Entries from Earthling - EarthLink blog tagged with 'virus'
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.
The Spyware Doctor Is In
This morning, from over my cube wall, I heard "hey, what's a site I can go to where it's guaranteed that I'll get drive-by downloads and spyware on my computer?" And "Would it be ok if I totally jacked up your computer?" I'm nosy. I had to know what was going on.
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?
Security And Protection Round-up
- Instant Messaging and Peer-to-peer Security Incidents On The Rise - According to a recent analysis by FaceTme.com, reported IM and Peer-to-peer incidents rose by a factor of 100 from 2004 to 2005.
- Cryzip Virus Demands Ransom - Here's a new one. Researchers have discovered instances of a new computer virus that locks up your files, and then asks you to deposit money into an online payment account to get them back. Cryzip is believed to be part of a batch of e-mail spam.
- Security-enabled Blogging For Kids - Few details are available yet, but a company called Industrious Kid is working on a blogging tool they say will have "easy-to-use access to the necessary insight and controls related to the communications and content development activities of their children."
- Digital Rights Management Shortens Battery Life - All of the extra encoding and checking that portable mp3 players do to make sure you own some of the music you play can reduce the life of your battery by as much as 25%. Yahoo Executive Dave Goldberg suggested recently that maybe the music industry should think about getting rid of Digital Rights Management completely. Would anyone complain?
Friendly Virus Reminder - Nyxem Comes Alive On February 3
Atlanta EarthLinker Travis Metcalf reminds us that there's a sleeping computer virus, Nyxem, that will become active on February 3rd. It's not known how many Windows-based computers are infected with Nyxem, but estimates suggest it may lay dormant on anywhere...
My Promiscuous Cellphone
Not an hour after touching down in Las Vegas, I came in to contact with my very first social disease. It was the Cabir worm, a cellphone virus transmitted through a bluetooth wireless connection to my phone. This was a first for me.
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