Privacy, Security & Virus Information

Have You Been Cookie Jacked?
Despite the sweet-sounding name, Internet cookies are now at threat from being intercepted by hackers in a phenomenon called cookiejacking...

What Are PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs)?
Just when you thought you’d mastered the world of Internet jargon, along comes the PUP, one of the latest online threats to hit the headlines...

Using and Sharing Airport Wi-Fi Safely
We all know how boring airports can be, especially when you have to check in three or four hours before your flight takes off for security reasons. And, with the popularity of laptops, tablet devices and netbooks, it’s no surprise that airport Wi-Fi has been a hit with most travellers...

Watch Out for UK Tax Scams Posing as HMRC
As with all websites revolving around our personal finances, HMRC is a hotspot for hackers and online criminals eager to take your details, and your hard-earned cash...

Operation Shady RAT Explained
This article contains all you need to know about Operation Shady RAT, the latest in a series of high-profile Internet traumas...

McAfee Uncovers Massive Global Cyber Attack
It has come to light that high-profile, supposedly well-protected information belonging to bodies like the United States government, the UN and the International Olympics Committee has been the subject of hacking and data corruption for up to five years...

Combating Fake Alerts
You want to keep your computer in the best condition possible, and ensure that all your details are protected, right? So: when you click on that pop-up or advert offering a free trial of some anti-virus software, you’re taking the best precautions, surely?...

Botnets Explained – How to Avoid Becoming a Zombie
I don’t know about you, but when I think of zombies, the first image that comes into my head is of fictional characters from horror movies. However, zombies have actually made it into the real world – in the form of computers...

All You Need to Know About Zeus, AKA ZBot
Zeus is yet another threat to your online security, and something else to worry about when you should be happily surfing the web. As with all Internet threats, prevention is better than the cure...

Types of Virus Threats and How Best to Avoid Them
There are many virus threats which have been heightened by the wide availability and use of the Internet. A virus threat is basically some software or malicious code that harms your computer without your knowledge...

Comparison of McAfee Products
When choosing anti-virus software it can be difficult to know which one to choose as there are so many on the market. The best advice is always to choose anti-virus software from a renowned and globally recognised company within the anti-virus industry, such as McAfee...

Social Networking
With the rise in popularity of social network websites both on a personal and business level it is now becoming important that security considerations and threats are understood and planned for...

iPhone Security
Most of us are used to the concept of protecting our computers and laptops against viruses and employ anti-virus programmes to ensure that our PC’s are secure and virus free...

Internet Security for Home Users
When you are using your computer at home and accessing the Internet you need to be alert to the dangers that the Internet poses in respects of Internet security...

Latest Virus Threats
Internet security and virus threats change and evolve on a daily basis making it essential to have up-to-date anti-virus software on your PC...

What to do When a Virus Strikes
If, like most people today, your life is in your computer, a virus can be absolutely devastating. Getting rid of a virus can be expensive, stressful, time consuming and above all, ineffective...

What is McAfee Secure to Business Owners?
When your customers are buying products or services from your website, they want to know that they aren’t going to get ripped off...

What is Cloud Computing?
The latest addition to the daunting dictionary of computers is cloud technology. Chances are that it’s not referring to fluffy white computers, so what on earth could it refer to?...

How Safe are Your Passwords?
Pretty much everything you do on your computer will be controlled by a password – email, Facebook, Twitter, online banking, shopping... the whole shebang...

Has Facebook had its day?
Although Mark Zuckerburg, the co-founder of Facebook, won Time Magazine’s Person of the Year award in 2010, and is estimated to be worth around $13.5 billion, is his creation standing the test of time?...

Twitter Spam: Keep Your Account Clean and Your Reputation Intact
How can you prevent spam that can compromise your reputation in a world where corporate companies rely on Twitter to communicate?...

Keeping Children Safe From Harm Online
Having technologically-aware children is nothing short of a challenge. Their thirst for information can be quenched through the Internet, but their inability to differentiate between safe and unsafe websites can compromise a computer’s safety...

Social Networking Security Issues Debunked
We place a lot of trust in the social networks we use...

Have you ever had your cookies jacked?
Cookie jacking describes a way of hijacking a web surfer’s sensitive information from the cookies gathered and stored in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser...

Microsoft don’t have their problems to seek as Hotmail again comes under hacker attack
For the first time in a few weeks, Hotmail accounts have been targeted by hackers taking advantage of a flaw in the Microsoft Webmail’s system known as Zero Day...

Sunspot could leave you burned
It seems like every few weeks, a new malware hits the scene, and each one more powerful and difficult to deal with than the one that came before it...

With the smartphone becoming our 21st century credit card the need for security is increased
With the increasing realisation that the smartphone will gradually take up the role as credit card for its users, the important role of online security experts on how to analyse possible security breaches has become more pressing...

Button down your smartphone security before it is too late
Most people who have acquired a smartphone are internet savvy. They will be aware of how the internet operates, what firewall can do for them, and even the dangers of viruses...

Need to make some money fast? Why not buy into a hacking franchise?
Fears just grew stronger among internet security experts with the news that an amateur hacking tool by the name of Firesheep was downloaded by more than one hundred thousand wanna-be cyber criminals almost as soon as it hit the web...

Facebook, the bigger it gets, becomes more attractive to hackers
Recent revelations that social media giant Facebook has become the website most blacklisted online by corporate giants who refuse to allow their employees to surf the site on a company computer, even when they are on their coffee breaks...

Heard of Russian roulette? - Now we have Russian Ransom
Well the bad news is that the same potentially embarrassing situation is beginning to make its appearance online, and those caught in the hacker's trap will find themselves being held to virtual ransom...

Just when you thought it was safe to leave your bank, OddJob comes and taps you on the shoulder
Computer hackers are getting more imaginative. It certainly seems that way with the news that another Trojan has hit the scene, going née the name of OddJob...

E-mail attachments are still something to be wary off
There is not a stone on the cyber highway that these super sophisticated cyber criminals have left unturned to find a crack in a computer's defensive armour in order to infiltrate their systems...

