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
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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Fix it, don’t buy new!
People ask me all the time “why don’t I just buy a new computer, shoot I can get one for $300?” We’ll here’s my advice, unless your old computer is ancient (on life support) or broken … Fix it and at least upgrade your Memory. How many hours do you have in customizing and installing applications? I would guess many hours if not days. It’s not like buying a new car, with a car transfer the child seat and empty out your glove compartment and trunk and your done! With a customized computer, it’s much more involved. We can Tune-up your computer and double your memory at a very reasonable price and your old computer will be running like new! Don’t “cash-for-clunker-it“, fix it!
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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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Mac Targeted by Flashback Trojan
SMac … A Fruit Attack … Apple gets targeted by a virus … Check to See you have it … Read on
I was always told from my Apple Mac friends, that a Mac could rarely get a computer virus. In reality, the majority of technologies can be targeted for computer viruses. Macs can in fact get a computer virus, but the chances of this happening is far …
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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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Internet Safety Tips for New Video Game Consoles | Home Security …
If your kids want the new Play Station Vita they will be GPS trackable by anyone including a pediphile via the Sony Social Networking App Near. We should be concerned and aware … Pleae Read On …
Find important internet safety tips for children when using the new video game consoles and read all about the concerning capabilities of the video game …
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Malware here, there and everywhere!
I’ve been running into a lot of computers with varying degrees of Malware (term for anything malicious such as viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, adware, most rootkits, and other malicious programs). It manifests in all kinds of ways from bogus disk drive definitions, hidden program groups and files, printers not working to general crashing.
I strongly suggest that you all install Malwarebytes and run it. Here’s a link to the Free version. Just make sure you don’t select the Trial or Pay version. http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=mncol;1
Also, if you want a great free Anti-Virus. Avira, avast! and Microsoft Security Essentials are pretty darn good.
Happy & Safe computing!
Joe
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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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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Android malware spreads via Facebook app | ZDNet
I hate to say it, because I like the community of open computing, but the “closed” nature (proprietary iOS operating system) of Apple’s iPhones and iPads makes them more secure than Androids.
Facebook app used to circumvent Google’s ‘Bouncer’ Android Market scanner.
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