IAC\ASK Unwanted ineffective(except to make them $$$)Toolbar Installation Practices

From Ben Edleman, a full accounting of what IAC\ASK does to get a toolbar installed. Any toolbar they can make up. Some are a real stretch and plenty of them target kids

And goodness knows the results of having any of these is actually a lesser quality of search results, not to mention all kinds of intrusive system changes, all designed to make IAC\ASK a ton of money

IAC Toolbars and Traffic Arbitrage in 2013

Ton of News Links

Long time no blog. Sorry folks, will try to get more posted more frequently
Rogues:BlockDefense & AVCare[Aug. 29]
Zango using fake codec to install
Jessica Biel most 'dangerous' celeb in cyberspace
Botnet traffic bounds back 90% within 48 hrs of ISP shutdown
The Internet After Dark (Part 1)
57,000 Web sites Compromised in Mass Attack,
Eastern European Cyber Criminals Target U.S. Businesses
A study of the Ilomo / Clampi botnet
Laptop Delivery Note Contains Malware
Induc Virus Turns Delphi Compiler into Attack Tool
July 2009 Malicious Links: 14 Hotspots
Symantec identifies 'Dirtiest Web Sites of Summer'
DNS 'Blacklist' Unveiled
comScore: Google users search more, very loyal
Most malware dies within 24 hours
"Domain tasters" bitter as new fees put an end to their game
Yet more blackhat SEO from the Internet Service Team and ...
Freeze.com/screensaver.com/shameful-pictures.com
Spam Fools 55K Idiots Per Month
Gumblar Botnet Reawakens and Starts Pumping Out Spam
File Under: No....REALLY? And this is new news why?

Lates News & Info Aug 1st

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McAfee Q2 Report: All Bout Botnets & Spam
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Trojans Total Half of BitDefender’s Top 10 E-Threats for Jul
Spam Volumes Shoot Up 141%
Massive, Sophisticated Trojan Targeting Top Businesses
Microsoft to open stores in Arizona, California, two retail
REALLY? Fake A-V On Rise- DUH
New attack resurrects previously patched security bugs
YaHoo!, LiveJournal & Google Groups Abused by Spammers
A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part 23

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New Blogspot Trickery?

This last weekend I was perusing the Blogspot domain for fake\rogue pages which re-direct users to fake scans to get malware installed. Or to try and goad users into purchasing fake security software, which in and of itself is also malware.

As I was tracking the sites, which btw is easy as pie if you know what to look for, I noticed a new trick they use. Instead of either having a pop up box which just slides down the page as you scroll or have you click a link to generate a pop up, they have the page load and if you click anywhere on the page, a new instance of IE starts up, at a fake scan page. No matter where on the page you place your mouse, if you click, that's what happens.

I'm having a look at how this is done and will provide more on that as I get the info.

I'm not coder by any strecth, so I need to talkk to someone who is.

New Template= Zero Hits...WTF??

Ever since I changed the temlate on this blog, as of Oct 21, give or take, this blogs hits have tanked literally to zero, according to Google Analytics.

Yet, my referrer logs indicate blogspot domain links as the most linked from by far, which it has always been. How is this possible?

Maybe something I need to change in settings for analytics? Somethings out of friggin wahack here for sure.

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