Browser extensions are spying on you

The internet exploded Friday with the news that Google Chrome extensions are being sold and injected with adware. But the little-known and much more important fact is that your extensions are spying on you and selling your browsing history to shady corporations. HTG investigates.
How-To Geek

Sneaky Scumbag Adware vendors

Adware vendors buy Chrome Extensions to send ad- and malware-filled:
updates:http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/01/malware-vendors-buy-chrome-extensions-to-send-adware-filled-updates/

temerc.com temp down

Due to an issue with my credit card, the site hosting was not renewed.

Last July my home was robbed and I canceled all our credit cards so this didn't get renewed as it should have.

Also would have helped had they added some type of notice to the subject line instead of leaving it like the one I get every single day regarding resources.

I'm trying to get in touch with them to get it paid up.

Need to check them more closely I suppose. Sorry about that.

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

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware v1.70 Released

Announced here

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.70
Direct Download Link

Alternatively, you may also click the Check for Updates button on the Update tab of the software.

New Features:
1. New program logo and icons
2. Heuristics for 0-day exploit detection now implemented in protection module for PRO version
3. Threats detected by the protection module are now quarantined automatically by default
4. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware now shows Windows 8 START screen notifications
5. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware now identified in scan logs, registry and About tab
6. More Tools tab enhanced with tons of new content and more to come in the future
7. Option to allow a threat to run temporarily (Allow Temporarily) added to filesystem protection prompts
8. Option to add a detected item to the Ignore List (Allow Always) added to filesystem protection prompts

Improvements:
1. Heuristics for detecting new and unknown threats improved
2. Scanner efficiency improved
3. Microsoft Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10 now identified correctly in scan logs
4. Help file updated to include information on new features
5. Better compatibility with many other security products in realtime

Avast-iYogi Poor support or scam?

Brian Krebs on Security investigates, be sure to check the comments:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/03/aghast-at-avasts-iyogi-support/

New Rogue: Windows Functionality Checker

Courtesy of S!Ri.URZ
http://www.temerc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3443624#p3443624

New Rogue: EveryClear

New rogue uncovered by Malwarebytes research team:
http://www.temerc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3443620#p3443620

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

New Rogue-PC Speed

New rogue courtesy of Malwarebytes Research team:
http://www.temerc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3443584#p3443584

New Spam-Just Open It to Get infected

Drive-By Spam Infects Those Who Open Email -- No Attachment

New Rogue: Com-doumi

Malwarebytes' Research team uncovers new rogue:
TeMerc Latest Rogues

Three New Rogues

Courtesy of  S!Ri.URZ Blog

http://www.temerc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3443537#p3443537

Latest Rogue January 20

Courtesy of S!Ri.URZ Blog, Multirogue 2012



http://www.temerc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3443535#p3443535

Russians BUSTED

Russian Father and Son Face Fraud Charges in US

McAfee Bug Helps Spammers

McAfee software lets scammers hijack PCs to send spam

New Rogue: Security Defender

Courtesy of  S!Ri.URZ Blog

http://www.temerc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3443527#p3443527

Telephony scams: Your machine told them it was infected? Really?

From Steven @ HPHosts:
It's been a while since I've written anything here, and as I'm taking a break from work, I thought I'd write something, in case you'd forgotten either about this site, or the scammy folks in Kolkata.

http://mysteryfcm.co.uk/?mode=Articles&date=18-01-2012

Ut....ohhh

Internet Overuse Could Cause Structural Drain Bamage [STUDY]

I'm back......

This blog should begin seeing more activity beginning this weekend.