Websites are proving to be resistant to scamming due to a new text system.



Named Captchas (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart), it has been designed by using text from old books and documents rather than the typical obscured words and characters. The words supplied are those the software cannot read but humans can, helping to complete the conversion of old texts to digital form.


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Posted by Justin Payton in Adware, Spyware and Trojans at 14:33

Software that hijacks the computer clipboard is being used to sell fake security software.



Security firms are warning about the weblink that is stored in the clipboard and is hard to delete. It has been found in flash-based adverts seen on legitimate websites and has been attacking clipboards on both Windows and Macs via the Firefox web browser.


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Posted by Justin Payton in Adware, Spyware and Trojans at 08:33

By: Vasanth Sridharan

Earlier this month Facebook said it was working to protect its users from phishing scams that tried to lure people to malicious Web sites. Now the scams have reappeared.

But from what we can tell, Facebook appears to be delivering on its promise: You may be getting unpleasant spam and viruses in your inbox or on your wall, but Facebook will do its best to make sure that stuff can't hurt you.

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Comment:Once again we can thank our lucky stars that someone is looking for out for us.

Posted by Justin Payton in Virus & AntiVirus News at 17:15

Study measures scale of scamming and other web worries.

US consumer watchdog body Consumer Reports have released their annual 'State of the Net' study, finding a noticeable decline in malware and spam issues, but still significant amounts of money lost to malware and phishing, estimated at $8.5 billion over a two-year period.


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Comment: This is just another reason to always make sure that you never give out personal information (i.e., bank information, passwords, social security numbers, etc.) via email. Just imagine what the US could have done with $8.5 billion over a two year period.

Posted by Justin Payton in Adware, Spyware and Trojans at 15:00