Entries from Earthling - EarthLink blog tagged with 'Malware'
Security Center Beta Launches
The new EarthLink Security Center rolls out as a beta release today. Its goal is to provide a complete and trustworthy set of content, tools, and software to help you stay on top of your internet security needs. It should be a satisfying destination for learning, tips, troubleshooting, and solutions. In addition to hearing your thoughts overall, the team would love feedback on some specific elements of the Security Center.
Protection Control Center 2.0 and Attack Shield Sneak Preview
Last I checked in on Security Product Manager Ben Kaplan, he was inviting large amounts of viruses and spyware into his computer. He and his team are preparing to release the new version 2.0 of EarthLink's Protection Control Center in the next couple of months, which will feature a new technology called Attack Shield. Attack Shield represents a new approach to fighting malware, that sniffs out potential threats as they are happening to your computer, and stops them from doing any damage. I interviewed Ben via e-mail to find out about how it works and what's new in PCC 2.0.
How To Clean Up And Report A Yapbrowser Drive-by
But what if, for whatever reason, you found your computer on the receiving end of something like what Yapbrowser did? It would be frustrating enough to have a piece of software hijack your web browser, but what if in so doing it also started delivering something illegal like child pornography? I spoke to EarthLink protection software Product Managers Ben Kaplan and Liza Barry-Kessler about this, and they've provided some tips for what to do if such a thing happens to you, and how best to avoid a browser hijacking in the first place.
Yapbrowser Reps To Have A Sit-down With Wayne Porter
Last week I wrote about Yapbrower, a piece of adware/malware that sent any requests made in the search bar to pornographic sites instead of any type of legitimate search results. Wayne Porter at Revenews has announced that the Yapbrower folks have accepted his challenge to a structured discussion to take place on his blog. Porter has offered to help with translation so that language barriers between Russian and English don't cloud the issues. Watch the Revenews blog for more on this. I'm going to e-mail Wayne Porter to find out when he expects it to take place.
Yapbrowser Malware Hijacks Address Bar
There's a bad piece of adware/malware called Yapbrowser making the rounds. Once installed, it redirects URL's to child porn sites.
Most Malware Problems Are Worth Fixing
We need great minds working on "some cases" - but we need great minds and great solutions for "most cases" too. It's not nearly as glamorous to solve crippling but fixable problems as it is to find the next cure for the next cutting-edge virus, but who gets into the spyware removal business for the glamour?
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