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
Websense Security reports that 95 per cent of user-generated comments on blogs and forums are spam or malicious.
Summarizing some of the numbers:
233% growth in the number of malicious sites in the last six months and 671% growth in the number of malicious sites during the last year.
In the first half of 2009, 77% of Web sites with malicious code are legitimate sites that… Continue reading
Wow, today is a busy day. So many news and threats to alert you about.
I decided to combine today’s stories on computer security to this one post so I don’t bombard you, RSS subscribers, with too many articles. Okay, let’s get started with the first news.
Internet More Dangerous than Ever, Report Say
… Continue reading According to Anti Phishing Working Group, the number of fake antivirus programs
µTorrent is the most popular Bit Torrent client at the moment. Consequently, there are those who use its name to exploit uninformed users.
Watch out for:
www.utorrent.pro – malicious website as detected by Avast! anti-virus.
Check out the newly compiled SCAM LIST for more.
µTorrent is free, so don’t pay for it.
Download the latest version (choose one of the mirrors below):
FileHippo.com
uTorrent.com… Continue reading
Few tips
Internet scammers are out to get you with Michael Jackson’s unseen pictures and videos. If you’ve received an email offering Michael Jackson’s never-released music or video, it likely has a virus or a worm attached to it. Of course you don’t really get any secret footage or sound.
…proliferation of Michael Jackson-related scams and malware is greater than the Independence Day-related Internet scams…
Computer security experts… Continue reading
Problem:
HDD free space continues to decrease until there is none left. Usually occurs when connected to the internet, and the internet activity light on the router or modem will flash when there is no known internet activity. If these symptoms match yours, then follow along.
Solution:
First, check whether you have any spyware / virus by running various anti-spyware and anti-virus softwares with up-to-date definitions… Continue reading
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