Sad News: Donna of COU has passed way

Donna Buenaventura, co-founder of Calendar of Updates, has recently passed away:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/donna/archive/2012/02/08/announcement-in-memory-of-donna-buenaventura.aspx

Lates News & Info July 4 Edition

Follw TeMerc On Twitter
McAfee false-positive glitch fells PCs worldwide
COMODO Sneaks in Ask Search w\Thier Own Toolbar=BS
Internet most popular information source: poll
A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part 22
Trojans Total Half of BitDefender’s Top 10 E-Threats for Jun
China Remains a Spam Haven Thanks To Indifferent ISPs
malwaredomainslist.com - The rogues love MDL!
CONGRATS TO MYSTERY FCM!! New MVP
ESET - June ThreatSense Report
Chinese security company shares huge malware database
Monthly Site Stats [UPDATED-July 1, 2009]
Rogues: Barracuda Antivirus[July 1]

TeMerc Awarded MS-MVP For Fourth Year

TeMerc Awarded MS-MVP Status 4th Year In A Row

Latest News & Info From The Forums-Oct 1

Latest Security & News Info

• LinkedIn Spam Making Rounds
• Does ICANN Do All It Can?
• Researchers Warn On TCP/IP Weakness
• Estdomains Moved!
• It's National Cyber Security Awareness Month
• Google News Being Used To Redirect To Malware
• WinPatrol Developer Awarded MS MVP

Weekend Links June 16

• Sandi joins Truste
• AVG\LinkScanner Tech Buggers Web Stats
• Latest SmitFraud\Zlob\Rogue Variants Here [June 15]
• New 'super-paper' is stronger than cast iron

TeMerc Re-Awarded MVP Status

TeMerc Re-Awarded MVP Status For 3rd Year

Forum News Round Up - Feb 6

• Latest Security & News Info Feb 6
  Fake MS Update Site
  
• Recent Forum Discussions Feb 6
  Trouble Accessing TeMerc Pages?
  Post Pic Of Your Workstation
  Online Predators Prefer IM & Chat Rooms
  BUSTED: Pharmacy Gang In Sweden Shut Down

Weekly Round Up

As I was away for most of the week, I'll give a little round up of what's been posted since my return.

Another Fake MS Email Update Alert

As usual, don't click these emails, you're likely to need a visit to our Extraction Forums

Why We Click On Spam

A bit of research into the hows and whys of the social engineering tricks spammer use.

Another Storm On The Net

Latest variants of the Storm worm have resurfaced and are filing inboxes over the Net.

iPhone Hype = Malware Ripoffs

It didn't take long for first iPhone scam site\malware to surface.

Cybergangs Duke It Out On Net

Rival gangs expend time on eachother, which could be good for us.

Matrix Needs An Adjustment Perhaps?

Net traffic has spiked in some parts of the world with no exact cause pinned down as yet.

Zango & Value Click In The News Today

As it's turning out, ValueClick has given me reason to make an entire thread dedicated to their recent activities with rogues. It will be updated as news warrants. Just today there are two items posted by MS MVP Mike Burgess on his Hosts News. You can read about those here

And in Zango news, they recently filed a lawsuit against PCTools. But upon further investigation by Sunbelt researchers, it appears that all is not as clear and concise as Zango would have you believe. What a shocker, huh? More on that here