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Fake e-Bay Toolbar

August 20, 2008

Avert Labs reports a new fake toolbar you should be aware of. Upon execution the file .exe displays the eBay toolbar EULA and the installation interface. But, there is a hidden agent which silently opens TCP port 3389 and creates a new account, ”eBayMember”, with Administrator privileges. The account’s login screen is hidden so you [...]

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Zango layoffs

June 22, 2008

Previous Certifiedbug: Zango now John Cook, Seattle PI Sources say that two executives have also departed, including Executive Vice President of Corporate Development York Baur and Chief Technology Officer Ken Smith. Smith, who co-founded the company in 1999, is the brother of Chief Executive Keith Smith. A Zango spokesman declined to comment on the departures. [...]

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Comodo SafeSurf Toolbar-ASK Toolbar

May 27, 2008

Comodo Firewall 3.0.23.364 offers the SafeSurf toolbar. Hmmm STEP 8: Install Comodo SafeSurf Browser Toolbar The Comodo SafeSurf Toolbar protects against data theft, computer crashes and system damage by preventing most types of Buffer Overflow attacks. This type of attack occurs when a malicious program or script deliberately sends more data to a target applications [...]

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Trillian Multiple Vulnerabilities

May 23, 2008

Securia reports highly critical vulnerabilities in Trillian the popular instant messaging client. Description: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Trillian, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system. 1) A boundary error within the header parsing code for the MSN protocol can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via [...]

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ASK Approaches WinPatrol

January 18, 2008

The sales pitch to include a toolbar with WinPatrol was compelling. I’m told that the my reputation wouldn’t be affected and I would be providing my customers with a service by including the free toolbar. All the companies currently installing the toolbar are very happy. He even leaked the news that another well known Anti-Spyware [...]

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Another vendor bundles ASK

January 1, 2008

This time STOPzilla which was a 11.73MB download, 25.17MB install. STOPzilla uses the ASK search engine. On performing a search the results page promoted the ASK toolbar, which I chose not to install. The less toolbars the better. I uninstalled STOPzilla from Add/Remove, the only event being a questionnaire popping up asking for feedback. Source: [...]

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InterActiveCorp/Ask Toolbars, what you need to know

October 16, 2006

Suzi Turner interviewed Ben Edelman who has posted a new article where he presents and critiques the current installation and operation practices of certain toolbars provided by InterActiveCorp/Ask. Both writeups make for an interesting and informative read; Ben Edelman’s article has screenshots as well as a video made on October 15, 2006 showing a non-consensual [...]

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Conflict of interest at StopBadware?

September 11, 2006

Bill Pytlovany Winpatrol has written an article “Who is behind StopBadware.Org?” He was asked by a company called IAC Interactive to review WinPatrol’s PLUS descriptions of programs associated with their MyWebSearch toolbar. Snips from the article which you can find in its entirety here The biggest surprise was when I checked out the management at [...]

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