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Privacy, Security & Virus Information
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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