How can I connect a system to a network and sniff for virus/spyware related traffic? I'd like to plug in a network cable, fire up an appropriate tool sand have it scan the data for any signs of problems. I don't expect this to find everything, and this is not to prevent initial infection but to help determine if there is anything tryin...
Hi All, I need to get information about the spyware installed on a client machine using WMI? is this possible? Thanks! ...
We are porting our Firefox toolbar to IE. I've heard horror stories of developers having their toolbars marked as Spyware or Adware by the various anti-Spyware companies, and then having an awful time trying to get them off the blacklists. What are the top things that we need to avoid doing so we don't run the risk of being marked as spy...
I have seen several shareware sites that feature "virus free", and "spyware free" certified logos. I am planning on marketing my software for profit, but would it be worthwhile to get some sort of certification logo on the download page for my software? A company called International Charter offers something called a "safe download" ce...
We have a single sign on implementation for a family of websites where the authentication cookie comes from the root domain (e.g. bar.com), allowing them to be logged into a child domain (e.g. foo.bar.com). The implementation is in C# using standard .net forms authentication. Unfortunately, some of our users are having their authenticat...
A lot of Android apps are open source, but how can we make sure the person who finally uploads to the Google Market does not include some spyware just before uploading? Background: Mobile apps security seems to be a growing concern, and I would like to reassure the users of my Open Source Android app. Solutions that require to modify th...
I'm building a system to control where my company's ads are placed. Amongst our concerns are potentially malicious code on the target page. Is there any library / database / system that can detect this content and is either open source or free? ~downer ...