This is a guest post by Nickolay Lamm.
Scammers target platforms, such as Windows, which are used by a lot of people. The popularity of Facebook has encouraged scammers to take efforts to the social network. Here are 7 ways to make sure that they don’t get to you…
Use Apps that You Can Trust
Facebook apps that promise some sort of “trick” (Who Viewed Your… Continue reading
This is a Guest Post by Holly Miller from Coupon Croc
Anyone who hasn’t heard the phrase, ‘Internet scam’ is probably a brand new Internet user. From email scams to ‘business opportunity’ scams to account hack attempts called phishing, scams to run the gamut. There are even scams that present themselves as from the director of the FBI, other security services or international bankers. To avoid… Continue reading
Are you a Justin Bieber fan who uses Facebook?
There’s a Facebook scam going around. The post’s title reads, “TMZ Reports Justin Bieber Punched Selena Gomez IN THE LIP!!”
When you click on the wall post, you are taken to a page supposedly containing the video of the punching scene. If you click on the play button, instead of the video, you will “Like” the page… Continue reading
There are sites that offer free downloads of PSP games for a small one time fee or a membership. Don’t fall prey to these scam sites. They claim it’s legal, but you should know that’s not possible.
At best, they give you the CFWs that I talked about on my Hacking PSP article… Continue reading. With most of the sites, you’ll be in an endless loop of
Ah, the shopping season is here… again. Some of you probably already started your shopping spree. Hope everything’s going smooth.
I wrote this article last year, and decided to update some of the information here. You can see last year’s Holiday article here… Continue reading.
Surveying over 1,600 individuals, Webroot found the number of consumers planning to buy gifts online this season increased 46 percent from two
Today, I was logged into Live (formerly MSN) Messenger when I got a message from an old friend. I haven’t talked to him in years. I didn’t even remember who he was for a minute. Here’s the conversation:
(5:57:28 PM) D: hey r you there?
(6:00:19 PM) K: yes.
(6:01:32 PM) K: What’s up?
(6:01:42 PM) D: i just took an IQ quiz
(6:02:49 PM) K:… Continue reading
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