Don't Look for Porn on YouTube

The main reason you shouldn't look for porn on YouTube, is that there isn't any. YouTube is applying some very strict censorship on material uploaded to its site, and even if a boob or two manage to sneak through the censoring net, you can be sure it will be quickly removed. If you are looking for free porn, you might wanna try some Porn 2.0 Sites.

That aside, PandaLabs blog reports that many porn-related comments on YouTube lead to a fake porn site, named "PornTube 2.0". This site's sole purpose is to install malware on your computer. If you click anything on the site, it will prompt you to download a fake Adobe Flash plugin, which is an installer for a malware called "Adware/Privacy Center". This malware is basically another fake Anti-Virus/Anti Spyware program, which you don't really want on your PC.

So - don't copy-paste any porn links from YouTube. They won't get you any porn - just a messed up computer.

All in One: Anti-Malware Toolkit

Here is a program that automatically downloads all of the needed programs to help you clean your computer and have them running at peak performance again.

It's called Anti-Malware Toolkit, and it organizes all your security and cleanup needs in one program. As you may well know, these days it's not enough to protect your computer with just anti-virus. You need a firewall, history cleaner, registry cleaner and more. Anti-Malware Toolkit helps you download everything you need, and keep track of it all.

>> Download Anti-Malware Toolkit here

Officepoltergeist: And Here I thought Back Orifice was Dead

The 90s were a lot of fun. All you needed to entertain yourself was a bit of viciousness, a stupid co-worker and a piece of genius-software that was called Back Orifice.

Back Orifice (and its many take-offs) was designed for remote system administration. It enables a user to control a computer running Windows from a remote location. In plain words - you install it on a person's computer and you can drive them NUTS by making their PC pop up weird error messages, open their CD tray, spy on them and even shut down their computer.

Very quickly, the anti-virus industry categorized Back Orifice as malware and added it to their quarantine lists. In other words, it will be very hard to install Back Orifice on a regular computer these days.

It appears that all hop is not lost for the script kiddies. They can try Officepoltergeist. This open-source software "allows you to take limited control of another person's computer", but the makers claim it's not Spyware, and that it "does not allow remote users to read data or execute potentially harmful commands".

OfficePoltergeist sets up a small server running on the victim's machine. The program, which hides in memory while it runs, waits silently for a connection on port 666. Any proper firewall should be able to prevent its use, but hey - not everybody uses a firewall!

Downloads:

OfficePoltergeist Controller - controls the poltergeist

OfficePoltergeist Server - runs on the victim's machine

mem86control.exe - same as above, only named something clever to evade detection

Have fun, you evil bastards :)

Malware Warning: Shareaza isn't Shareaza!

Torrentfreak published an amazing story. Apparently, the domain Shareaza.com, formerly home of the hugely popular p2p client, has been hijacked.

If you go to Shareaza.com now, you'll see the design has changed (although they stole some of the original graphics) but there is still a program for download. DO NOT download this software, as it is not Shareaza anymore. If you click on any on the links in the new, fake site, you'll see that they are actually leading to Shareazaweb.com - a known scam site.

According to Torrentfreak, "the software on offer from the hijacked site although labeled wShareazaV4.exe', is not Shareaza at all but likely a clone of the new malware infested iMesh/Bearshare client and should not be downloaded under any circumstances. Once installed, the software wants to install a search bar and make contact with a central server. Unlike Shareaza - which is abslutely free and has a reputation for being non-profit and shunning involvement with money - the hijackers are touting a subscription based product".

If you want to download the REAL Shareaza, get it from here.

This is not the first time that Shareaza has encountered problems. You can read about it in the Torrentfreak article. I hope they find a solution for the problem and recover their site. Good luck, guys. Your program rocks.

The Ultimate Anti-Virus and Security List

The good people of Mashable have composed a very through list of anti-virus, anti-spyware and security tools.

There are many good security tools out there - a lot of them are free. I personally use:

• AVG free as an anti-virus.
• Kerio as a firewall (no, the windows firewall isn't enough).
• Spybot and Hijackthis as anti-spyware. Seems like Spybot has gotten "tired" over the years. Hijackthis is only for those of you who know what they are doing, by the way.
  
• AVG Rootkit removal - for the one (and hopefully the last) time I got hit by a scary rootkit.
• Regmon - for when the shit really hits the fan, and there are no other programs who can help me. Kids, don't try this at home!