can help stop malicious programs from stealing data or spewing spam e-mails." In fact, Vista's firewall can monitor and selectively block both inbound and outbound network connections. Strangely, the firewall control panel, part of the Windows Security Center, does not let you set up outbound filtering. |
Latest McDonald's Giveaway Prize: Spyware
Published Monday, October 16, 2006 by Technology Monster.| McDonald's Japan came up with what it certainly thought was a great promotion recently: print a code on its soft-drink cups, then get users to send in a text message with it to see if they'd won one of 10,000 MP3 players pre-loaded with 10 free songs. But not only were the MP3 players some junky-looking McDonald's-branded model, but they came with an added bonus: spyware. McDonald's Japan has apologized and set up a hotline for affected consumers to call. |
Here, Take My Wallet, Just Don't Phish Me
Published Tuesday, October 10, 2006 by Technology Monster.| A new survey in the UK says people there are more concerned about online crime than some physical crimes like burglary and mugging. This has more implications than people not wanting to deal with spam or spyware, as the survey says that one in four people won't bank online because of security concerns, a fifth won't shop online, and one in six won't go online at all. |
You're Better Off Just Assuming You're Not Safe Online
Published Wednesday, September 27, 2006 by Technology Monster.| However, the latest bit of research points out that privacy policy or not, people have no clue if a site is going to spam them if they give it their email info. They simply assume that the site will (at some point) spam them, whether or not they promise not to. It's just not worth the bother to figure out what a site is actually going to do with your info... especially since it's likely that they'll change their policy at some point in the future and you won't be able to do a damn thing about it. |
FTC Appears To Disagree With Zango On The Legitimacy Of Spyware
Published Saturday, September 09, 2006 by Technology Monster.| While Zango cast yesterday's announcement that a class-action suit against it had been dismissed as a validation of its spyware-driven business model, the lack of any stated reason why the lawsuit got tossed -- plus the fact that people don't really trust spyware vendors, let alone ones that get caught doing dirty tricks -- didn't make that interpretation very convincing. |
Zango Wins Lawsuit, Dismisses Users Who Can't Uninstall Its App As 'Background Noise'
Published Friday, September 08, 2006 by Technology Monster.| Adware firm Zango, which recently changed its name from 180solutions is doing a bit of gloating today after a court dismissed the class action lawsuit that was filed against the company a year ago. It's not clear from Zango's announcement (yes, they announced it) why this case was thrown out -- but it's pretty clear that there's something in their software that pisses off an awful lot of people who have it and have no idea how they got it. |
Adware Vendor Tries To Dance Around Sneaky MySpace Installs
Published Thursday, July 13, 2006 by Technology Monster.| It did give users a popup, but as the original security researcher noted, it wasn't clear that the popup was from Zango rather than MySpace -- and many users would just click it to see the video, not realizing they would be installing adware in the process. First of all, it's amazing that they would make him out to be part of the problem, when all he did was point out to them what their own employee had done. |
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- Vista Firewall Isn't Quite What It Seems
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- Here, Take My Wallet, Just Don't Phish Me
- You're Better Off Just Assuming You're Not Safe Online
- FTC Appears To Disagree With Zango On The Legitimacy Of Spyware
- Zango Wins Lawsuit, Dismisses Users Who Can't Uninstall Its App As 'Background Noise'
- Adware Vendor Tries To Dance Around Sneaky MySpace Installs
- Spyware Wants To Be Your Friend On MySpace
- Direct Revenue Spyware Infected Company's Own Investors