http://swoofware.com/blog It's only work if somebody makes you do it Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:01:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been monitoring my traffic a fair amount over the past few weeks since I first published XP Antivirus 2008 and Antivirus 2009 are evil!. It looks like things were starting to taper off a little but has jumped up this week and in checking my Google Analytics Traffic Sources, ... http://swoofware.com/blog/2008/07/23/antivirus-xp-2008-and-avxp2008com/ If you have been infected with the Antivirus 2009 spyware/malware, I'm sure that you have noticed that all of the links point to microsoft.browserprotectioncenter.com. Hopefully you haven't visited the site and/or purchased their spamware/spyware/malware solution. So for the curious out there, here are some screen shots of what you would ... http://swoofware.com/blog/2008/07/08/antivirus-2009-and-browserprotectioncentercom/ Scott Hanselman has a new post that caught my eye: Back to Basics - Do namespace using directives affect Assembly Loading? In that post he points to an interesting StyleCop rule that caused him to do a double-take: SA1200: Using Directives Must Be Placed Within Namespace. According to the ... http://swoofware.com/blog/2008/07/07/c-using-directive/ During this whole ordeal with my Dad's Antivirus 2009 issues, a question that came up a couple of times that I didn't have an answer to was "How come I need an anti-virus application and an anti-spyware application?" I'm vaguely aware of the history of each and how they evolved ... http://swoofware.com/blog/2008/07/06/what-is-the-difference-between-a-computer-virus-and-spyware/ Despite my best efforts in XP Antivirus 2008 and Antivirus 2009 are evil! and XP Antivirus 2008 and Antivirus 2009 - Round 2 it appears that there might still be some residual infection on my Dad's computer: Last evening preparatory to shut down, that blue screen ... http://swoofware.com/blog/2008/07/05/removing-antivirus-2009-round-3/