Your password is still your weakest link
The most crack-able password link online these days are e-mail access. With more and more surfers holding at least one e-mail account from the principal search engines, i.e. Yahoo, Google and Msn it is even understandable that they would want to keep a common password...

In line with Oscar week, the ten best hacking scams for 2010 also announced
Without going in to too many details, one of the largest internet security organisations announced this week their impressions of what were the most successful and wide spread online viruses and scams for 2010...

When they said that crime doesn't pay, they obviously hadn't heard of cybercrime
Illegal earnings from cybercrime is too large to be estimated, yet McAfee in their report state the cyber criminals have succeeded in generating double digit growth over the last decade, which are figures that any international conglomerate would be proud of...

Learn not to trust an e-mail from your great Auntie
The first time that you realise that your old e-mail account has become a hacker's hiding place is when you receive an e-mail from yourself, It will probably explain to you about some new deal or offer and imploring you to click on a link, which will be tainted in some form or other...

What next? Online Poker game hijacked and billions of chips whisked off to cyber space
One of the biggest cyber crimes of all time was recently revealed when an England based hacker was charged with stealing hundreds of billions of virtual poker chips with a real cash value estimated to be in the millions of dollars...

Why anti-virus software needs to be more effective
These days when the cyber-criminals are becoming increasingly more active and innovative in their never ending attempts to invade our computers, anyone who still insists in burying their head in the sand regarding the issue is simply inviting disaster on themselves...

Microsoft Windows security frailties exposed again
That well-known punching bag of the internet hacker, Microsoft Windows has once again been infiltrated and the situation was regarded as being serious enough for the global software giant to issue a "critical" warning over the recently discovered flaw...

Hackers keep up with trends by attacking apps
These days all the talk is about social media and applications. That’s what makes it hardly surprising that the latest trend among the hackers of the World is to produce smartphone apps that instead of applying actually steal personal information from the unsuspecting user...

You might not know this but your e-mail address can be stolen
One of the major attractions of these free e-mail addresses provide by all of the major browsers (IE, Google, Yahoo ) is that you can have as many as you want, and no questions asked...

When it comes to passwords, safe is good and virus protection is better
When it comes down to it, it’s a frightening thought that our computer password or passwords are a considerably major key to keep our digital identity out of the hands of those who would breach our computer security...

Extra protection called for as Microsoft announce a new bug on Internet Explorer
Microsoft has come clean by announcing the discovery of a new bug that exists on all version of their Internet Explorer browser. A spokesman for the company has announced their fear that it is only a matter of time before the bug will be exploited by internet hackers...

Hackers take a festive season break - but is it the calm before the storm?
As unexplainable as birds falling out of the skies, internet industry experts are confused by the sudden and dramatic fall in spam traffic witnessed before Christmas with volumes still to return to previous levels. Not that anyone is complaining...

Hackers reported to be tracking browser history
The flaw stems from the almost exclusive use these days of a software development language know as cascading style sheeting (CSS ) to produce web sites, CSS has become so popular among web developers due to its ease of use...

Hackers know how to attack your router
The router's function is to allow a user to connect to several different computers on a local network to a single internet connection...

Someone may have just phished on your hamburger
McDonald's management have gone public with a statement warning customers that a breach of security has occurred, and tens of thousands of innocent individuals who just wanted a big Mack and instead got a big Hack may now be vulnerable to phishing attacks on their cards...

Yahoo mail becoming a hacker favourite
While they were one of the first web browsers as well as providing the first e-mail services, in recent years Yahoo have fallen way behind such leading internet presences as Yahoo, Facebook and even Internet Explorer as far as web popularity?...

Christmas is coming and with it some new online scams
With Xmas coming and an awful lot of UK shoppers housebound because of the weather, it looks like a record number of online purchases are going to be made this year...

How and why a computer virus can affect you
Despite all the information and hullabaloo surrounding computer viruses in their various formats, the sad truth is that too high a proportion of the online community are still unaware of what a computer virus is, and how much damage it can cause...

How low can they go - hackers take advantage of Royal engagement to attack the public as they celebrate?
Prince William's long anticipated official announcement of his engagement to long-time partner Kate Middleton was greeted with much happiness by the UK public. Also celebrating was the computer hacking industry...

Downloading movies may mean you get a nasty twist in the tale
Over the last few years with the advent of cable television, cinemas have been hard hit. However recently with families cutting deep into their budgets, cable television subscription cancellations have hit a whole new level...

McAfee report that the malware epidemic has reached new levels
Anti-virus software giant McAfee in an announcement released over the last few days has professed their fears that that the global malware epidemic has reached new levels...

Beware of door to door hackers
Difficult though it might be to believe, UK hackers are being warned to be on the look- out for computer hackers in the disguise of door to door salesmen who ease their way past the unsuspecting and innocent under the ploy of offering a fee virus check to their computer...

Google realise that if you can't beat them, you employ them
Eyebrows were raised throughout the global internet community recently when the news broke that global giant Google had set up a special department that will employ (hopefully) retired and reformed computer hackers...

Statistics show that the longer you spend online the more likely you are to be hacked
One disturbing statistic that has recently surfaced after some fairly extensive research has shown that the longer that someone spends online, the more likely they are to be the victim of some kind of virus attack...

Despite Interpol's efforts, super botnet Bredolab may still be around
Bredolab has been described as a particularly malicious software program programmed to steal login and password details as well as generating spam e-mails that ran into the billions over the last year...

When your computer begins to look a bit tired, you can't give it some Ovaltine
When a computer starts to slow down, it can be very frustrating for the owner/ operator. After all we don't expect our computer to give us problems and there are very few people who have enough knowledge to put things right when they do...

UK WiFi centres are a hacker's paradise according to recent research
In the constant battle to keep hackers at by, the news that one in four wireless networks are wide open to attack will please no one...

Don't turn around, Adware is back
The viral counterattack is coming from that well known enemy, adware it is attacking on the virtually indefensible Facebook and Twitter fronts...

