Category Archives: Security

What you need to know about VPNs

A VPN is a Virtual Private Network. A VPN works like a normal network where you have two or more computers connected to using a physical device like a router. With a VPN the computers are connected via the Internet. There’s no physical hardware other than what you already have (modem, router, cable/DSL etc.) VPN requires software to… Read More »

Gmail’s extra layer of security

After reading horror stories from Yahoo Mail users and reading about how Yahoo’s servers were hacked using simple Unix commands pasted into open (available to anyone) email sign-up forms and other Yahoo Web forms, and almost a half of a million users had their account passwords and user names posted on hacker sites for all to see, we… Read More »

Hiring a fox to guard the hen house

Perion, IncrediMail’s other name, is notorious for bundled software – Smilebox and worst of all Sweet IM, announced today the release of a program to manage add-ons and extensions in browsers. This beats all! It’s like McDonald’s releasing a book, “The Guide to Healthy Eating”,  or  Bernie Madoff writing “How to Invest and Get Rich Legally”. You have… Read More »

Emsisoft Anti-Malware is also one of the most effective antivirus programs too.

If you find that your current anti-virus program either will not allow Emsisoft Anti-Malware to run, or that Emsisoft Anti-Malware shuts down your current antivirus program – don’t worry. Unlike Malwarebytes, Emsisoft Anti-Malware is also an antivirus. We want you to make the right choice — and that choice is letting Emsisoft be your antivirus program as well.… Read More »