Avast! made me do a double-take this morning on my PC and now DrawSomething made me do a double-take on my phone. The popular pictionary-like game for smartphones, recently acquired by Zynga, sent out a notification through the game that only showed 'OCTOMOM' 'BABYMAMA' and 'TEENMOM' before getting truncated on my phone. It looked exactly like the message I see when somebody … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Adobe Flash Player receives security update today
Adobe has published a security bulletin regarding today's update to Adobe Flash Player. The exploit is reportedly being used in the wild, targeting Flash Player in Internet Explorer on Windows. The attack comes through a malicious file attached to an email. … [Read more...]
Avast Antivirus shows malware-looking popup to win a MacBook Air
Avast! antivirus has already managed to anger some of its users in the wee hours this morning. The culprit? They sent a popup notification to Avast! users through the program informing them of their chances to "Win a MacBook Air!", a contest Avast! is legitimately putting on to promote their Avast! free antivirus for Mac being now available. (photo credit: @Grisha) … [Read more...]
Fighting trackback spam on your WordPress site
Changing servers, monitoring the logs, and changing configurations recently, I seemed to find a spam campaign that began targeting my website. One interesting clue was that my site's top keyword in Google WebMaster Tools was 'pingback' while before the top keywords were 'tech' and 'support'. In recent months I had installed Disqus to stop spam comments but as this campaign was … [Read more...]
How to check for DNSChanger malware infection and fix it
The DNSChanger malware has an interesting history. The FBI, who took down the cybercriminal ring, is running a campaign to get the word out to users that they need to fix their computers before July or they may lose access to the Internet. At one point, as many as 4 million computers around the world may have been infected with the malware. … [Read more...]