SPAMfighter News- Geolocatiedienst Utility of Porn Sites Utilized to Identify Infected PCs’ Location
- 25 Percent of PCs within UK have Malware, Reports PandaLabs
- OpenID being Imitated in New Spam Wave
- ICS-CERT Cautions about Gas Pipeline Companies of USA being Targeted with Spear-Phishing
- Syria Conducting Cyber-espionage on Dissidents’ PCs; F-Secure
We’ve been hearing strange stories that some people actually create Facebook profiles for their cats & dogs. Let’s hold that thought and assume that your kitchen sink or your trusted computer had a Facebook profile as well. It’s not so …
From time to time we ask our SPAMfighter community some interesting questions about computer usage, the Internet, computer security, spam and other stuff we find interesting. Yes, our team does consist of a couple people with fancy degrees in behavioural …
Posted in General, Tips and Tricks
Tagged FULL-DISKfighter, SLOW-PCfighter, spamfighter, VIRUSfighter
Have you ever wondered how large the storage capacity of hard drives were in 1973, how much a single GB of hard drive storage would have cost you in the 80′s, or when floppy drives (remember those?) were first introduced …
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Tagged FULL-DISKfighter, hard drive, infographic, storage devices
SPAMfighter, after many years, has updated their home page. How did we do – is it easier to find what you are looking for now? Tell is in the comments if you think we got it right (or wrong)!
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Tagged spamfighter
CNET is probably the largest site for product reviews, downloading software and all sorts of tech news. The site Cnet.com was founded in 1994 and generates some 3.5 million downloads each day, making CNET a major player in software downloads. …
Posted in Anti-spam, General
Tagged cnet, spamfighter
RSA SecureID Tokens Compromised – after their March security breach, RSA have admitted that their SecureID tokens have been compromised; their hand forced after breaches at major defence contractors who use the technology.
Comodo has suffered a second security breach, this time via their Brazilian website, where hackers have gained access to a customer and certificate authority database. Some of this data has been published on the web.
Posted in General
Tagged Comodo, Comodo Brazil, data breach, hack
Posted in General
Tagged Hacked, hacking, Server Patching, Server Security, Sony
The Osama spam continues, this time with a Google Earth theme to see Osama’s mansion, but with the added surprise: this time you’ll be asked to pay for the usually free Google Earth. It’s a scam – don’t pay for it, you can always download Google Earth for free, direct from Google.
To all of you who have yet to purchase FULL-DISKfighter or SLOW-PCfighter, or know of a friend or family member whose PC could benefit from a cleansing, now would be a good time to check out this bundle deal brought …
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Tagged Deal, FULL-DISKfighter, SLOW-PCfighter
As part of our efforts to get the word out about SPAMfighter’s latest product, FULL-DISKfighter, we came across ComputerTooSlow.com, an independently run site which offers a wealth of tips and resources for speeding up slow PCs. Rather than just post …
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Tagged FULL-DISKfighter, FULL-DISKfighter review
Comodo affiliate RA was recently compromised, resulting in the issuing of fake SSL certificates for some major web properties. We advice patching of your Windows OS to prevent exploitation of this compromise from affecting you and your business.
Posted in General, Malware
Tagged Comodo, Compromised SSL Certificates, SSL, SSL Certificates
On Friday, March 11, 2011. Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes ever. The magnitude was enormous at 8.9 and triggered a deadly tsunami that crashed into Japan’s east coast, leaving a massive devastation – many are missing or injured and hundreds of people are dead
You probably knew it was coming and maybe you are pretty fed up with Charlie Sheen? Sorry anyway, we just had to cover this. Spammers are taking advantage of the popularity of Charlie Sheen in the tabloids, on twitter and almost everywhere. …
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