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Schemes that freeze computers turn fake emails into cash

November 1, 2012 / / Comments Off on Schemes that freeze computers turn fake emails into cash

This is a computer virus affecting consumers in the metro area and around the region. The fake message (not really from the FBI) goes on to explain that the user’s Internet address was associated with an illegal online activity. It claims the computer …

If you get infected with this type of “Ransomware”, shutdown your computer and call your favorite Computer Guy. Or if you know how to do a system recovery and do that and restore your computer to the most recent date prior to the infection, yesterday for example.

Practice Safe Computing!

Joe

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Computer scam pops up

October 29, 2012 / / Comments Off on Computer scam pops up

Computer Pop up scams seem to be on the rise right now. Don’t click on anything that pops up and says you have a virus unless you recognize it is from your installed AntiVirus.

The Thunder Bay Police cyber crime unit is warning the public about a computer virus that has been the source of calls from concerned residents. A large pop-up screen with a Canadian flag and the words Canadian Cyber Police has been appearing when …

If you followed my blog at all, you’ll know that I post articles from all over. This on is from the Canadian Northwest

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From Usenet to botnets: The evolution of spam

October 25, 2012 / / Comments Off on From Usenet to botnets: The evolution of spam

Can you remember the first time you received an email with an offer of pills from a virtual pharmacist, an outlandish financial proposition from a Nigerian prince or a buy recommendation for some penny stocks? Like the vast majority, you saw it for the nefarious email that it was and simply deleted it. I started receiving my first spam in the mid ’90s, and at first it was just a trickle. However, by the start of the new millennium that trickle had turned into a steady stream, and I started investigating ways to block this river of spam from reaching my inbox.

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Consumers warned of computer virus-removal scams

October 18, 2012 / / Comments Off on Consumers warned of computer virus-removal scams

The Federal Trade Commission announced Oct. 3 it launched a major international crackdown on tech support scams involving telemarketers masquerading as major computer companies that convinced consumers their computers had viruses, spyware and malware; and charged hundreds of dollars to remotely access and “fix” them.
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Local Mineral Wells, TX woman a victim of FBI computer virus sweeping nation

October 3, 2012 / / Comments Off on Local Mineral Wells, TX woman a victim of FBI computer virus sweeping nation

Doesn’t matter where you live, you have to be careful on the internet … just saying …

Local woman a victim of FBI computer virus sweeping nation. Program takes over a PC, demands $200 payment to ‘free’ it. Anonymous Mineral Wells Index The Mineral Wells Index Wed Oct 03, 2012, 08:16 AM CDT. FROM STAFF REPORTS A Mineral Wells …

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Microsoft calls you at home to repair a computer virus: It’s a scam

September 12, 2012 / / Comments Off on Microsoft calls you at home to repair a computer virus: It’s a scam

There’s no way Microsoft or anyone else would know if you have a virus unless they’re the Hacker that put the virus on your comptuer!

If someone calls you at home, claiming to be Microsoft engineers wanting to get rid of a virus on your computer, it’s no doubt a scam. That’s the word the local Better Business Bureau put out today, warning residents in the Columbus and Phenix City …

Be careful out there. The chief causes of viruses and other Malware, imo, are clicking on links in questionable websites, or emails and not having a good up-to-date Free Anti-Virus on your computer. I like Microsft Security Essentials. I love the tag line. “The anti-annoying, anti-expensive, anti-virus program”

-Joe

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Beware tax refund scam, phishing attempt

February 27, 2012 / / Comments Off on Beware tax refund scam, phishing attempt

by Alan Wooten North Carolina’s attorney general issued a warning Monday for a tax refund scam and phishing attempt. Cooper, speaking in a press release issued by his office, said identity thieves are filing tax returns in North Carolina consumers’ …

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Police: Seniors beware of ‘grandparent scam’

February 23, 2012 / / Comments Off on Police: Seniors beware of ‘grandparent scam’

This happened to someone I know. She got a call from her supposed Grandson who was stranded in a foreign country and didn’t want to tell his mom. She lost over $2000 to this scam.

For protection, Kovaleff said Internet users should have a firewall and anti- virus and anti-spyware software. “Don’t open attachments in emails from strangers, since they can contain programs that enable crooks to get into your computer remotely,” he …

These people pray on your sympathy’s and it is really a shame it is almost impossible to catch them because they could be operating anywhere in the world. This is one bad thing the Internet has done for us.

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Hackers On The Hunt For Access To Your Computer

February 18, 2012 / / Comments Off on Hackers On The Hunt For Access To Your Computer

Steve Utke with Surge Computers of Highlands Ranch says there are a few things you can do to protect your computer. “Virus and spyware checking with malware bites or an anti-virus program such as F-Secure.” This is the kind of scam that fraud …CBS Local

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Family gets ripped off in mortgage phishing scam

February 9, 2012 / / Comments Off on Family gets ripped off in mortgage phishing scam

A year and a half worth of mortgage payments were stolen from a local couple in a phishing scheme. The money went to an offshore bank account operated by someone pretending to be a Bank of America employee. A person calling herself Lisa McNaughton sent …KATU

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