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Google Adsense Serving Up Malware?

Stephen Cronin — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:51:47 +0000

Tonight I was browsing the Internet, when my virus software notified me of a potential threat from openstat.ws. None of the websites open in Firefox had a link to this site in the source. After some investigation, it appears that the potentially malicious site is called by Google Adsense.

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Password Protecting The Wp-admin Folder

Stephen Cronin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:42:11 +0000

I recently listened to the WordPress Podcast – Episode 44. Although it’s a couple of months old now, it was quite interesting and one issue really caught my ~~eye~~ ear: the security related question for Matt Mullenweg at around 1:13:30 of the podcast.

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BullGuard Resolves Customer Service Issue

Stephen Cronin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:09:40 +0000

In a recent post, I talked about poor customer service from BullGuard, the anti-virus software company. A relative of mine paid for their subscription to be renewed, but the money was lost and their protection was disabled.

I’m pleased to say that BullGuard have now resolved the situation satisfactorily and my relative is now happily using BullGuard once again. … [visit site to read more]

BullGuard – What A Load Of Bull!

Stephen Cronin — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:45:35 +0000

In my last post I wrote about comment spam. Today, I’m writing about BullGuard, the anti-virus / spam software. Unfortunately, I’m not writing about BullGuard because of their software – I’m writing about them because one of my relatives lost their money when he tried to renew his subscription. … [visit site to read more]