You’ve received an email. You may or may not know the sender, but it seems friendly and innocent enough. So you open it, and there is an attachment. You open the attachment, and find it is nothing terribly interesting or important, so you delete it.
Unfortunately, you’ve also installed spyware software on your computer, and […]
Spyware Reference and Study Guide by Gregory Evans is a great first step in researching spyware, and contains a CD that gives Power Point presentations on how to identify and remove spyware infections on your computer.
PC Magazine Fighting Spyware, Viruses, and Malware by Ed Tittel is a magazine-style format, based on the popular PC […]
You can avoid – or at least lower your risk of – infecting your computer with spyware by doing a few simple things. The first thing to do is update your browser and operating system software – the patches will close any loopholes spyware might take advantage of. Use a respected anti-spyware programme, run […]
Sometimes, you’re surfing the net and an offer too good to be true pops up. Free screen savers! Computer running too slow? Let us check it for you – click here! Free music downloads! When you click the pop up and start downloading a program=, you could be allowing an unwanted application into your […]
Spyware is when someone surreptitiously installs software on your computer, usually without you knowing about it, and therefore without your consent. It can get into your computer as a result of a virus, or when you download and install new software.
It gathers information and forwards it to another party, or sometimes controls your […]
Malware. An odd sounding word created to lump all malicious software programs, including viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, and other malevolent codes into one cause-your-computer-serious-hurt category.
In 2005, Computer Economics released a report on malware. The good news was that for the first time since 2002, the total worldwide financial losses […]
Spam. Nobody likes it. Nobody wants it. No, we aren’t talking about the canned meat, but those unsolicited, unwanted, irrelevant, or even inappropriate messages that hit our email in mass quantities. While most mailboxes have some type of spam filtering software built into their system, they never seem to do […]
Below are five important rules to follow to protect yourself from spam. These simple practicies can help prevent spam. How prevalent is Spam? According to Scott McAdams, OMA Public Affairs and Communications Department (www.oma.org):
“Studies show unsolicited or “junk” e-mail, known as spam, accounts for roughly half of all e-mail messages received. Although […]
One of the biggest threats everyone faces who likes to surf the net is viruses. The nasty little programs can actually cause irreparable damage to your computer. Having a method of checking whether your computer is affected is important. If you don’t have virus software installed on your desktop or laptop computer, you can […]
Spyware Beware
Spyware and Adware are not only an ever increasing nuisance for computer users everywhere, but also a booming industry. According to Webroot Software, Inc., the distribution of online advertisements through spyware and adware has become a $2 billion industry.
The aggressive advertising and spying tactics demonstrated by some of these […]