Don’t make your Blackberry blue
It was a grey day for Blackberry owners when the news broke that some of the new components added to the phone are liable to allow hackers to gain access to the owner's personal details...

Why not to save your Firefox password
The recent news that surfers who use the increasingly popular Firefox browser have fallen victim to a highly sophisticated, synchronized trojan horse attack, accessed through their password, only goes to strengthen the theory...

Adobe and Microsoft join forces to protect Reader against hacker attacks
Adobe have strongly suggested that web surfers who use their widely distributed Acrobat Reader software to use Windows enterprise tools to block attacks against the PDF file viewer...

Microsoft in a Move to Ban Virus-Infected Computers from the Internet
In a move which is as logical as it is controversial, software giants Microsoft have suggested a policy to be implemented by ISPs across the globe that, if implemented, will disallow computers who do not have effective and updated virus protection to be connected to the internet...

Don't Look Round E-mail Spamming is Back
The news of a recent and particularly virulent e-mail attachment attack that has reportedly caught a large number of people out has caused the anti-virus protection organisations to issue notices calling for increased vigilance...

First Arrests Reported in Zeus Hacking Scam
The good news from the anti-virus industry is that a first wave of arrests has been carried out throughout the World of some of the hundreds of hackers behind the spread of the Zeus malware package...

Linked-in the Latest Target for Hackers
Web surfers, or at least those who are remotely interested, should now be aware that there are fairly serious security issues with popular social media sites Facebook and Twitter...

Twitter the Latest Hacking Victim
It was only a matter of time, but it has now been confirmed that Twitter has fallen victim it a well planned hacker attack, which caused some short term but considerable disruptions to their services...

Worms can also be Propaganda Tools
Computer owners and users have had get used to the fact that there are hackers prowling in cyberspace who want to either destroy all the information and items of personal use that they can, just for the fun...

Google's Android Phones Come Under Attack
One of the most recent and most talked about innovations in communication technology Googles Android mobile phone has reportedly come under attack...

My Security Suite will make your life sour
One of the latest versions of the ever growing bands of anti- virus software which turns out to be pro-virus goes by the way of "My Security Suite "...

Hackers are seeking out those who jailbreak their iPhones - and will punish them
There can be no escaping the fact that Apple are on a roll, and news about their iPhones are everywhere. However not all the news is good and the increasing propensity of iPhone users to jailbreak their applications might well have lead to the intrusion of a virus that could cause a few problems...

Surfers Beware! The Wireshark is Lurking in your Virtual Waters
The Wireshark Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware program (we’ll stick to the virus name, although it’s not its textbook definition) that mimics the behavior of legitimate antivirus software...

Mac Based Trojan: One Good Reason for McAfee Internet Security for Mac
In April 2010 experts detected a Trojan known as OSX/HellRTS. Instead of attacking PCs, as many of the most common viruses do, this one was designed specifically for OSX – the Macintosh operating system...

An End to Mac Users False Sense of Security
With Mac’s steep rise over the past decade and the company’s new iconic image, attacks against the Mac operating system are also on the rise...

Beware of Wolves in Sheep's Clothing. Steer Clear of Dodgy Antivirus Software Offers
Like the famous children's tale of Little Red Riding Hood getting swallowed whole by the wolf disguised by the favourite grandmother, too many gullible computer owners are at risk of being eaten alive by something that looks very friendly from the outset, but is, in reality, a real enemy...

Hackers Never Rest - That's Why You Can't Afford to Either
Let's not make a mistake. Using a computer wasn't supposed to be this difficult. That doesn't mean computer technology, which is getting better and more sophisticated, and at a frightening pace...

Apple Gets a Wakeup Call on Internet Security
It’s a well known fact in computer technology circles that Apple lovers tend to be a bit standoff-ish when it comes to comparing their equipment to the standard home computer...

Hackers Find New Levels of Sophistication by Attacking Scada Systems
Computer systems giant Siemens have warned Scada users throughout the World of the existence of a powerful new and highly sophisticated virus that has been developed to attack SCADA systems...

Hackers Find (Yet Another) Flaw in Windows XP
Microsoft has recently issued a warning that they have discovered and are busy exploiting a critical Windows vulnerability that, for the time being, remains un-patched...

Steer Clear Of The News Or You May Be In It
Hackers are on the constant lookout to find ways to catch the average computer owner off guard and with their defences down. One of the more recent methods that have been unearthed by security experts is to fabricate sensational breaking news stories, using Google Trends and Twitter...

Even Shortened URLs Can Let A Hacker In
While industry experts have stated that previous fears that that the practice of shortening URLs may have been exaggerated, there is no doubt that hackers have added this practice of vulnerable spots that can be used to infiltrate viruses into unsuspecting user's computers...

YouTube the Latest Victim of Hackers
Last weekend reports came in of an attack on YouTube by hackers who had succeeded in exploiting a vulnerability that they had discovered in YouTube's cross site scripting...

Run a Mile From the XRJ Antivirus Software
XRJ Antivirus software is yet another wolf in sheep's clothing designed to lure the unsuspecting and cost conscious computer owning public to lay down their hard earned cash in a piece of software that will not only fail to defend their computer against virus attacks, will probably launch a few of its own...

A Good Anti-Virus Program Never Sleeps
It might be difficult for many of us to take in but the internet has only been around in full force for around fifteen years. During that time it has made such a massive difference to the way that we live our lives that it is no impossible to imagine life without it...

Why Live Under the Threat of Identity Theft
Just as we wouldn't want to walk a tight rope across a ravine filled with man-eating alligators, then we wouldn't want to expose ourselves to the horrors of identity theft...

iPad and AT&T Under Attack
No sooner has it hit the streets than Apple's iPad has had its security boundaries breached, and apparently with considerable ease...

When your Computer Starts to Run Slow, it is Sending you a Message
There can be a number of reasons why a computer will start to run slow, and none of them are good. People who spend a lot of time online can be compared to those who like to walk out in the winter rain or snow...

