The following article appeared in Gizmodo, February 19, 2015 Lenovo Installs Adware on New Computers That Could Steal Private Data Oh no, Lenovo. Users are reporting on the company’s forums, its computers are coming installed with adware straight out of the box—that can monitor secure connections. According to a number of Lenovo users, the software called Superfish is installed on factory-fresh laptops. The… Read More »
Valentine’s Day Special Offer – We Love Emsisoft and YOU Will Too! We Love Emsisoft and we know you will too. That’s why we’re presenting this crazy special offer! We know if you try Emsisoft, you’ll love it as much as we do. And we’re not the only ones who love it either… Emsisoft just won the 2014… Read More »
Our partnership with Emsisoft has been a good one. Whenever Emsisoft writes an article we find informative, they let us share it with you, no questions asked. Here’s a new article by Emsisoft that will help you recognize a PUP when you see one – and by PUP we don’t mean Spot. We have told you many times… Read More »
Scamware “Everyone in every culture knows the story of the snake oil salesmen. You know those charlatans who traveled from town to town pandering the elixir of life to anyone who would listen to their shtick. The elixir of life, as it turned out, was mostly alcohol with some bark extracts and flavoring. But those poor old teetotalers… Read More »
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 »
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 »