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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
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
Windows Defender Stops 85 Percent of Common Malware: BitDefender
Research from security vendor BitDefender underscored recently what many Windows users already know—running a machine without antivirus can be risky.
In an analysis, the firm found 15 percent of what the security firm classifies as the malware families most favored cyber-criminals this year were able to successfully run on Windows 8 with Windows Defender on. That translated into 61 of the 385 malware samples the company tested.
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.
Android hacked? (spyware) ? – Yahoo! Answers
(spyware) ? Alright. So I recently turned o.. My phone today and yesterday to notice my browser home page was switched with searchapp or some crap.
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FBI Likely Deployed Spyware for Surveillance on MegaUpload
Importantly, it isn’t just FBI, which utilizes spyware for monitoring messages exchanged. During 2011, CCC (Chaos Computer Club) found German cops that utilized spyware so the suspect’s webcam as well as microphone could be turned on.
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