Facebook's Hilarious Video will have you Laughing on the Other Side of your Face
Facebook has been seeing an increasing number of phishing and malware attacks recently. The latest in series is a phishing attack that lures you to watch the ‘most hilarious video ever’ but when you try to click on it, it asks you for your login credentials and installs the ‘Media Player HD’ app on your Facebook account...

Virus that can Bypass Microsoft Security Revealed
The computer software industry in general and the virus protection sector in particular are reported to be in a state of shock over recent reports that a virus has been discovered that has succeeded in by-passing most of the leading spam blockers as well as other security precautions...

Latest Virus Threat Comes At You Through Your USB Drive
Anyone who has very seen a horror film where zombies and/or mutants come out only at night to try and drink the blood of innocent victims and survivors of a nuclear attack or genetically engineered plague will know what computer owners are going through...

Big is not as Beautiful as Google Fall Increasing Victim to Hacker Attacks
Recent indications are that as a result of the increasing spread of influence of search engine giant Google on the internet, hackers are pulling out very possible stop to attack web surfers...

Web Surfers Beware. An Avalanche Awaits You
Such is the wide spread and sophisticated nature of computer hacking these days that there are even international groups who control the intensity of their virus attacks whenever the feel the "heat" from the authorities whose role it is to put a stop to their activities and apprehend the people behind the attack...

China is a Hot Bed of Internet Viruses
The recent Google withdrawal from the search engine market in China and reports that many of the World's powerful viruses emanate from this vast nation makes them a force to be reckoned yet to be wary of...

Prepare for Some Bad News
Have you noticed that the amount of spam e-mails that you have been going down in the last year or so?...

Hackers Still Looking At Download Sites
A whole new generation of hackers is lying in wait for those naively innocent people who are prepared to take unnecessary risks to save a comparatively low sum of money, and instead expose themselves to the clear and present danger of becoming victims of cyber-fraud...

Are We In Danger Of Becoming Afraid Of Our Own Computer?
There is no escaping the fact that computers and the internet have opened up a whole new world of possibilities, the majority of them extremely positive with a few being pretty negative...

Rising Cybercrime Is Estimated To Be Costing UK Citizens Around £10 Billion A Year
A sharp rise in hacking attacks is costing UK businesses and individuals more than £10 billion a year, twice what it cost in 2008, showing a sharp reversal of cyber crime that were considered under control not so long ago, yet are now becoming an increasingly problematic and expensive issue...

Lonely People Most Likely Victims Of Internet Frauds
Hackers follow internet trends as much as the largest software companies, as well as creating a few of their own...

Zeus Attacks Adobe From Another Angle
Reports are now beginning to emerge that the super powerful Zeus botnet has detected yet another un-patched flaw in Adobe's PDF document format and is using it to infect unprotected computers with particularly malicious code...

Nigerian Phishing Scams Are Still With Us
Nigerian phishers are reported to have focused their attention on the social-networking sites to find potential victims for their advance fee scams evolved targeting the more naive people that might use instant messaging and online social networks and seem to be more likely to answer such a call...

Microsoft IE Is Still Under Attack
It has been often said that the only way to detect if you have an infected computer is to be vigilant. You can never really trust any software manufacturer such as Microsoft to keep your computer free from viruses, and if truth be told, most of the anti- virus programmes on the market...

Be Careful What You Search For
Be careful what you search for is a phraseology often used by parents to their children as they set off on their life's path. However in recent years it is a warning being used by the World's leading anti virus protection program, McAfee to web surfers when they are looking for a particular term on the internet through search engines...

Google Buzz Recognizes its Potential as a Target for Hackers
From this week, Google will begin to do some serious work in patching up a number of potential security leaks in the Buzz social networking software...

Bot Nets Declared as being the Computer Industry's Biggest Enemy
It wasn't supposed to be this way, but cybercrime has become an enemy to the World at large, and is using one of its most devious creations to plant the seeds of havoc into computers throughout the World...

Battery Charger Opens the Back Door for Trojan Horses
Recent information has surfaced that computer owners have been inadvertently opening the back door for Trojan horses to enter their computer through something as innocent as a USB driven battery charger...

Don't Let your Computer Become a Talking Point
Owning a computer and especially one that is used as a work or study tool is not without its pressures. All of a sudden, in the middle of the day or night, something can happen to your computer that is difficult to explain...

Is Nowhere Safe? Malware Attack on Mobile Phones Reported
Most people are reluctant to take the news on board, but mobile phones are to all intents and purposes mini computers and as such are as vulnerable to hackers as anything else that is hooked to the internet...

Germans Begin to have their Doubts about Firefox
German web browsers were reported as being confused and uncertain about their internet security after the German government issued a warning about security issues on the Firefox web browsing software...

Facebook Under Attack!
Computer hackers have once again launched an attack on social networking giant Facebook, sending a massive deluge of spam e-mails to the four hundred million Facebook account holders...

How to Keep the Hackers off your Twitter
Computers hackers have identified the biggest weak link in virus history and are working around the clock to exploit it the full. Forces on the dark side, mostly hailing from the Far East, are attacking Twitter...

Keep your Computer Protected and don't let it Become a Gremlin
Owning a computer and having it in your home, believe it or not, is a responsibility and one that should be taken very seriously. If you don't you will soon discover a load of hackers, spammers, and viruses have invaded your computer and with it your life...

Why IE Isn't Everyone's Cup of Tea
Microsoft have been around the computer industry for almost as long as it has existed, and it would be highly unfair to say that without their contribution , the communications industry and the World itself would not be in the state that it is today...

Would You Allow Spies In Your Kitchen? So Why Allow Them In Your Computer?
Someone who spends a long time as one with a piece of machinery or equipment knows pretty soon if something is not working as it should or did not so long ago...

Ed Miliband Gets Phished
UK Cabinet Minister Ed Miliband as well as several other members of the British upper class are among those who have fallen victim to a phishing attack through Twitter...

Big Company, Big Problems, Huge Company, Huge Problems
Under fire software giant Adobe have released yet another fix for two critical security flaws discovers in their Reader and Acrobat programs...

