Okay, I am going to do a bit of ranting today. I won’t be talking about unethical politicians (aren’t they all) or annoying TV commercials. I’m here to tell you about a growing trend among software manufacturers – deceiving the consumer into installing software that was not wanted. This is something that [...] Read more »
It’s kind of hard to believe, but a LOT of people are still falling victim to scam emails, also known as phishing emails. When “phishing” is spelled that way, it just means that there is a scammer looking to grab some personal information in order to steal your identity and your money. There [...] Read more »
You have probably heard about the malicious software programs that suddenly pop up a window and tell you that you have 97 severe threats on your computer and you need to take action to get rid of them. You close the window, and it just opens up again a few seconds later. Sometimes lots [...] Read more »
Yorkie lovers around the country (and even some in the Caribbean) were excited recently at the possibility of getting not one but TWO Yorkshire Terrier puppies at no cost – free to a good home. Since these puppies can commonly sell for as much as $1500 each (or more), that’s an amazing offer…if it [...] Read more »
This past week was interesting. Several hundred people got my new guide to computer security, and one of my friends emailed me asking about what appeared to be a scam email that he received. I confirmed to him that it was indeed a scam, and thought it would be good to mention it here. [...] Read more »
You have a good antivirus program that is updated, you have Malwarebytes that is running all the time in the background, you don’t go to websites that are considered “bad neighborhoods”…so how in the world does spyware get planted in your computer? I recently saw a good example of how it happens. This [...] Read more »
Many people these days use Facebook (myself included). On this social site, it’s easy to get a little more “relaxed” about what information we put in our status updates, bio information, etc. After all, it’s only seen by our Facebook friends that we authorize, right? Let’s step back and rethink that. This week [...] Read more »
Check your Sunday paper today for the Best Buy insert. You remember Best Buy, right? They’re the ones with the Geek Squad – that crack team of computer repair technicians that everyone just raves about. Well, maybe “raving” is not exactly the right word. I’ve written about them before. Anyway, in today’s paper [...] Read more »
From: Kenneth Tucker (cohesion7@gmail.com): Hello, How are you? I’m Kenneth Tucker, The Computer Analyst of John Holts Associate Minnesota, we need to know if you are capable of repairing computers in large volumes, the organisation distributed few computers to a missionary home in Lefkosa, Cyprus, and there objectives was to hold a free computer [...] Read more »
You have probably seen this guy’s ad on television and in print: As you can see, he is offering his course(s) to teach you how to use a PC – and it’s free! What could be a better deal than that? Well, it turns out that the Video Professor is a scam. [...] Read more »
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