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It has been recently revealed that Pokemon Yellow game, actively distributed on the Apple’s App store, is bogus. Though there were numerous notes clearly complaining about its problems and crashes, the first one who paid a closer look at this game and finally reported it for Apple was blogger Brian Ashcroft. He saw more problems with this app, not only the fact that this app was released by a third-party developer Home of Anime but not by Nintendo.

The fact that Pokemon Yellow has been app...

Recently federal authorities arrested six Estonians, who were running a virus called DNS Changer. Almost a half million computers are still infected worldwide, so it’s recommended to check your computer if it has been affected by it. Infected computers are redirected to Rove Digital domain name servers in U.S. and Europe, which were used to change user searches, redirect to malicious websites, replace advertisements, block your anti-virus/anti-spyware software and recommend fake security p...

Google Wallet is the credit card payment system that has been recently launched by Google. Based on Near Field Communication (NFC), this system is said to have some serious advantages over physical credit cards we normally use because it allows for its users pay for their purchases only by entering the pin on the phone in the store. This system is available only in the United States now. It can be used only by Samsung Nexus S 4G smartphone users and only on two wireless providers, Sprint and...

AdwareAlert is a corrupt anti-spyware application that tries to use the mistyped title of the legitimate Ad Aware anti-spyware tool in order to scam its users into paying the creators another $50. It pretends to be a legitimate spyware remover, while in reality, AdwareAlert is a complete fake that uses scare tactics (pop-ups, fake system...
Internet Defender is a rogue anti-spyware program that uses fake scan results and false security alerts as a method to make you think you are infected with malware. It's from the same family as Security Defender. The rogue pretends to scan your computer for viruses and reports fake infections. It then prompts to pay for a full version of the...

‘Watch out!’ says The Verge. According to the story published on this website, some models of Trendnet home security cameras have a security vulnerability helping for attackers to bypass password authentication and reach thousands of personal IP cameras. For that, they have simply been using a special code revealed after some closer looks at Trendnet firmware or by simply searching on the web for the pages that collect open devices.

Though people purchase such cameras believing that they...

Security Shield is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as System Tool and Security Tool. Once installed, it will supposedly scan your computer for spyware, adware, trojans and other malware. Of course, it will find numerous infections and then will prompt you to pay for a full version of Security Shield in order to remove...

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