Kneber just a Botnet in Zeus Clothing
The news that more than 74,000 computers have just been affected by a very simple but difficult to be rid of Trojan horse going by the title of Kneber has failed to surprise anyone...

Understand the Dangers of Adware to Overcome them
Ongoing research on the subject of adware infiltration has shown that he state of online security threats in general and adware infiltration is growing in tremendous leaps and bound...

Firefox Add-Ons Infect Victim Computers With Trojans
Mozilla have made a recent announcement that they have discovered that two experimental add-ons for the Firefox operating system, Master Filer and the Sothink Web Video Downloader version 4 have been infiltrated with a virus which has infected victim PCs with a Trojan horse virus when either add-on was installed...

Seventeen Year Old Security Bug Discovered in Windows
A bug that has lain undiscovered in Windows operating systems since its very early days was finally eradicated in the recent Microsoft Patch Tuesday...

Spyware Knows No Boundaries
Nowadays thanks to the wonders of the internet cyber-theft knows no boundaries and super hackers have found ways to make it possible to carry out crimes that bring in rewards of tens of millions of dollars without having to get up out of their easy chair...

You Can't Even Trust Microsoft Updates These Days
Recently a malicious spam campaign has been unearthed that was found to be hiding behind the guise of a fake Microsoft Update notice. Those who were caught unprotected by this virtual wolf in sheep's clothing found themselves living with a Trojan horse in their computer's registry...

Look out for an Especially Attractive Web Site - Hackers may be using SEO to get them to the Top of the Charts
The global virus wars seem to be reaching fresh peaks. The latest potential chink in a computer's armour that hackers are trying to exploit is, believe it or not, booby trapped web sites. This latest ploy more than any other displays the obvious lucrative profits to be earned by successfully planting malware onto a computer, in the hope that it will then spread across the web...

Sophisticated Malware Now Targeting iPhones
Recent reports have shown an increase in attacks on Internet mobile phone platforms, with the iPhone being a particular target in 2010. IPhone users with compromised devices are said to be particularly at risk...

The Growing Problem of Phishing on Twitter
Recent reports have it that hackers are attempting to steal the identities of Twitter users, through a fairly sophisticated phishing scheme...

That Great Online Money Making Scheme Could Open the Door to Viruses on your Computer
The latest means by which viruses and other malicious software (malware) that looks destined to spread itself across the web will be under the disguise of an " impossible to refuse" online money making scheme which not only will not transpire but will also house one or more viruses in their many forms...

Google to Phase Out Support for Internet Explorer 6
Web search giant Google, in the wake of the recent malware raid, have announced that they will be phasing out support for Microsoft's IE6 version browser, identified as the weak link...

IE Still Under Attack, but from an Old Enemy
With Microsoft hot from releasing an emergency patch on Thursday 19th January designed to repair a zero-day vulnerability that caused Google and more than 30 other companies to be hacked in the so-called Aurora attacks, an older problem has reared its ugly head which looks like it will represent further woe for Internet Explorer (IE)...

Fight the Vundo - and Fight to Win
Every day a fresh Trojan seems to hit the net and as they become more invasive their names become more bizarre. The latest comes with the distinctive name of the Vundo virus, and is indeed a pesky little invader...

Don't Wait Till Disaster Strikes - Back Up Now
It's a moment you wouldn't wish on anyone. That moment is when the realization sinks home that your computer has been attacked by a virus; a virus which has succeeded in slipping through your computer's defences which, up to that moment, you were convinced were strong enough...

Don't Let Your Computer Become a Talking Point
Owning a computer and especially one that is used as a work or study tool is not without its pressures. All of a sudden, in the middle of the day or night, something can happen to your computer that is difficult to explain...

The Debate Continues: Do I Need One or Two Anti-Virus Programmes?
These days a computer owner and/or operator have to be ever aware of the fact that their private information is under constant threat from attack. And these attacks can come from several directions and in many forms...

Major Focused Virus Attack Hits Internet Explorer 6
Towards the end of last week a major virus attack was reported to have focused itself on Internet Explorer 6 running on Windows XP, although industry sources later reported that it appeared that the virus looked like it was also being modified and could possibly attack more recent versions of Microsoft's highly popular browser...

Facebook and McAfee Join Forces to Fight Viruses
Facebook, the social networking sensation have made a joint announcement with McAfee, industry leaders in virus protection software, to form a partnership that will be aimed at improving security for Facebook's more than 350 million subscribers...

Social Networking Viruses Due to Dramatically Increase in the 2010s
As social networking sites begin to become increasingly commercialised going into the new decade, Facebook, MySpace and Twitter look like gradually becoming the key target for cyber-criminals...

Credit Where Credit Is Due - Adware Programs Are Fairly Smart
Although the can be pretty annoying an certainly unwelcome, but Adware is actually a software program that have been designed by people who know a little about the business, and how to use their software to promote certain product or service to online users...

A full proof and totally free of charge method for protecting your computer from every kind of computer virus has just been announced
And that is never to switch it on, or at least never connect to the internet, which would kind of defeat the purpose of having a computer in this day and age. Once a computer has been connected to the net, and it is without virus protection than it is vulnerable to invasion as if it has been online for years...

What Happens to Your Computer When it's Gone For Repair?
For most people, computers are a ubiquitous part of their daily lives. They send personal communications through email; have conversations with instant messaging; store music, movies, and photos; and manage their household and banking accounts all on this one piece of technology...

Winning the Trojan Wars
One of the most negative aspects of the virtual world has to be the considerable amount of time and money wasted on clearing out malware, spyware and these incredibly frightening Trojan horses, from an unprotected computer...

Steer Clear of Rogueware, but first of all find out what it is
There is a constant war going on against cybercrime, which seems to pop up in the most original of formats, with one of the latest to rear its ugly head being "rogueware" which, for the common man, means scam anti-virus products...

Is Nothing Sacred? Hackers Attack Adobe's Reader and Acrobat Software
An Adobe post has confirmed that the company fears that both their Adobe Acrobat and Reader are currently under active attack from a Trojan named Pidief.H...

