Monthly Archives: March 2009

JZ on 60 Minutes

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

StopBadware.org co-founder Jonathan Zittrain was interviewed by CBS News’s Lesley Stahl for a 60 Minutes piece on malware that aired yesterday. Unfortunately, his segments got cut from the version that aired on TV, but you can find the videos (along … Continue reading →

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BadwareBusters.org removes beta label, launches publicly

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

StopBadware.org and Consumer Reports WebWatch are pleased to announce the full public launch of BadwareBusters.org, an online community for people looking for help removing viruses, spyware, and other malicious software from their computers. Many people have already been helped by … Continue reading →

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Anti-Spyware Coalition public meeting

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

The Anti-Spyware Coalition, of which StopBadware.org is a member, will host its 5th public workshop on May 19 in Washington, DC. The workshop will be focused around creating a chain of trust online, and how good actors can cooperate in … Continue reading →

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Where’s the badware?

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

Over at social shopping site StyleFeeder, Philip Jacob posted some stats about the geographic origins of spammy accounts. It turns out that the majority of the spam accounts created on StyleFeeder come from IP addresses in India. This reminded me … Continue reading →

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