I consider myself someone who stays fairly current with the internet and social networking and all of that stuff. After all, I send most of every day on both. But when Dave and I attended an Anatomy of a Malware Attack presentation by Sophos security […]
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[important] Please join DCT on May 28th for the first annual Beat Internet Threats Everywhere (B.I.T.E.) Day. A one day effort to take a BITE out of malware infections by significantly reducing infection rates and protecting personal information throughout the world. Encourage your friends and
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Comodo recently released its contender in the malware scanner/remover type software department. Yes, it’s free and what’s more it’s portable – don’t ya just love portable!! Comodo has also added an interesting and innovative component called KillSwitch, which makes CCE rather unique and sets it
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These days, whenever discussions turn to cleaning infected computers there are two names which are mentioned regularly and often – Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and SUPERAntiSpyware. No doubting both these free scanner/removers are excellent choices but there is another contender here which seems to be, to a
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Free – the ‘forgotten’ alternative? Read More »
The latest scam being utilized to propagate malware involves emails purporting to emanate from an official postal service. The emails include an attachment of course, and that is where the malware lurks. I was first notified of this latest scam just a couple of days
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According to the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report released very recently, 45% of all malware infections are propagated per medium of social engineering techniques. These are the threats which trick users into running a malicious program and rely heavily on user interaction. Not far behind
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NordPass has released the latest issue (the sixth version) of its Top 200 Most Common Passwords list. Jim Hillier reported on the list way back in 2020. Not much has changed. Weak passwords still top the list. Methodology NordPass complied the list with NordStellar, a
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The old lady and the naughty cat, the burning gaming machine, and the angry masseuse. All in a day’s work for Marc the PC technician. The cat, the tablet and the mysterious virus A few weeks ago an elderly lady phoned me sounding more than
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What Is SEO Spam There is no doubt that hackers work night and day to beat honest people out of their hard-earned money and SEO Spam also known as spamdexing is a hacking technique used by malicious hackers to manipulate search engine rankings. Spamdexing involves
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In a recent article in a major tech magazine, the author mentioned the benefits of using 3rd party Antivirus or Antimalware applications, even free versions over the use of Microsoft Defender claiming they were all better. What bothered me was the article did not have
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