Archive for November, 2008
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Understanding Your Operating System
I often talk about the programs and methods you need to use to protect your computer on the Internet. But underlying all this is your trusty operating system that actually runs your stuff. When we say you have Windows XP or Vista, that is the operating system or OS. If you have a Mac, your [...]
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
Spam – Here We Go Again
Last week we talked about how that big email spammer in California, McColo, was finally shut down. Spam levels immediately dropped sharply, plunging as much as 75% in the days following the shutdown. This occurred because some of the world’s biggest spammers were running spam-sending botnets using McColo’s servers. Now the junk mail flood is [...]
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone
To all my American friends and visitors, a happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Let’s especially give thanks to all our soldiers who are in harm’s way, protecting our freedom and democracy. Thanks for dropping by! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fmypcsecurityblog.com%2F485%2Fhappy-thanksgiving-everyone%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Happy+Thanksgiving+Everyone’; addthis_pub = ”; Share and Enjoy:
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Avoid Malicious Sites With This Trick
Here’s a short note on something I’ve been meaning to mention for a while. AVG antivirus is one of the programs I recommend in my book. It is free. The current version, 8.0, comes with a great feature called Safe Search. When you do a search at a major search engine, each result is scanned [...]
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Your Internet Security and Safety
Why are there so many viruses, trojans, worms, phishing s cams, ID thefts and other junk on the Internet? How did we get to the point where most email is unsolicited spam? Well, the short answer is people still open unsolicited email and fall for those phishing scams. So the hackers and spammers keep right [...]
