Privacy center is quite annoying piece of rogue anti-spyware programs because it uses multiple trojans for spreading around. The problem is, most of single removers fail to remove all versions of these Trojans now, as it is stated in comments of these Privacy Center removal tips. Thus an infection might Read more…
Voting is quite basic element of any site that claims to be social. This is a basic tool to get opinion of visitors on topics and works as viral marketing too. However, sooner or later your visitors will question if your script is secure enough to avoid fake voting bots. Read more…
Conficker (latest one is Conficker.C) is one of the few malwares nowdays that bring something new in the market that relies on new names and new skins only. The thing distinguishing it from crowd is unique registry modification scheme that makes its removal difficult for comon spyware removers. The trick used Read more…
It looks like Spyware Guard 2009 manufacturers have drained last bits of money from their former scam and produced a new “racer” – Malware Defender 2009. The design is almost the same, even system control center fake alert looks about same too. If the similar look would not be enough, Read more…
Today was eventfull day. While launching a new version of 2-viruses.com I found a security breach, affecting WP 2.x, at least versions 2.0 and 2.1. They partially (at least) work at wordpress 2.7 as well. Apparently, it is possible to 1) add an user to wordpress 2) change it status Read more…
On request on commenter, I have taken a look in Elgg platform. We are developing separate inhouse platform now, but it is always nice to look at different code and see whats made correctly and what can we question. Let’s see how this Elgg does and compares to others. The Read more…
For 4 years I work on some image heavy projects. I started clueless. Now, when I look at first works they are not so good, though I have seen far worse implementations of such sites. Such sites have quite a lot common bottlenecks that can be solved using some of Read more…
This post is not about my experience as freelancer, although I do freelance now and then. This post is about my experience consulting companies about their web projects and seeing what they got from freelancers and smallish companies. Here are some of the main problems:
So, you lost your domain. Maybe due to credit card fail during renewal, maybe the mail address of domain got hacked. Or maybe you lost a case on domain to competition. Happened to our rivals once. After lots of screaming and slapping yourself the question comes what to do next. Read more…
Spyware Guard 2008 fake alerts made a lot of action in the last weeks of 2008. This rogue is especially nasty due the fact, that it tries blocking legitimate websites that distribute proper spyware removers. I have warn and warn computer users again not to believe “Windows” popups that suggest downloading Read more…