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| Securitycadets is about blogging on the latest security news and information. We also offer free help to users that are infected with malware and that need immidiate assistance |
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| Happy Birthday, Andy! |
| 2008-07-07 18:19:27 |
We’re celebrating a special birthday — Security Cadets own AndyAtHull! Please join us in extending birthday greetings in Security Cadet’s Lounge at Happy B’Day Andy!
Warmest wishes from me to you, Andy. Have a wonderful Birthday!
Corrine
Remember - “A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
May the wind sing to you and the sun rise in your [...]...
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| AntiSpyCheck - Giving you false checks! |
| 2008-06-13 17:24:31 |
Another day and another rogue! Actually this next one has been out and about for some time now. However it’s starting to be making the rounds recently.
It’s also been a time since we have blogged and brought a rogue to the attention to the general internet community. So I thought I may as well bring [...]...
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| Bad Advice from Comodo and Loss of Trust |
| 2008-05-31 13:24:30 |
How does a security vendor lose trust? It likely begins when the company CEO becomes overly defensive and posts rants such the one at the end of this post:
“You know what pisses me off the most: Its ill-informing, mis-informing doing a disservice to users, because of our own agendas!!!! I have no problem with [...]...
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| Comodo Disappointment |
| 2008-05-27 18:59:27 |
Well known Calendar of Updates has added yet another vendor to the list of discontinued updates. Comodo has joined the company of Zone Labs and Webroot of including the Ask Toolbar pre-checked for installation with Comodo Firewall 3.0.23.364. Comodo’s installation of the Ask Toolbar is under the guise of the Comodo SafeSurf toolbar.
If you are [...]...
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| WinPatrolFlash! |
| 2008-05-23 12:01:04 |
WinPatrolFlash has been released. WinPatrolFlash is a portable version of my favorite security application. For people who are frequently called upon to help family and friends, this will come in very handy.
WinPatrol Flash can run from a USB/Flash drive without having to install any WinPatrol files or settings on the system to be fixed or [...]...
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| Enigma Software Group Name Change? |
| 2008-05-22 13:46:27 |
I was bound to write about these guys again and in a sense I am glad I am! It appears that Enigma Software Group want to change name from Enigma Software Group Inc to City Loan Inc.
Pretty damn odd for a company like that to change into something different (or at least their name). What’s [...]...
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| Service Pack 3 released for Windows XP |
| 2008-05-08 14:29:51 |
A brief blog here about the release of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP.
You can find several articles online about this, however our resident blogger Corrine has an article crammed with info at her blog Security Garden:
Windows XP SP3 Released - article by Security Garden
You can also find several posts about this from around the [...]...
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| End of Birthday Raffles! Join In! |
| 2008-05-03 15:11:09 |
It has been almost a month since we turned two years old. And during that time various games and challenges were set-up in order to celebrate and enjoy the fact we turned two. What we also added was a chance to win full licences of programs.
As it’s towards the end of the period, which has [...]...
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| Announcing WinPatrol 2008 With ActiveX Control |
| 2008-04-25 16:31:04 |
Bill Pytlovany released a new version of WinPatrol which includes a great new security feature. On increasingly frequent occasions we hear of “zero-day” or unpatched vulnerabilities affecting programs with ActiveX components. In fact, the majority of all browser plug-in vulnerabilities can be attributed to Active X. With WinPatrol 2008, you can monitor and control Active [...]...
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| Another lame rogue - IE AntiVirus |
| 2008-04-25 08:08:13 |
Yet another lame attempt from the IE Defender crew. This time they’ve gone back to the old look which first kicked it all off with IE Defender.
IE AntiVirus
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These idiots, or your own choice of word, first started with IE Defender, tried their hands [...]...
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| FYI. Keep yourself updated with Zlob and associated malware |
| 2008-04-24 14:14:51 |
FYI. If you fancy keeping yourself updated with the latest Zlob and associated malware then bookmark this usefull blog;
Bharath’s Security Blog
We don’t tend to blog enough about all the details behind this type of malware when we blog about rogues. We like to simplify things in order to give a better understanding to those who [...]...
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| Malware Bell - The latest rogue application |
| 2008-04-14 14:58:31 |
It wasn’t going to take long before I would bring you yet another rogue application. Certainly nothing new when I include that the following is a clone of IE Defender and File Secure.
What it also tries to do is make sure several aspects of it’s website looks and feels like Microsoft. Their favicon is the [...]...
