SPYWARE PENALTIES: The Senate unanimously approved legislation that would prohibit the distribution of spyware onto a computer without the user's knowledge. The bill goes to the House.

Original: zwire.com article.

Posted by Greg Hewitt-Long in Adware, Spyware and Trojans at 10:53

By Suzi Turner

According to Direct Revenue's new CEO, Jean Philippe Maheu, the company is ending the use of third party affiliates to distribute their software. From the press release:

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 27, 2005–Direct Revenue, a leading provider of desktop advertising and behavioral marketing services, announces that it has ended the use of third-party affiliate networks to distribute its software. Direct Revenue now distributes its adware client exclusively through its own promotion of free advertising-supported software and a set of distribution partners with which it has direct relationships.

Posted by Greg Hewitt-Long in Adware, Spyware and Trojans at 10:50

By Allen Parsons

A computer virus to me is no longer simply a modern technological complication, occasionally reported dispassionately in the Star-News. For the paper Thursday, it became a painful, real-life infection.

That’s because a new viral strain mysteriously insinuated itself onto the Star-News’ computer network during the crucial nighttime hours of production, when the paper is being readied for press. First, the virus brought the paper’s computer system to a screeching halt. Then it kept swooning computers from doing their job properly.
Though newspapers still run on presses the way they have for generations, virtually all work leading up to making plates for the press nowadays occurs in networked computers. When those computers fail to output data, a press run becomes impossible.

Repeated attempt's to disinfect the computer network failed. The virus – a rogue program that took control of the paper’s computer system – kept reinstalling itself and shutting down the system. So the paper’s technology staff shifted its attention to finding a work-around, like doctors bypassing a blocked cardiac artery. The computer gurus eventually found a path to extract needed data, but the virus wouldn’t let all of it go.

Posted by Greg Hewitt-Long in Virus & AntiVirus News at 07:42

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