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Specialized hackers known as "SEO gods" can use search-engine optimization techniques to get their malware-riddled Web sites on the first page of Google results, in order to lure the unwary.

Today, CIO means being more than a competent manager of IT. It should mean Lord of Process, and we should grasp that title and run with it.

It's IT Blogwatch: in which we ponder the risks of downloading random shareware. Not to mention a spooky Japanese viral...

Dustin Brooks worries:

I was looking for a way to back up my gmail account to a local drive. I've accumulated a mass of important information that I would rather not lose. During my search I came across G-Archiver, I figured what the heck I'll give it a try ... What I came across was quite shocking ... I noticed that every time a user adds their account to the program to back up their data, it sends and email with their username and password to his personal email box! Having just entered my own information I became concerned...

You'd think Target.com must dislike blind people by the way it's fighting to keep its Web site inaccessible to the visually impaired

What happens when a mysterious Web firm wants to run ads on your blog? Things get funky fast. Here's what happened to me when I got such an offer from a company called Linkstar.

Remember "punch the monkey"?

It was kind of funny, at first. It was the year 2000, Internet advertising was just starting to move away from banners and other print-based concepts, and a silly, animated, flash-based game was a novel attraction for many people. I punched the stupid monkey, had a few yuks with my colleagues about the fact that I always "won" even if I missed, and then moved on.

What's the harm in running a few spammy text links on your site? Plenty. And getting blacklisted by Google is just the beginning.