Our friends at Emsisoft wrote and gave us permission to publish this article on our Web site. We’ve exposed Avast and AVG before – they install PUPs and search engine and browser toolbars and hijackers. Supposedly free, the price you pay in aggravation may make you take another look at them. And considering neither Avast nor AVG have… Read More »
Identity Theft and You The term “identity theft” is tossed around a lot – you see it everywhere. However, when it comes to identity theft what you think you know about it can can be more dangerous that what you don’t know about it. There are a lot of myths about identity theft, and we’re pretty sure that… Read More »
Who’s Worse: The Malware Miscreants or the Companies Who Make False Promises? It’s a shame that we all have to be so careful when we download or even just browse the Web these days. The more mature the Internet gets the more sophisticated the tricks become. And it’s bad enough when criminals and miscreants posing as Web developers… Read More »
Our friends at Emsisoft are on the ball and are on top of a new ransomware called PClock which copies CryptoLocker. If a computer is infected with PClock the user will be asked to pay a $300 ransom to unlock their files. In other words, if you don’t pay the ransom you’ll not be able to open many… Read More »
Alleged tech support scammers come up with all kinds of alibis to counter complaints Companies sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Microsoft for allegedly defrauding consumers with worthless Windows technical support have spun tales involving flakey Internet connections, it’s-not-us-it’s-scammers, new management software and unanswered emails to counter hundreds of consumer complaints this year, Better Business Bureau… Read More »
Look Before You Leap – Two Tools to Help You Determine If a Web Site is Safe It’s really hard to tell by looking at a web site whether it’s safe or not. And nobody wants to be constrained to visiting only sites they know are safe. Part of the fun of the Web is scouting and finding… Read More »