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Web goes dark for Canadians with DNSChanger computer virus
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snopes.com: DNSChanger Virus
Origins: Thousands of computer users could lose access to the Internet on July 9 due to a virus, DNSChanger, that once infected approximately 4 million …
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Malware Monday around the world as FBI probes computer virus
People around the world trying to access the Internet on Monday may be blocked from doing so if their computer is infected with hacker-created malicious software. The viruses were designed to redirect Internet traffic through rogue DNS…
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June is National Internet Safety Month: National Cyber Security Alliance Calls …
National Internet Safety Month brings an important opportunity to evaluate our digital behaviors and identify better ways to increase online safety. NCSA research released in November 2011 found that less than half of the US population (46%) reports …
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Scam Alert – Your Computer Probably Isn’t Infected
I’ve also seen this as a pop-up and if you click on it either infects your computer with a virus or it claims that you have a virus and you need to pay $$$ to have them clean it up.
I was intrigued and was told my home computer was infected by a computer virus and my Internet Service Provider (ISP) had reported the problem. The caller told me they were working with Microsoft to help fix my system. To anyone who receives a phone …
Ths is a good scam. How many people do you know that look at the Event Viewer on their computer? I do because it’s my job and I have never seen it completely devoid of Error Messages. You get an error message if a program times-out waiting for response from another program. It happens all the time.
Be Safe Out There!
Joe
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Malware Madness: Stuxnet torches Christmas Tree; Melissa surprises
Pretty Funny. Quick make your picks! We have March Madness and now Malware Madness! Something tells me it won’t be as big a deal. Besides if your computer gets infected by any of these Malware, it’s no laughing matter!
By GCN Staff We’re only a quarter of the way through the first round, and Malware Madness has had its first upset — albeit a narrow one. In voting by GCN readers asked to choose the greater of two evils among famous malware programs, the 9th-seeded …
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A computer virus is the only threat in this email
Scammers are trying to infect businesses with a computer virus by scaring them into responding to a fake email from Uncle Sam. The email is made to look as if it came from the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But the bureau didn’t send it.
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Many parents unaware of cyberbullying
26 (UPI) — Many US parents are clueless about cyberbullying when it comes to their own child, a survey indicates. George Garrick, chief executive officer of SocialShield, a social networking monitoring service, said a Pew Research study found about 16 …
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Trojan Remover 6.8.3
Trojan Remover aids in the removal of Malware – Trojan Horses, Worms, Adware, Spyware – when standard anti-virus software either fails to detect them or …
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How to outsmart email “phishing” scams | www.clarkhoward.com
Email Phishing prays on seniors and those less Internet savvy. My 91 year-old mother fell victim to a phone phishing scam where someone claimed to be her grandson in trouble in a foreign country and needed to borrow 1000 dollars.
Outsmart email “phishing” scams with this Clark Smart tip.
www.clarkhoward.com/news/clark-howard/…/nHZWL/
Do yourself a favor and follow Cark Howard’s advice. Don’t click on anything. If it is an email from your financial institution asking you to enter in your ID and Password. Go directly to there site like you normally do and login to your account. If there is some emergency, you will be notified in your account.
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