I believe Malware or Annoyanceware come from many places. Ads on Google and other sites, especially free software, games, coupon and music sites. Avoid Coupon sites, I think the printing services they install on your PC boarder on Malware and track your activity and influence your web
How to clear iPhone Email Badge of Huge Incorrect Unread Gmail Email Count after iOS 7, 8 & 9 Updates
1) Go to full site for Gmail on a computer and click on the gear in the upper right. Go to settings and select 100 conversations per page (this is the max). 2) type in the following in the Gmail search field “is:unread” (without the quotes). 3)
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FBI: ‘Ransomware’ virus infecting computers, seizing data
This FBI Virus is like the Energizer Bunny, it keeps going and going and going …. Beware it’s still out there! – JoeSAN ANTONIO – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning computer users about a specific type of computer virus known as “Ransomware” thatﾠ…
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‘Ramsonware’ targeting smartphones
Just like a computer virus, ransomwear can invade your smartphone if you click on a bad link or download an infected file. This scam has beenﾠ… Click here to visit the original source of this post
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Biz Bulletin: Be smart with smartphonesto avoid scams
PCMatic.com and MyCleanPC.com Truth Test
I am going to finally take one of my test PCs, load it up with viruses and other malware and Windows problems and buy PCMatic and MyCleanPC services to see what they really do. My clients have told me they’re nothing but scams, but I want to prove it to myself once and for all. They certainly have marketing dollars, because I see their commercials all the time. Look for a complete write-up in the near future. -Joe
LiveLeak.com – How To Down Load A Computer Virus.
This video is right on, it is pretty easy to get a virus if you download and open “FREE STUFF”, from a website that you are not sure about. I think you can even get a virus from clicking on an Ad on a reputable site like Facebook or Google. They police their Ads, but they may miss one. I have especially seen it with Ads on Free Software sites and new sites.
A simple way that I check out a site is to us Alexa Traffic Rank extension in my Chrome browser. It gives you the World and US Ranking and how many sites are linked in. I figure if it has a pretty good ranking and uite a few sites linking in then it should be OK. However, if I download a piece of software I still scan it with Malwarebytes or Microsoft Security Essentials before I open it. Anyway Enjoy the Video … Joe
Everyone knows how not to down load a Virus onto their computer..I hope….but what if you don’t know your downloading a Virus? This is a short video to help …
1 in 5 Employees Will Open Suspicious Email and Fail to Notify IT …
Indian Microsoft Computer Virus Scam – 441138680309
The phishing scams come by phone too. It happened to a friend of mine. He had a new computer, but had been on vacation a couple weeks. They got a call from “Microsoft” saying they had a problem with there computer. (Microsoft is never going to call you and say this) My friend let them remote login to his computer and they went to the Event Viewer to see if there are any errors. I’m afraid there are always errors in the Event Viewer on a Windows PC. If a program times-out waiting for a response from another program or something it will generate an error in the Event Viewer. Anyway, they asked for $250 to fix the viruses and errors
Read below the 800notes Forum entry about a recent phone phishing scam from the UK …..
Got a call from this number: 441138680309 , which showed up as 4-113-868-0309 on my telephone. I found out later that the country code is +44 which is for the …
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PC Matic and MyCleanPC … Just Say NO!
I can’t stand it, I’m sitting in my shop spending hours cleaning up computers and these commercials keep playing over and over and are such malarkey! One thing for sure, they have a BIG budget for commercials! I’ve never heard anything good about any of these types of services. It takes me hours to Clean-up a PC, especially those that have nasty Root-kit, Trojan and Backdoor viruses. Don’t waste your money on these automated “one button” tune-ups. Instead pay your favorite computer guy to do it. We computer guys run multiple Virus and Mal-ware scans and many other utilities and do eyeball checks of logs and whats running on your computer and much more. No one scan can catch all Mal-ware and viruses or fix everything that is wrong with your computer.
OK, I feel better now 🙂
One day I’m going to test these two and post a full report.
Joe
Beware of Microsoft Security Essentials Malware
I was on Facebook the other day and clicked on an article that took me to a news site and I accidentally clicked on an Ad. It took me to a site and popped up a real looking warning that Microsoft Security Essentials had found malicious processes and I needed to click to get rid of them. This would have infected my machine with something. This is the problem with Ads on Facebook and any site. You never know where it is going to take you. If this happens to you. Don’t click on the warning. Go directly to Microsoft Security Essentials and see what it says. I have found a rash of Malware on my clients PCs and this is probably how they are unknowingly getting infected.
Be safe out there!
Joe
Remove “Uw computer is vergrendeld” virus (Buma Stemra scam)
| Similar to the FBI virus in the US. If you get a virus like this, shutdown your computer and call your friendly neighborhood computer guy so he can get rid of it. |  The “Uw computer is vergrendeld” lock screen is a computer virus, which will display a bogus … | malwaretips.com/blogs/uw-computer-is-vergrendeld-virus/ |
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Vulnerability & Countermeasures of a Computer Virus
Computer viruses have been a problem for home computer users since the early days of the Internet. In part, the vulnerabilities that allow viruses to spread are implicit within the Internet: networked computers with similar structures invite infection …
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06/02/2013Police issue warning about new computer virus
The Computer Crime Unit of Belgium’s federal police has issued a warning in connection with a new form of computer fraud. Internet users should watch out for a new virus that claims to be the police and asks them to transfer cash because they allegedly …
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Digital certificates and malware: a dangerous mix
| Take, for example, digital certificates which have been in the spotlight after Stuxnet used some or after Adobe’s servers were breached to sign malware. The purpose of a digital signature is to guarantee the authenticity of a file from a particular … |  | Help Net Security |
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