CCleaner & Avast Still Playing Games With Users For a long time now, we’ve been warning our readers to steer clear of Avast. Avast seems to want to play games with user settings, install unwanted extra software, and continually prod user to update to the paid version of the software – sometimes even resorting to popups. CCleaner was… Read More »
Phishing Is the Internet’s Most Successful Con Tricking people out of sensitive information online is far too easy. (From “The Atlantic” ) In the classic 1973 heist movie The Sting, two con men—played by Robert Redford and Paul Newman—build a fictitious world in a Depression-era Chicago basement to defraud a corrupt banker. They make an offtrack-betting room, hire… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Premium – Issue #779– Available Online If you’re not a subscriber to Cloudeight InfoAve Premium Newsletter, please join us. It’s delivered to your inbox every Friday and it’s completely free! Subscribe right now! Cloudeight InfoAve Premium, Issue #779, was sent to all subscribers on Friday, September 14, 2018 at approximately 11:30 AM, Eastern daylight time (USA).… Read More »
Change Firefox Settings So It Does Not Automatically Reload Tabs A big thanks to Sue R. for the inspiration and the idea for this tip. If you use Firefox and get into a situation where you become compromised with a tech support scam or by a malicious site, there are a number of ways yo can close the… Read More »
Several Ways to Close Your Browser Quickly Darcy reminded me of something today … as she always seems to do. And that reminded me to make sure that you all know how to close a browser that has become unresponsive or when you click something and suddenly you’re faced with a tech support scam popup or other malicious… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Premium – Issue #778– Available Online If you’re not a subscriber to Cloudeight InfoAve Premium Newsletter, please join us. It’s delivered to your inbox every Friday and it’s completely free! Subscribe right now! Cloudeight InfoAve Premium, Issue #778, was sent to all subscribers on Friday, September 7, 2018 at approximately 10:45 AM, Eastern daylight time (USA).… Read More »