uBlock Origin Can Help Keep You Safe We’ve noticed more often lately how many bad things can happen when advertisements are displayed. While it’s true, most advertisements can be annoying, most are benign. But many are not. Some are tech support repairs scams; some are useless but harmless scamware and freeware bundles; some contain links that… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #937 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #937, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, September 24, 2021, at approximately 8:10 AM, Eastern daylight time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. If you are… Read More »
Browser Settings to Prevent Malicious Pages from Reopening Recently we posted an article showing you how to close your browser in hurry should you encounter a malicious website or advertisement, or one of the ubiquitous computer support scams that lie in wait for you like mines in a harbor. When you close your browser using Task… Read More »
How to Close Your Browser in a Hurry This tip will show you how to close a browser that has become unresponsive or when you click something malicious and suddenly, you’re faced with a tech support scam popup or another malicious popup that you can’t seem to get away from… and trying to close the browser… Read More »
Bonus Questions & Answers – 90421 It’s Saturday and that means it’s time for more Bonus Questions & Answers! Sometimes the best tips and tricks are hidden in the questions and answers we publish. And rarely do we post questions and answers on this website. Today, we’re featuring some of the questions and answers from past… Read More »
Email Extortion Phishing Scams Are Back — You Have Been Very Naughty! You are a very naughty person and I know all about you! Although extortion emails have been around for a few years, after a short period of dormancy, they’re back and apparently in full vigor. Blackmail, extortion, or sextortion? Whether you call them extortion… Read More »