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Security Quest #9 – OSX.RSPlug.A Brings Macs Mainstream

November 7, 2007

There was news last week of a piece of malware targeting OS X. It’s called OSX.RSPlug.A (a.k.a. DNSChanger) and it’s a trojan distributed through porn sites (no puns). A lot was made of the fact that this *could* redirect browsers to malicious websites, such as phishing sites.
The only real news here was that OS X [...]

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Security Quest #1a: Introduction and Catching Up

September 11, 2007

I’ve been running another site called the Spam Chronicles which was last updated after Patch Tuesday in August. I’ve accepted that I don’t have time to keep both sites up to date. So, long story short – I’ll stop even thinking about updating the Spam Chronicles and will instead incorporate the new content here when [...]

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Windows Defender Leaves Beta

December 10, 2006

Windows Defender, Microsoft’s anti-spyware utility, has been updated, left beta and had it’s production release. It remains free. The Windows Defender beta software running on my PC notified me of the updated version. When I clicked on the link to download it just brought me to Microsoft’s Windows Defender web page. When clicking on the [...]

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