You Can Keep Your Computer Virus-Free
Rumour has it that there now around one hundred thousand computer viruses that have been recorded since someone thought it would be a good idea to introduce them...

Keep the Pop-ups Under Control: Free your Computer from Adware
One of the most problematic and often embarrassing issues that can happen with a computer operating system is when an uninvited piece of adware unexpectedly pops up without warning...

Could you have a Trojan Horse wandering around your Hard Disc?
You won’t hear the sounds of its hooves if you have a Trojan horse running amok around your hard disc. The evidence of its unwelcome presence will be much more subtle. First of all, your computer will begin to run increasingly slowly; it will take you an age to carry out the simplest of processes...

What is a Backdoor Trojan and What Damage can it Cause?
As computer technology continues to develop at an overwhelming pace, owners and operators have had to come to terms with loads of new challenges, some of them very positive, yet a few negative and in the extreme...

If you don't want to Meet Rick Astley, don't Jailbreak your iPhone
It has to be said that the iPhone is probably the most modern yet complex piece of cellular equipment available on the market today. As is the case with almost all of the smart mobile devices currently available, the iPhone uses public key cryptography through code signing signatures...

Don't Let the Old E-mail Attachment Trick Fool You
Computer viruses at one time could only attack our computers through e-mail attachments. It could be said that these were in the "good old days", when most home computers at least were subject to seemingly never-ending waves of spam...

Taking the Panic out of Viruses
We have all had them. A panic e-mail, or even a series of them, warning of us that a new super powerful and especially evil virus is on its way to us, and there is nothing that we can do to protect ourselves and our computer from it...

Keep that Trojan Horse in the Stable
Let's face it. We are becoming more a society more dependent on our computers, to help us organise, improve and enjoy our lives. And the more that we are dependent on our computers, the more vulnerable we have become to attacks from those lurking in cyberspace who, at best, want to make our lives a little less pleasant through infecting our computers with viruses...

Don't Wait Till it's too Late to Discover a Computer Virus
Computer viruses can be a real pain in the hard disc once it infiltrates your computer system. All of a sudden that butter smooth process of gliding from file to file, web page to web page and program and program becomes like a slow motion movie...

Battle to Arrest the Development of Zeus, the Worst Trojan Horse to Date
Recognized as being among the most lethal and difficult pieces of malware ever to hit the market Zeus, if not contained, will empty the back accounts of innocent people who leave themselves susceptible to this powerful yet seemingly easy-to-operate piece of software...

Recognise an Online Virus in Order to Beat it
One of the most dangerous sites to visit which runs the risk of computer virus infiltration is the so called torrent web sites. These are sites where computer owners go to download music, videos and even full-length movies and are known to be a hot-bed of just about every form of virus imaginable...

Choosing the Best Anti-Virus Software to Keep your Computer Worm Free
Choosing the best anti-virus software to keep your computer worm free Computer viruses come in a number of formats, yet all with the same intention: To attack your computer and make life difficult...

Whose is the Best Antivirus for Microsoft Windows 7?
The latest and much awaited version of the long series of Microsoft's operating systems, simply entitled Windows 7, hit the stores on the 22nd of October, 2009. However, even as the Beta versions were being downloaded, it was fairly obvious that the computer hackers were already dissecting the program as much as they could, to find possible entry ports to install their Malware...

Find the Best Antivirus Online
The computer and internet revolution has added a whole new list of words to our vocabularies, most of them are good and some of them are very bad. Among the long list of bad words are phishing, spam and keyloggers. For those of you who don't know what these words are and what they mean, they are forms of invasive methods that hackers use to invade the privacy of your computer...

Win the Malware War
When the internet first began to develop in its most basic form about twenty years ago, it was supposed to be a simple means of exchanging information and nothing more...

Online Banking Targeted By Clampi Virus
People who use online banking are under threat from a new Trojan virus, known as the Clampi, which is currently sweeping both the US and UK.The Clampi virus is a piece of computer code that has already affected over 1,000 computers in the UK, and thousands more in the US...

For 3rd time in a row McAfee is ranked #1 in AV-Test.org detection tests
McAfee again maintains its 1st position with AV-Test.org! ComputerBild, a leading German consumer technology magazine, ranked McAfee as the clear leader for the 3rd time in a row in a comparative test of 9 leading security vendors...

McAfee Ranks #1 in Detection Rates in Independent Testing
ComputerBild, a leading German consumer technology magazine, ranked McAfee as the clear leader in a comparative test of 9 leading security vendors...

Katie Price and Jude Law are the most dangerous UK celebrities in cyberspace
Brits searching for the latest updates on Katie’s antics have a one in six chance (16.3%) of clicking on a dodgy website, loaded with malware, spyware and viruses that can infiltrate computers with the goal of making money or committing ID theft...

Challenges in Designing a Great Filtering Software
One of the biggest struggles that parents currently face is how to protect their children while they are surfing the internet. The dangers are well known, ranging from cyber-bullying to exposure to damaging content, but still many parents feel unequipped to take an effective stance...

Who is Protecting Your Child Online?
The age of the internet has meant redefining our conceptions of risk when it comes to our children. Even though they may physically be within an arm’s reach, they could digitally be thousands of miles away, and vulnerable to many threats...

PAN EMEA Award for McAfee AntiVirus Plus
McAfee VirusScan+ takes ADVANCED+ Certification for On Demand Scanning...Here's how McAfee AntiVirus Plus has wowed the judges and why McAfee customers aren't surprised...

Does Conflicker Mean Doom for the Internet?
The internet is under attack by a determined bunch of cyber criminals and the guys at not only Microsoft, but all the computer security companies, are taking a stand against viruses that are not only extremely sophisticated, but programmed for stealth...

Where Does Conflicker Come From?
The hunt is on for the Conflicker worm and it's not only Microsoft which is keen to find its origins...