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| Official - We’re now two years old! |
| 2008-04-08 16:41:16 |
Yes, it really is that long!. Securitycadets.com is now two years old! Amazing isn’t it? I am pleased we have reached this milestone for many reasons. I won’t go into them as they are obvious to many of you. But to those who have supported us, helped assiting users on our forum and just been [...]...
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| This week and next … |
| 2008-04-06 14:05:32 |
… should be as fun as it has ever been at SC. Why? How?
Well, all we will reveal is to make sure you log in over the next week or so for new additions being announced, games and competitions going on. And a special day on the 8th of April 2008 as the next month [...]...
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| Coming Soon! The biggest take down we’ve done! |
| 2008-03-29 19:20:29 |
The title is making this teaser so big that you are almost expecting a result in my next blog post. The fact remains that this will take me sometime to research, however it will be awesome in it’s own right.
For now all I am going to add to this is: P2P sharing sites, and the [...]...
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| WinPatrol Plus Special Easter Discount |
| 2008-03-21 12:39:57 |
Easter greetings to all WinPatrol users! Bill Pytlovany is offering a $10.00 discount to anyone who upgrades to WinPatrol Plus this Easter weekend.
What advantages are there to WinPatrol Plus?
Complete access to the WinPatrol PLUS KnowledgebaseWithin WinPatrol, click the “PLUS Info…” button and connect to the WinPatrol online database for information on the program in [...]...
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| New Rogue - Awola 6.0 Anti-Spyware |
| 2008-03-17 13:25:10 |
New day and a new rogue, Awola 6.0 Anti-Spyware.
And just in case you get the impression we only report the odd rogues, because there are only the odd rogues. Then you will be wrong as many rogues get created and go live months after initial work. This can then add to dozens of rogues [...]...
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| Are C-NetMedia havin’ a laugh? |
| 2008-03-14 09:15:52 |
Rember me blogging about SPYwareREMOVER? Well, now, after several weeks since that article, we have a someone posting replies about this in our forum.
Going by the tag: chris_2squared, just Google and you will get my drift!
Discover all the laughs about this and visit the relevent topic this is happening at!...
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| AVG/Grisoft going into the “toolbar” game? Answer - Yes! |
| 2008-03-01 17:09:33 |
You know, this is getting tiresom. These last few months we’ve seen several respectable security programs and some non-respectable take the route into including toolbars with their products. We’ve seen Lavasoft in discussions with Ask.com, Webroot’s SpySweeper including a toolbar and then ZoneLabs doing the same aswell (although some are not the full toolbar, but [...]...
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| SPYwareREMOVER - Another Rogue Anti-Spyware |
| 2008-02-28 14:35:12 |
Whilst I have the opportunity to blog and catch up on things, I’d thought I’d update you on a new rogue anti-spyware roaming about on the net.
Called SPYwareRemover, this rogue displays a fake alert message and downloads, then instalsl the rogue. Their website also states several key words which can cause confusion and fool computer [...]...
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| Under redevelopment! |
| 2008-02-18 16:11:46 |
Just a brief notice, like the one in the top box above. We’re carrying out site redevelopment all over our website. From the blog (this page) to the forum.
As you can see, it’s all gone Green-Tong. It won’t stay green. We’re currently deciding, as a community, what is best to go for. Go take a [...]...
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| Valentine’s Day? More like “Headache Day”! |
| 2008-02-14 16:06:03 |
OK, yesterday evening someone contacted us about something which concerned them. Especially yesterday of all days, valentine’s day, where a lot of money was to be earned.
… I want you to remember that before you move on. As it will play a part later on …
I will be focusing on 123greetings.com. This site is known [...]...
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| “Valentines’ Day” Storm Trojan - Beware! |
| 2008-02-11 10:33:10 |
As with every holiday and occasion in the world, guys behind malware will always create something to fool you with. Playing on emotions you could say.
The next malware to be careful about is a “Valentines’ Day” Storm Trojan. A variant of the Storm Worms. Security Cadets reader and author of WinPatrol, Bill Pytlovany, goes into [...]...
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| A rogue on heat - VirusHeat |
| 2008-02-08 09:25:18 |
First time in a long time that we have directly posted about a rogue. In fact it was over a month ago.
Today we will be highlighting a rogue called VirusHeat. And as you can figure from the screenshot below. This one is a variant/clone/sister of VirusProtect, VirusProtectPro and many more. No surprises there.
The details on [...]...
