It has recently been discovered that email scams are on the increase again. The general public needs to be aware of the risks involved and need to know what to do in order to not become a victim. There are many different types of email scams going around the internet but the most common are [...]
03.9.10 | Computer News | admin
For approximately an hour on Saturday morning, Google listed every site on the Internet as malware.
It took a couple of hours after the initial problem was solved to find out who was actually to blame – Google or a nonprofit known as StopBadware.org.
TechCrunch and CNET reported around 7 a.m. PST that every site found via [...]
02.11.09 | Computer News | admin
An internet tycoon made billion of dollars building an online gambling empire has agreed to forfeit $300m after pleading guilty to violating the US Wire Act. This tycoon developed “a growing awareness of the illegality” of offering online poker and other games of chance to residents of the US.
The company stopped accepting wagers from people [...]
01.3.09 | Computer News | admin
Safety tips for opening applications
Always be careful when opening files that come from unknown persons i.e. e-mail attachments, instant messaging file transfers and other files you may have downloaded from the Internet. This is because a downloaded file might have a name or icon that makes it appear to be a document or media file, [...]
12.29.08 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
There does seem a need to pursue some legal reforms to protect home and perhaps small business computer and especially Internet users (perhaps even cell phone users, too) from “frightening” legal exposures. Consumers, as we know, face sudden civil liability exposure if they illegally download copyrighted materials, especially songs and movies. Most of the exposure [...]
12.23.08 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
You don‘t need to be a computer programmer or have special skills to monitor someone‘s computer and Internet activities. There are many ways to monitor with programs like Spyware, keystroke loggers and hacking tools. Deleting or clearing all the“footprints“ of your computer or online activities is not possible. E-mailing and Instant/Text Messaging (IM) are not [...]
12.21.08 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
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