This is the weblog of Brian Curd. A lot of it is written on the spur of the moment and any benefit you gain from it is worth exactly what you paid!
A friend recently dropped off a PC infected with some particularly nasty spyware infections. The usual SmitFraud, WinAntiVirus and Vundo stuff but this time, I couldn’t find anything that would shift it. Unfortunately, the cause was a couple of pieces of so called AntiVirus and AntiSpyware software which were in themselves carriers and propagators of [...]
Following a couple of earlier mentions of Phorm, it’s good to see an organised fightback against it. The following is taken directly from their website: “AntiPhormLite is a unique application that intelligently self surfs the internet and generates natural surfing information to confuse anyone who is spying or tracking your internet activity. It is a [...]
Some years ago, free with one of the magazines I used to receive, I was sent a free 5.25in floppy disc. It was quite a novelty at the time as floppies weren’t cheap and it was rare to have one given away. Anyhow, this particular disc was a bit special, it was titled “AIDS Information [...]
