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More MMORPG Fakeouts

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2008-09-04 16:16:43 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
Here's a few more sites presumably created by the maker of the fake Batman Online game Step up, Dragonball Z Click to Enlarge To "download" this Dragonball Z MMORPG, you have to fill out a survey Click to Enlarge Once done, you'll be amazed(!) to find you're taken to....shockingly....the official Dragonball Z MMORPG game The only...
 
Tags: mmorpg, mmorpg game, game, official dragonball, dragonball, enlarge, click, popular hogwarts live, batman site
 
 
 
 
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Hunt The Dark Knight

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2008-09-04 06:24:38 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
After writing about this website yesterday (and alerting those I know involved in comics, comic forums and news portals), I woke up to see this Click to Enlarge Of course, it's too early to tell if the site has been pulled permanently - but it looks like someone realised there's no point trying to scam a community when they're already...
 
Tags: honorary vigilante badges, website yesterday, news portals, baseball bat, comic forums, post, permanently, comics, scam
 
 
 
 
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Zango And The Batman Online Videogame

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2008-09-03 11:00:00 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
This is Newsarama, a site (mostly) geared around comics and other related media Click to Enlarge You'll notice Batman, over on the right there. Let's take a closer look Free Online Batman Game"? Well, that's curious because I follow comics pretty closely and I'd be the first to know if an "Online Batman Game" had been in the works...
 
Tags: batman, batman online, batman game, online batman game, batman online game, batman adventure, batman begins videogame, batman-centric, batman-style justice
 
 
 
 
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A Costly Crush

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2008-09-02 15:24:54 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
I've seen a few blog posts over the last couple of days, with people complaining about an application on Facebook charging them crazy amounts of money. Certainly, there's a lot of angry Facebook users out there Click to Enlarge Some more complaints? Sure, I can do that There are many, many more like the above comments out there. One...
 
Tags: application, facebook application, crush application, facebook, application install, regular facebook user, crush application forums, angry facebook users, crush messages
 
 
 
 
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Epic Cash Vs Zango - Legal Action Incoming?

2008-09-01 18:58:06 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
 
...information which seems to be safe for work, but the forum it links to most definitely isn't. Just a heads up Anyway, the source of all the commotion is this scan , the contents of which read Epic Cash Files Lawsuit Against Zango and Adult Friend Finder On August 26, 2008, Epic Cash LLC filed suit against Zango, Inc. and the owners of...
 
Tags: epic cash, zango, epic cash websites, zango adware, business, unfair business practices, adult webmaster sites, prospective economic advantage, scan
 
 
 
 
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Leave Your Webcam On 24/7? Might Want To Reconsider...

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2008-09-01 15:46:09 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
It's nothing new that many hackers use programs that allow them to "spy" on their victims once they've compromised the PC (as long as they have a webcam switched on, of course). Similarly, hacking culture has always had a fascination for memes, incorporating them into part of the design of their latest DDoS tools However, the strange obsession...
 
Tags: shockmeme site, site, meme site fired, shock, shock meme websites, webcam, shock meme site, shock meme website, webcam feed
 
 
 
 
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My First Rogue Cleaner Popup Of The Month

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2008-09-01 08:24:51 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
Click to Enlarge courtesy of Secureonlinetags(dot)com, seemingly associated with popups from rogue antispyware hijacks. The feedback isn't particularly positive on Siteadvisor either, so you might want to block this domain
 
Tags: rogue antispyware hijacks, courtesy, seemingly, feedback, domain, click, siteadvisor, popups, block
 
 
 
 
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Spammers Get The Message....

2008-08-30 18:03:14 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
 
courtesy of a humorous missive here
 
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Don't Panic

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2008-08-29 17:03:16 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
Sometimes it's easy to believe that every last thing online is going to eat into your PC, burn your house down, kill your cat and so on. The last few days I'd been hearing rumblings about some "Youtube rap video" and a file that would start hijacking your PC - well, thanks to a tipoff from a forum-goer at Spywarewarrior, I can hopefully put this...
 
Tags: mediafire link, link, browser, mediafire, browser session, rap mix-tape supposedly, mix-tape, mediafire logo, browser compatible
 
 
 
 
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The Stigma Enigma, Revisited

2008-08-27 14:58:56 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
 
...security and anti-virus tools The list goes on What's sad is that I'm able to generate the most powerful and incredibly useful toolbars imaginable. Ones that can save countless hours of time and effort. Ones that can be customized on a per-user basis to make the Internet and use of ones's own computer a pleasure However, there will always be...
 
Tags: toolbars imaginable, toolbars, forcibly, install, toolbar, applications, contrast bills experiences, companies, toolbar system