The TPT marketplace will always be a target for viruses and malware. It’s a game of cat-and-mouse.
Initially, Team TPT asked affected TPT sellers to use Virus Total to scan their products. However, some people in the TPT Seller community were outraged by this “sketchy” company.
This lesson looks deeper into TPT virus threats and Virus Total.
What anti-virus or anti-malware software do you use on your computer?
Mini Lesson I: TPT Virus Threats and Virus Total (21 min 46 sec)
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Click here to see Mini Lesson I (slideshow and video)
TPT Seller Update – Email Newsletter #2 Tue Jan 17, 2023 (0 min 32 sec)
Thank you TPT Seller Active Citizens for speaking up (5 min 40 sec)
| Thank you TPT Seller Active Citizens for speaking up about your concerns | 0:00:48 |
| TPT Seller Active Citizenship – fill out the surveys (i.e. Fri Jan 13, 2023) | 0:01:36 |
| Bad Reviews give us Actionable Intelligence (if we’re listening) | 0:03:16 |
Bad Actors vs TPT (7 min 38 sec)
| Bad Actors (Security Threats) | 0:00:37 |
| Case Study dealing with problems transparently and publicly: Last Pass Security Breach | 0:01:31 |
| TPT Virus Incident (January 2023) | 0:01:43 |
| Using SEMRUSH to look at some Bad Actors on TPT | 0:01:28 |
| Active Citizenship: Manually reporting bad actors to TPT | 0:02:19 |
Virus Total perception (2 min 54 sec)
| Virus Total – some TPT sellers were upset | 0:01:25 |
| Why is Virus Total’s Terms of Service “sketchy”? | 0:00:37 |
| Microsoft Defender / Windows 10 Privacy Policy | 0:00:52 |
TPT Seller Update – Email Newsletter #2 Tue Jan 17, 2023 (1 min 02 sec)
| TPT CEO backtracks and says impacted sellers no longer have to use Virus Total | 0:02:20 |
| TPT Terms of Service | 0:01:15 |
| Which anti-virus software do you use? | 0:00:19 |
| The problem with using only one anti-virus scanner | 0:01:08 |