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Are Hackers Suffering with the Bad Economy?
One of the absurdities that is circulating the Internet is that even hackers are suffering in this economy. With the tough economic situation, supposedly hackers are having more competition. This is just one of the theories to explain why there is a steady increase in malware and criminal activity such as phishing and identity theft.
Whether it is a natural disaster or the death of a celebrity, hackers / criminals are almost always 'first responders'. They are ready to exploit the situation. For example, you may find email that supposedly gives you the latest news about a tragic situation that just occurred. The news story itself may have happened but that email is dangerous. It could carry malware.
The email is just one venue. Are you on Facebook? Have you joined Twitter? These are just some of the examples of social media where people are sharing and clicking on links. If you are on Twitter and have a good number of followers, there are links posted every minute. It would be so easy for a hacker to play the social network and drop some malicious link there. And it will happen more and more often.
YouTube is being exploited. There is a spam campaign on YouTube. Reports say that the this spam does not contain malware. However, it may be a matter of time before slick malware infections find its way onto this popular video site.
This should be frightening to you. These criminals want to exploit you and your computer. You may think you are careful enough. However, no one can be vigilant 100% of the time. There are drive-by downloads that can install things on your machine without your even having to click a link. This is the type of incidence that calls for an excellent security regime on your computer.
You should have an Anti-Virus, a Firewall and at least one Anti-Spyware program running at all times. It is foolish to be online without security protection. For an Anti-Spyware program, we are recommending SUPERAntiSpyware. We have an excellent deal for you that offers real time protection:
SUPERAntiSpyware has Real-Time Blocking of threats! Prevent potentially harmful software from installing or re-installing! First Chance Prevention examines over 50 critical points of your system each time your system starts up and shuts down to eliminate threats before they have a chance to infect and infiltrate your system.
The program offers much, much more and you can read about it at the links provided. This program is being offered at a special rate for our readers. There is a ten dollar ($10.00) saving, until October 15, 2009.
This is a program that is highly recommended within the security community. People who work on these pages use it and recommend it, too. We use it. We need it and so do you. SUPERAntiSpyware will detect and remove Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, Hijackers, Rootkits and many other types of threats. This program is easy to use and it is effective. If you have any problems with SUPERAntiSpyware , let us know. We will tell the founder / director of the company and have any problems addressed. Nick Skrepetos is well known in the security community and he stands behind his products. And if you need this program in large numbers, let us know. We will see if we can help with pricing for your company.
You may be wondering why we are recommending security programs when there are programs that are available for free. There is an old adage: 'you pay for what you get'. SUPERAntiSpyware has been doing internet security for years. It is excellent. It works. It protects our machine and has for years. That's why we recommend it.
Whether it is a natural disaster or the death of a celebrity, hackers / criminals are almost always 'first responders'. They are ready to exploit the situation. For example, you may find email that supposedly gives you the latest news about a tragic situation that just occurred. The news story itself may have happened but that email is dangerous. It could carry malware.
The email is just one venue. Are you on Facebook? Have you joined Twitter? These are just some of the examples of social media where people are sharing and clicking on links. If you are on Twitter and have a good number of followers, there are links posted every minute. It would be so easy for a hacker to play the social network and drop some malicious link there. And it will happen more and more often.
YouTube is being exploited. There is a spam campaign on YouTube. Reports say that the this spam does not contain malware. However, it may be a matter of time before slick malware infections find its way onto this popular video site.
This should be frightening to you. These criminals want to exploit you and your computer. You may think you are careful enough. However, no one can be vigilant 100% of the time. There are drive-by downloads that can install things on your machine without your even having to click a link. This is the type of incidence that calls for an excellent security regime on your computer.
You should have an Anti-Virus, a Firewall and at least one Anti-Spyware program running at all times. It is foolish to be online without security protection. For an Anti-Spyware program, we are recommending SUPERAntiSpyware. We have an excellent deal for you that offers real time protection:
SUPERAntiSpyware has Real-Time Blocking of threats! Prevent potentially harmful software from installing or re-installing! First Chance Prevention examines over 50 critical points of your system each time your system starts up and shuts down to eliminate threats before they have a chance to infect and infiltrate your system.
The program offers much, much more and you can read about it at the links provided. This program is being offered at a special rate for our readers. There is a ten dollar ($10.00) saving, until October 15, 2009.
This is a program that is highly recommended within the security community. People who work on these pages use it and recommend it, too. We use it. We need it and so do you. SUPERAntiSpyware will detect and remove Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, Hijackers, Rootkits and many other types of threats. This program is easy to use and it is effective. If you have any problems with SUPERAntiSpyware , let us know. We will tell the founder / director of the company and have any problems addressed. Nick Skrepetos is well known in the security community and he stands behind his products. And if you need this program in large numbers, let us know. We will see if we can help with pricing for your company.
