Categories
Mozilla Spam

Bayesian Spam Filter Poisoning With RSS

Overview Bayesian Filtering is a great method for fighting spam. Unlike rule based filtering which spammers can easily adapt to with simple modifications, Bayesian adapts with the spammers changes, making it much more difficult for them to defeat the filtering. As a result it’s used in server side mail filtering as well as client side […]

Categories
Around The Web In The News

40 Years For A Malware

A teacher could get 40 years for Malware (which IMHO is nothing more than a variation of “Virus”). That sounds like a harsh sentence. Even more reason to scan your computer regularly, and keep anti-virus and anti-spyware definitions up to date, but 40 years? Yikes. For anyone interested, Sunbelt’s Blog is fantastic, and I’ve blogged […]

Categories
Around The Web Mozilla Tech (General)

Blog Marketing

I do have a business degree, so occasionally I like to discuss how tech and business collide (yes it does happen). This time it’s about blogging and business. Most corporate blogging is pretty poor. For the most part it’s slightly reworded press releases put on a blog-styled webpage. A few companies on the other hand […]

Categories
Funny Internet

Web 2.0 Start Wars Quiz

Ok, this quiz is pretty funny. Actually it’s really funny since it’s pretty hard to tell the difference between a Star Wars character name, and a Web 2.0 name. [Hat tip: Alex Eckelberry @ SunbeltBLOG]

Categories
Software

Kerio Personal Firewall Saved

Sunbelt Software bought Kerio Personal Firewall, saving it from being killed by Kerio (who is discontinuing the product at the end of the year). I’ve been using it for a few months, after using Sygate Personal Firewall for ages (which is also discontinued now that it’s owned by Symantec). I must say Kerio is much […]

Categories
Internet Software

How spyware works around Anti-Spyware: Lawyers

Bad companies trying to bully their way legally to avoid detection is unacceptable. What next? Are virus makers going to start getting lawyers and tell Symantec, and other AntiVirus companies to stop scanning and blocking their viruses? Why not? The precident this sets is just bad. IMHO Eliot Spitzer should be looking at stuff like […]