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| Introducing Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware |
| 2008-02-03 14:32:33 |
It’s been a long time since I last blogged about something useful. I’ve just been snowed under with several projects and training. However I wanted to pause all of that to introduce to you a new product out there in the security world. One I have had the pleasure to test and see grow.
Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
What [...]...
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| I haven’t vanished! Honest! |
| 2008-01-24 14:28:09 |
If you’re all wondering where I’ve got too or why I haven’t posted recently. Well I have been very busy with offline projects. One of which I cannot go into.
One project I can go into was to do with Burstwick United. Our village was on high flood alert these last seven days and that took [...]...
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| Report Rogue Anti-Spyware - Forum Opened |
| 2008-01-09 08:37:49 |
New year and new additions. We, here at SecurityCadets, have opened another forum. After lengthy discussions between our own staff you can now report potential rogue anti-spyware in our forum.
The world of malware is changing day by day and the hunger for money by rogue organisations is increasing. Rogue software is part of the internet [...]...
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| Will Nugache be bigger than Storm? |
| 2008-01-08 10:07:08 |
Experts are starting to believe Nugache will be more of a threat than the Storm worms!
“The infamous Storm worm may be perceived as the world’s most dangerous botnet, but security experts say a worm called Nugache could be more of a threat…hackers…gave Nugache a facelift, copying many of the successful attributes of Storm, such as [...]...
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| New Rogue AntiSpyware - Files Secure |
| 2007-12-30 11:08:51 |
It’s that time again when a new rogue antispyware appears. Many different variants get released daily, however we’re focusing on the Zlob varient.
The following rogue is a variant from the IE Defender, AntiSpy Pro rogues. The ones that acted like fools and still do.
The one I am bringing to light is called Files Secure.
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| Once I am back home … |
| 2007-12-28 06:55:11 |
… I’ll be kicking butt again!
I did say a week or so ago that I posted my last article for the year. However whilst I have been on holiday, several items have come to light which I will be going into once I am back from holiday. Probably near Sunday evening this weekend.
I may be [...]...
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| That’s it folks for me this year! |
| 2007-12-20 14:16:25 |
It’s that time again where we all stuff our face with some festive food and sit and watch re-runs of old Christmas movies.
I will be going away this Christmas into mainland Europe and spend some time with family. Last time we spent Christmas away from home was a few years ago when I just started [...]...
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| €1m fine for spyware purveyors - DollerRevenue included |
| 2007-12-19 08:38:15 |
How about this. DollerRevenue get fined by a Dutch regulator:
Telecoms watchdog OPTA has fined three Dutch firms and their two directors a total of €1m for the illegal distribution of spyware.It is the first time OPTA has imposed fines for spreading malicious Trojans, and has been called “one of the biggest cases of illegal software [...]...
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| Hack and Scream - Chopped Bruce Lee Style! |
| 2007-12-14 10:09:18 |
Ever since Chris Boyd reported about a site that pushed hackers, phishers and spammers, plus crackers, we have seen a strong fight from the kids behind them.
One of the individuals is called Helgi, if you do not know already. And he ran a forum that saw many posts with cracks, hacks and spamming tools.
Chris Boyd [...]...
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| Hackers, their hosts and a whole bunch of suckers get pawned! |
| 2007-12-10 16:35:24 |
Remember the whole story about a bad bad internet being in young hands? Those young hands being 12 to 13 year olds who hack, phish and play with keyloggers like it’s out of fashion!
Well today they got pawned! So much that it could go down as the best thing of 2007. The best example what [...]...
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| Hatton ONE - Mayweather NIL |
| 2007-12-07 18:08:56 |
I thought the following was quite amusing ahead of the big fight this Saturday the 8th of December between Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather.
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Is this a sign for the fight? Probably not, yet it brought a smile to my face. I wish Ricky Hatton all the best tomorrow and I hope he brinks [...]...
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| One rogue slamdunked, here is it’s sister - AntiSpy Pro |
| 2007-12-04 14:38:46 |
You know, ever since I reported about the guys behind IEDefender here and here. And about the main program itself, they have tried to knock us down on a somewhat large, but lame scale. By that I mean, an attempted DDoS.
A few weeks later and these kids have come out with a sister version to [...]...
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| Remember me telling you that the net is very very bad? |
| 2007-12-03 13:48:06 |
You know, the one where I probably went over-the-top, telling you we are doomed! Well our friend PaperGhost has a follow up:
Rise Up With Fists, Strike Down With Vengeance - Go read - It’s fun! Then chat with us about it in our forums....
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