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Virus Spreaders
Sometimes I wonder just what the world’s coming to...For some among y’all out there who read this column each week, you might’ve noticed a little while back that it didn’t run for a week or so. As a result, I’ve had some people write and/or call and ask me just what was going on?Read more…Phishing and Fraud – What is It?
Phishing is a very sneaky type of fraud conducted over the Internet. Its name is a throw back to the early days of hacking and identity theft and the practice of phone phreaking. While there can be very complicated schemes devised, they are all based on a very simple concept.Read more…Spyware - Are You Protected?
One of the major threats to today's computing world is spyware. The startling facts are that more and more computers connected to the internet are becoming infected.Spyware can be likened to a virus, in that, it infects a computer without the consent of the user.Read more…Shopping Online Can Be Safe
You can shop online in a safe way, and save money too.For those hard to find items or very busy shoppers, online shopping is ideal. You can simply find the item you are looking for without going through store after store.Read more…Hackers Ruining Internet Information Flows; Government Pathetically Sits Idle Letting It Happen
International hackers are ruining the Internet and information flow, which the Internet brings to the world. Our government too has proposed that we crack down on hackers, yet doing nothing to stop it and the Federal Trade Commission is impotent for getting rid of SPAM Viagra Ads. If the government cannot control the hackers on the Internet and allows them to ruin the greatest communication device ever made in the history of the human species, then obviously they have no control at all.Read more…Question of the Week 6/22/06
“With identity theft a real problem, should I use my real name when I start a website, no name at all or should I use a ‘pen’ name?” Frank from MichiganI get this question on a regular basis. I also get the question “Should I use my picture?Read more…Computer Security Systems
In the present technology-oriented era, most important information is stored on computers. In order to locate and use this critical information, intruders come up with innovative and destructive ways to steal this data. People will endlessly try to break into your computer to find information like your credit card numbers and use it for their benefit.Read more…Great Balls of Firewall
Firewalls seem to be in style more and more. For those unfamiliar with what a firewall is, It pretty much is a program that sits between you and the outside world- think of a toll house that stands at the edge between your world and the digital world. There are many different manufacturers of firewalls from companies like Linksys, D-Link, Netgear, and many others.Read more…Delete Cookies
What are cookies?The cookies are small pieces of information (text) that are created by Web sites that you are visiting and are send to your browser (Internet Explorer) along with the Web pages that you are viewing. Some of these cookies are saved to your hard disk and when you visit again the Web site that generated them your browser sends these cookies back to this Web site.Read more…Marketing Expert Asks: How Important Is Privacy To You?
Increasingly, employment recruiters are screening out job applicants after Googling them.Information hunters are finding oodles of self-incriminating stuff on just about every college student they research. Many applicants openly discuss their predilections for boozing, doing drugs, engaging in wild sex, and in scamming the authorities in various ways.Read more…302 Hijacking: Is Your Site Safe?
I was absolutely floored; I was Googling my Wedding Directory site using the allinurl:www.website.com and I found six other websites that showed up in the results as being part of my site.Read more…Computer Network Securities
Computer security policies are the basic guidelines and rules for accessing a network. These lay out some basic concepts to secure your computers. Computer network security is a complicated area, and is taken up by experts with many years of on-the-job experience.Read more…Computer Security
Computers are widely used these days in all fields of business and at home. A huge amount of data is stored and shared by people, and may be misused if not secured properly. A lot can go wrong if, for example, the confidential data of an insurance company is available to the wrong people.Read more…9 Steps To Protect Your Computer from Virus Infection
Virus can create havoc in your computer. It can at the very least cause nuisance to your computer, to as bad as making your computer a useless junk. Here we list 9 steps you can take to protect your computer from being infected by viruses.Read more…Protecting Yourself Online...How?