Conflicker On Set to Make April Fools Of Millions
Conflicker C has a liking for destroying anti-virus programmes and making people's personal data vulnerable. The worm, which is detected as Win32/Conflicker.C, is geared up for a big splash on April Fool's Day...

Is FREE too good to be true?
Retails and developers show appreciation for to their clientele by offering some very good free products. These products may be less-advanced trial versions or stand alone bonus products...

MySpace Has 90,000 Less Perverts Now
MySpace has taken the pro-active step of booting off 90,000 sex offenders off its website...

Cyber Cop Obama
President Obama might only have been in power for a short time, but he has already ordered a cyber-security review...

We're Not Protecting Our Children
Most parents are not concerned about their children’s surfing habits, or so recent research has suggested...

McAfee Picks-up Top Award
Computer Shopper, one of the largest computer magazines online, has given one of its coveted Best Buy awards (February 2009) to McAfee’s AntiVirus Plus...

Free McAfee Stinger
The McAfee AVERT Stinger is a stand-alone utility which can be used to find and then remove specific worms and viruses. Please bear in mind that it should not be used instead of a full blown anti-virus application.

Maintaining your computer
Let's hear it for the computer for a minute. It's very clever (far cleverer than you - remember that) and it will sit there producing word documents, spreadsheets, databases and presentations until the cows come home...

What is Windows Defender?
Wow. A windows defender. Sounds like it should be six feet tall, well muscled, lantern jawed, with steel black hair and a thousand yard stare, and wearing a cape...

The Latest and Safest Easter Eggs
This not about chocolate Easter Eggs that might explode at any minute, this is about a piece of code (or something unexpected) that is deliberately hidden by its creator within software, a game, a film, or a soundtrack, as a source of amusement...

Easter Eggs and Viruses
Given that Microsoft is the biggest software company out there, it’s no surprise that the company and the concept of Easter Eggs go hand and hand...

Software and Hardware Firewalls
Software and hardware firewalls have basically the same ambition: to protect your computer from unauthorised users trying to gain access to your operating systems, programmes, files, or data, for illegal purposes...

Internet Security - in plain English
Internet security in plain English is about understanding one concept: if you use a computer for sending emails, or surfing the internet, you are in danger from some pretty aggressive and ruthless criminals...

What is a micro virus?
If you’re asking yourself what is a macro virus, just think about what macros are and how they are employed in applications such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel...

What does anti-virus software do?
When you’re sitting there, wondering just what does anti-virus software do, bear in mind that the internet is in many ways similar to the old Wild West...

How a virus is created
This is how a virus is created article is not a guide as to how you can create a virus. In most countries, creating a virus and then distributing it, even for a joke, is a highly illegal act and could land you in a prison. Simply, don’t do it...

Online gamers face attacks
Online gamers face attacks from their virtual enemies with bravery, intelligence and flair, but when it comes to facing attacks from online criminals, they sometimes don’t have the same approach...

Fake anti-virus solution
A fake anti-virus solution is a particularly low trick to play, but, when computer hackers are out there in cyber space determined to literally rip details from people’s computers, it’s perhaps no surprise that there use is more popular than ever...

Exploit does what?
Exploit does what did you say? Now, a lot of us have heard of computer viruses, bugs, trojans and even the increasingly popular malware, but exploit, that might be a new one on many...

What is a dropper?
What is a dropper? Now, there might be any number of rude and amusing meanings for this word, but, in internet terminology, there is nothing funny about it at all...

Cyber War
As the Internet becomes the main forum for communication and the sharing of ideas, cyber space could become the new battleground for nations to exercise their muscles...

How do I report email scams?
It’s a common question, how do I report email scams, and the best advice is to either send them to your internet service provider (ISP)...

Lottery scams be warned
Lottery scams are on the increase, so be warned...

What is a firewall?
A firewall is an electronic defense around your computer that stops intruders accessing your personal information and data stored on your hard drive...

Securing your web browser
Every computer user can take a few simple steps to protect themselves from potential hackers by configuring their web browsers more securely...

SFG - The key to effectively backing up your data
Most computer users have lost count of the times important files are lost when a disk drive fails or back-up disk is mislaid...

Green computing - top 10 tips
Green computing - top 10 tips - This covers computers and all peripherals like printers, scanners, external hard drives and routers...

Are all hackers' crackers?
Most people believe hackers are criminals who gain illegal access to computers to steal data or money. This is not correct...

ActiveX - Can't live with them...or without them
The problem with ActiveX controls is a classic can’t live with them, can’t live without them. ActiveX is a Microsoft technology designed to enhance the online experience by allowing Internet Explorer to interact with code snippets on web sites, like online calculators...

What is malware?
Malware has lots of different definitions depending on which expert you speak – but the one thing they all agree on is it’s not good for your computer...

Signing up for social networking security
Social security on the web is not a state benefit, but awareness that some of those so-called friends are bad guys waiting for to exploit a weakness in your computer’s defences...

Getting off the hook when you catch a worm
So your computer has hooked a worm and it’s wriggling round in your hard drive – what exactly is a ‘worm’ and is the worm likely to cause any damage?...

Credit crisis fueling email scams
If there’s one thing that gets the purveyors of email scams all hot and bothered, it’s the thought of bad news, whether it’s a natural disaster, a terrorist attack, or some other form of human misery...

Exposing the top email scams
Exposing the top email scams can be a little frustrating, as no matter how many people are out there trying to highlight the latest scams, new ones are being invented all the time...

Web Page Viruses Five-Fold Increase
The word Malware is a comparatively new term, but it’s meaning is not being lost on a number of people and companies as the number of web page viruses show a five fold increase in 2007...

How to report illegal, or offensive material on websites
Reporting illegal, or offensive material on websites is a worthy thing to do, but wanting a definite result from your actions – say getting a web-site taken down – is a far more difficult ambition...

e Crime has a new unit
e Crime is now so widespread and poses such a threat, that Scotland Yard has established the first ever specialist internet crime unit in Britain...

Tax rebate fraudsters out to steal your cash
Don’t celebrate too much if you receive an email from the taxman telling you to expect a tax rebate – it’s probably a scam...

