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orbasoft.com spammer

by certifiedbug on June 14, 2009

in Software

Spammer Beatrice registered to comment my blog 13 times in a row urging a purchase of Orbasoft Antispyware.

Spammer is Alda123 here Stop Forum Spam and here http://www.botscout.com/ipcheck.htm?ip=59.98.206.238

Examples,

Orbasoft Antispyware was the answer to my computer bug problems and it was certainly worth every penny I spent to have this great antispyware to protect my PC. Not only does it work great but it cost less than many of the other scans available.

When you are searching for antispyware there is one that you can always depend on, it’s called Orbasoft Antispyware. The antispyware solution from Orbasoft can provide you with a scan that can find and clear your computer of all the same bugs that the more expensive scans can a much lower price. You can’t beat that, keep your computer running great for less. Visit their site at…


etc

I tried the free trial version on a virtual machine.

The first update did not complete. The second attempt was successful, ran a scan. Both the short and the long one produced the same results.

Any security program can and does produce false positives but this program flagged way too many items as “threats”.

Meanwhile AntiVir detected a bad file I had saved.

Web Of Trust (WOT) scorecard: http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/orbasoft.com
Comments at Site Advisor. http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/orbasoft.com/

Bottom line, no spam please.

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2008 No. 2503 (C. 107)
Criminal Law, England And Wales
Criminal Law, Northern Ireland
The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2008

Security researcher Clive Feather has published excerpts of the Computer Misuse Act highlighting the amendments.

Among other changes, denial of service attacks, (Ddos) carry a maximum penalty of up to ten years behind bars, small wonder the updated CMA is controversial. Spyblog has a critique here.

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Microsoft and Washington State’s lawsuits reveal ’scareware’ defendants

September 29, 2008

Fright Fight: Washington Attorney General leading battle against scareware with Microsoft
SEATTLE – Attorney General Rob McKenna stood at the frontlines with Microsoft Corp. in the war against spyware in 2006. Now armed with tougher legislation, the state’s top law enforcement officer, with the world’s largest software company, is charging forward with new lawsuits targeting scareware [...]

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Spybot-S&D 1.6 Released

July 9, 2008

From Patrick Kolla, developer of Spybot Search and Destroy.
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html
Time for an update! To keep up with the latest threats, and solve some issues and feature requests users had, we’re proud to announce Spybot-S&D version 1.6. Some of the features include:
Improved Scan Speed
Reported a few weeks ago as one of the big issues users face, Spybot-S&D [...]

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Spybot-S&D Release, first beta of 1.6

June 5, 2008

From Patrick Kolla, developer of Spybot Search and Destroy.
Scanning a bit faster… first beta of 1.6 available!
Eight years ago, Spybot-S&D originally started off as a very fast anti-spyware scanner, detecting some 30 small things, and you could watch it finish in under a minute.
Today, a full scan applies more than 600,000 tests, and you can [...]

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