It seems like everyday, we hear horror stories about someone who purchased something online and now is haunted by unauthorized transactions being applied to their card. Many people see this as being an "Internet problem", unfortunately, that is not true. Unscrupulous people waiting to take advantage are everywhere.Read more…Public Wi-Fi Hotspot Security Tips - Why Your Data Isn't Secure and What You Can Do About It
As more people acquire laptops and begin making use of public Wi-Fi hotspots, hackers are able to easily exploit vast security vulnerabilities inherent in most public hotspot deployments. What follows are four specific security vulnerabilities along with our "best practice" recommendations to overcome them.Security Threat #1: The Evil TwinAn "evil twin" can be a laptop in a hacker’s backpack set-up to trick users into logging onto the Internet via their "rogue" connection by mimicking the legitimate hotspot’s network name and login page (where applicable).Read more…Adware And Spyware
Adware is a type of software that displays advertisements on your computer. These advertisements will be displayed in the form of a pop-up window on your screen, even if you are not browsing the Internet. Companies add adware to their software – usually freeware and shareware – to pay for programming costs.Read more…Adware
Adware is included in most software bundles. When you install or run such software, it automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertising material into your computer through pop-ups, pop-unders, and other related advertising display methods.Adware is usually added by the programmer to recover the development cost of the software.Read more…Adware Removal
Adware normally pops out advertisement windows and redirects search engine results to adware sites. For adware to accomplish this, it overwrites some of the settings and values in the computer system registry.If this seems like a daunting task to novice computer users, they are also advised that adware uses resuscitators or programs that keep adware active and running no matter how many times it has been ""deleted"" from the system.Read more…How Safe Are You In The Cyberspace? Get To Know About Online Privacy
One of the hottest computer topics that attract public interest is privacy. The ease and efficiency with which computers and internet are used to gather, store, search, compare, retrieve and share personal information make computer technology especially threatening to anyone who wishes to keep various kinds of "sensitive" information out of the public domain or out of the hands of those who are perceived as potential threats. During the past decade, commercialization and rapid growth of the internet; the rise of the world-wide-web; increasing "user-friendliness" and processing power of computers; and decreasing costs of computer technology have led to new privacy issues.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Security category
- Essential Tips For Secure Online Trading - By: Liam Derbyshire
Conducting business on the internet is fraught with numerous perils. From identity theft to elaborate scamming schemes, criminals are out there in cyberspace trying their best to rob you out of your hard earned cash. A few simple tips give you all the protection you need from the vile schemes of these con artists. - Discover the joys of anonymous proxy servers. - By: Kulveer Singh
As Google Adwords and Google Adsense becomes more mainstream, the rate of fraud from self-clicking (commonly called Google-bation), and click-draining (clicking on competitors ads), will increase exponentially. The problem is that the electronic antichrist has an obvious conflict of interest in eliminating fraud. Like most web site owners running Google Adsense, you probably are tempted to just "test" ads to make sure all the html you have embedded on your site is working. In some markets these little "tests" can reward the web site owner over $20 per click. Drugs, bank loans and obesity cures pay pretty well I'm told. - Stepping Up Your Security - By: Scott Jarvis
Many online businesses have been using this method of security for over ten years and still have not upgraded to a better form of online security. Though many smaller businesses have yet to adopt a more advanced technology, several high profile companies have begun using some form of two factor authentication both on their websites and in their offices. - You Can't Do Without Search Engine Optimization - By: Naman Jain
No websites can ignore the importance of search engine optimization to their website. It is the most essential tool, which will helps them grow their Online business. - Identity Theft - Don't blame The Internet - By: Kavita B
Identity theft - also known as ID theft, identity fraud and ID fraud - describes a type of fraud where a criminal adopts someone else's identity in order to profit illegally. It is one of the fastest growing forms of fraud in many developed countries. - AllAnonymity - anonymous browsing solutions - By: Ionel Orza
In our days identity protection has become increasingly important, because any time someone could be watching what you do on your computer through online spying. Someone like your boss, someone trying to hack your system, or even the government may be on your track while you peacefully surf the web. - 8 Simple Ways to Defend Against Evil Doers Both Online and Off - By: Dan Preston
There once was a time when the only option people had when shopping was to either call in or snail mail in a catalog order form or to jump in the family car, fight through traffic, and wait in long checkout lines to complete the purchase.Well, nowadays there’s still a few major mail order catalogs floating around and we all still visit our local retail outlets, but time has also introduced the internet as one of our options to shop from the comforts of home.The internet has made shopping at home a breeze and along with it has unfortunately brought the so called ”Evil Doers” who I believe have such little happiness in their own lives that they must leech pleasure from the hardworking and innocent individuals of our wonderful and surrounding nations. - Dirty Little Computer Viruses and How To Protect Yourself - By: Dan Preston
Whether you have learned your lesson from a past experience with a nasty computer virus or have been pressing your luck by surfing the web and downloading various files or opening those email messages sent to you by people you don’t know without any real understanding of just how vulnerable you really are each time you log onto your computer you now have the opportunity to discover what steps you can take to avoid such an annoying and many times destructive infestation.Listed below are some of the guidelines you can follow in order to keep those nasty viruses from making a mess out of your computer and your life.•Purchase and install a well respected antivirus software program and be sure to set it up so that it automatically runs when the computer starts up each time. - Protect Your Little Black Book - By: Rick Cooper
The movie Little Black Book features a young woman, Stacy, who is frustrated when her boyfriend refuses to share information about his past relationships. When his PDA, a Palm Tungsten C, falls into her hands, she is faced with a conundrum. Does she give it back, or does she explore it? - Can I Guess Your Password? - By: David Congreave
We all know that it’s dangerous to use the same password for more than one program. If you sign up for a program run by someone of low moral fibre, what is to stop them running through various programs with your username and password to see what they can access? But of course remembering all the different passwords can be a headache.