Monthly Archives: September 2008

Washington State takes on “scareware”

Kudos to the attorney general’s office in Washington State for taking on Registry Cleaner XP, which the AG’s office describes as "scareware." From the press release: The Attorney General’s Office filed its latest case today in King County Superior Court … Continue reading

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Mozilla joins StopBadware!

We’re pleased to announce that Mozilla, the organization that brought you Firefox, Thunderbird, and other free & open source applications, is now a sponsor of StopBadware.org. We worked  with members of the Mozilla team during the development of Firefox 3′s … Continue reading

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MSE360 uses our name in vain

In a press release announcing a new privately-funded search engine, MSE360 claims to use data from us to protect its users in its press release: MSE360 also uses the StopBadware.org API to provide warnings to users when they are about … Continue reading

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Directi, KnujOn, HostExploit to work together

I recently blogged about two reports related to business practices of web-related companies. One of those companies, Directi, was the direct target of the KnujOn report and was mentioned in Jart Armin’s report, as well. I blogged about Directi’s response … Continue reading

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Directi challenges KnujOn’s findings

A few days ago, I mentioned a report by KnujOn regarding the Directi Group. Directi e-mailed us today to state their side of the story: Directi is not linked with any of the activities described in that report and Knujon, … Continue reading

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FTC updates OnGuardOnline.gov

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has upgraded the content on its public information (about online safety) website, OnGuardOnline.gov: Since its launch in September 2005, more than 8.5 million visitors have learned about computer security at OnGuardOnline.gov and AlertaEnLinea.gov, its Spanish-language … Continue reading

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