You may be wondering why we are recommending security programs when there are programs that are available for free. There is an old adage: 'you pay for what you get'. SUPERAntiSpyware has been doing internet security for years. It is excellent. It works. It protects our machine and has for years. That's why we recommend it.
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Permalink Reply by JT on -
I have SUPERAntiSpyware on all of my machines.
I had ny Mom purchase SUPERAntiSpyware for her new Vista 64 Bit Quad machine. She lives with my Sister and her family. So, she shares the machine with my Sister's kids.
I had a problem configuring it to Startup Automatically on all of the User's Profiles. I sent in a Technical Support question to them and they stated that they are working on a 64 Bit version of their application right now and the problem did reside in the 64 Bit realm.
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Permalink Reply by Gary Bing on -
It truly doesn't matter in the total scheme of things Maybe that is just that. "The total scheme of things."
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Permalink Reply by Gary Bing on
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Good! I hope. And they deserve it. But I know better. Screw you .What exists that prevents me from screwing up my profile? Tell me this/otherwise. Now, what are you just going to do about it? Tell me. I'm all ears.
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Permalink Reply by Bret Spector on -
I totally recommend SuperAntiSpyware. It's great. That's all that I can say about it. It gets rid of everything; viruses, rootkits, worms, trojans...whatever, just like Chris said.
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Permalink Reply by Mikux on -
Wow guys...seriously?! Now before I dive into my rant here, let me just say that SuperAntiSpyware is a great program, and it is well worth the price tag. However some of the things said here in this discussion had me wanting to slam my head against the wall.
Grouping the term "hackers" and associating it with "criminals" is a pretty broad generalization, and a bit unfair don't you think?
I don't think I'd be going out on a limb if I were to say that well over 50% of the members here at Geeks, have at one point or another, used an exploit, or "hack".
Whether it's something as mainstreamed as jailbreaking your iPhone or iTouch, unlocking your smart phone to recognize other networks, or turning to the ever growing community of software crackers and pirated software communities to try and save a few bucks on software.
Or if you really want to nitpick, you could argue that many music downloaders, whether it's coming via torrent trackers, or a network like Gnutella, have all exposed themselves to the benefits of hacking and exploiting by downloading music that could very well have been stripped of it's DRM.
Now I'm not saying I condone pirating software, in fact I don't. I won't sit here and lie to everyone and say I've never pirated a piece of software, but I've always felt that if the software works, and it's a good piece of software; go out and show your support to the developers by legally obtaining it.
Now however yes, while cracking software, and applying patches to unlock demoed software is illegal, I'm not about to jump to the conclusion that the people behind the scenes, the ones working on finding these exploits, the ones spending months at a time trying to crack a piece of software, are criminals per se. Is it in bad taste, absolutely. Are they looking to do this as a means to harm and infect other computers? More often than not, no. But what they are doing is bringing these flaws and exploits to the attention of the developers, which can only help lead to improvements in a product.
Phishing, the development of Malware, Worms, Loggers, yes they are for the most part developed by groups, and individuals who label themselves as hackers. But they are more or less the red headed step child of most hacker communities, and they are a far cry from the majority of programmers in the very much active hacking and exploiting community.
Okay, well now I'm just ranting on, but to be so quick to label all hackers as criminals, is simply ignorant. And is certainly no less ignorant then the users who don't take the necessary precautions to protect themselves from malicious software.
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Permalink Reply by Gary Bing on
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Most people download their music for free. I guess I'm not most people. I believe that you don't work for free so what makes you think the artist should. I was in a restaurant and my friend drew a drawing of the restaurant on the back of a place mat. The owner remarked that their were other things she would like. I said you should ask her, he did and as usual it's the same old no agreement on price. When we left he he left the placemat. I said Aren't you going to take it with you." He said it has no value."I said yes it does." and I took up the tip I left, gave it to him and wrote across it "This is your tip--artists need to be paid just like you." Charlie MacPhee died over a decade ago. A mutual friend of mine said she didn't know he was gay because he died of AIDS. I told her he was not gay and not all people who died of AIDS are necessarily gay. He told me he had AIDS before he died and I knew he had it. I said you don't have to tell me but he did anyway it was because he used IV drugs and got it that way.I knew that all along but he asked me to promise not to tell. Well I now have broken that promise, but I know he wouldn't mind this little memorial to him.
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Permalink Reply by Terrorbyte on -
I thought you were gonna make a genuine point, but then it kinda trailed off into promotion...
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