Which should you choose? McAfee Site Advisor vs. Norton Safe Web?
McAfee Site Advisor or Norton Safe Web? Here is How the Products Measure Up...

Easy to read comparison and review of Norton Safe Web and McAfee SiteAdvisor
Detailed Comparison of McAfee Site Advisor, McAfee Site Advisor Plus, and Norton Safe Web...

Are Norton Safe Web’s results accurate? Users can trust McAfee SiteAdvisor results
Which Would you Trust? McAfee Site Advisor provides safer results when compared with Norton Safe Web...

Making Informed Decisions about Web Safety. McAfee SiteAdvisor vs. Norton Safe Web
McAfee or Norton? McAfee Site Advisor Provides More Information To Keep you Safe...

What Virus Threats Do You Face?
Did you know that a Trojan Horse is not technically a virus?
Did you know that the first virus released was by a high school student?

What Risks Do You Face From Online Fraud?
Anytime that someone has access to your personal information, you are at risk of becoming a victim of online fraud...

SPAM: Why Did it Start and Where is it Headed?
"SPAM" is the common name for junk mail that arrives each day in your email account's in-box...

Are You Offering Identity Thieves Your Personal Information?
Spyware steals lists of sites that you have visited. Hackers steal your banking and personal information. Worms steal your usernames and passwords. Are you helping them in their theft?...

What are Virus Scans and How do They Work?
There are many threats that face our computers every day. Your first line of defense is a strong Anti-Virus Software, but what are these threats and how do virus scans protect you and your computer?...

Virus Detection and Prevention Tips
Do not open any files attached to an email from an unknown, suspicious or untrustworthy source...

How to Stay Safe on the Web
You have good reason to be wary of the Web these days...

What You May Not Know About McAfee
McAfee is Security Only When you want to be the best in a field, you have to give it 100%. All of McAfee’s efforts are dedicated to security, and they are the largest company in the world to do so...

Continue Chatting the Day Away
Teens and children love to use chatrooms. They are great online locations where kids from places across the globe can meet other kids from around the world. However, it is important to note that chatrooms can also be dangerous places for those who are not protected...

Preventing Instant Messaging Crime
One of the newest developments in online communication, Instant messaging (IM) is the fastest and simplest way to communicate online with friends and coworkers. With this new technology come new ways for criminals to distribute worms, viruses, and Trojans into your computer's hard drive...

Protecting Your Children From Online Risks
Parents these days are finding it difficult to balance children's use of the educational technology of the Internet, and the dangers and fears associated with cyber crime. Parents understand that the Internet can be a wonderful tool for children to use...

What Can I Do About SPAM?
At one time, spam was simply limited to just unsolicited advertising messages. Since its inception, spam has become far more advanced. Spam can now steal your personal data and financial information...

Free Downloads For Teenagers? Or Another Risk For Your PC?
McAfee is urging parents to check with their kids this summer - and keep a close eye on their online activities...

It's Your Identity. Protect It
With one in four households in the United States victims of identity theft, this growing crime is beginning to become a daily aspect of life in Europe. As a result, it has become imperative to defend yourself on and off line...

The Facts On Phishing - What You Need To Know
With tens of thousands of crimes reported each year, damaging even the savviest of computer users, Phishing attacks have become a startling online epidemic...

Internet Crimes - Reporting To Authorities
Protecting yourself against Internet crime and identity theft is critically important to a successful Internet experience. It is very important to keep your firewall and Web browser up-to-date...

McAfee Spyware Prevention Tips
Install anti-virus software on your computer and make sure you allow software updates to occur regularly...

Computer Threats To Come
Even if you are unsure of exactly what a computer virus is, you are likely familiar with the concept. In fact, even people who are very computer suave are unsure, since the concept of the computer virus changes almost daily due to new inventions by hackers...

Music Downloading: Be Wary of Computer Hackers
It was very fortunate for Kathy Morris, a contractor for a major corporate training company who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, to have her telephone nearby one Saturday morning - she was lucky to have a McAfee technician only a phone call away...

Iraq War Veteran Discovers Importance of Protecting His PC
As a former Marine - with three tours in Iraq - Jake Nelson understands the importance of protection and reliability. Now a student, Jake relies on the same dependability for his personal laptop computer...

McAfee Protects the Computers of a Work-at-Home Mum
Lori Hoffman is a very typical PC user: She runs her home computer using both personal applications and business software, but remains concerned that confidential information may be available to those probing eyes who are online to do more harm than good...

Phishing: The Latest Online Threat and What You Can Do To Protect Yourself
Phishing is the latest trend in online identity theft in which fraudulent emails try to gain your personal information by pretending to be a bank or another institution...

Top Ten Tips to Protect Your Personal Information and Identity
Every time you go online, you enter a world of potential danger for your computer. Without the proper protection and knowledge, your computer may become susceptible to identity theft, spam, spyware, phishing scams, and Trojan horses...

Enforce Online Law: Be Your Own E-mail Security Guard
For clean-freaks, having e-mail can be a nightmare. No matter how thorough you can be with cleaning and tidying your email account, there always appears to viruses and spam e-mails that never seem to go away...

Protect Yourself From Online Threats: Tips to Help Secure Your Computer
Every family computer has at least one person who uses e-mail and instant messaging (IM) for keeping in touch with family, friends, and business associates. Using these services unwisely, however, may make you and your computer susceptible...

Spam: Definitely Not Child's Play
If you have kids in their early teens, and they are regular users of the Internet, there are three undeniable facts that are apparent...

Parental Controls and Cyber Bullying: What Every Parent Should Know
Many technological advancements that appear to solve problems also bring with them new problems as well...

McAfee Helps Customers Prevent Identity and Bank Account Theft
The most dangerous hackers online today want to hijack your unprotected information to use for identity and bank theft...

Key Findings of the 2007 CSI Computer Crime and Security Survey
As the longest running survey in the information security field, the CSI Computer Crime
and Security Survey provides the most trusted and most highly quoted statistics in the industry...