A Word About Emsisoft Internet Security For all Windows usersRecently Emsisoft began offering users of Emsisoft Anti-Malware (and antivirus) a free “upgrade” to Emsisoft Internet Security. We’re going to tread lightly here because we both really respect the Emsisoft team. We can understand why Emsisoft is heavily promoting its Internet Security Suite. The Internet Security software industry is… Read More »
5 Million Gmail Passwords Leaked, Check Yours Now According to the Daily Dot, nearly 5 million usernames and passwords to Gmail accounts have been leaked on a Russian Bitcoin forum. Here’s what you should know. The list has since been taken down, and most sources are saying that lots of the information is quite old—though others are claiming… Read More »
Ask.com / Interactive Corp. Does It Again All Windows Users For years, they’ve polluted computers with a nasty bundle of malware they called, ironically, FunWebProducts. FunWebProducts was a bundle of malware that lured innocent users with cute looking free smileys and emoticons and other supposedly fun stuff including such gems as MyEmailStationery, WebFetti, MyWebSearch. My, my, my how… Read More »
Joan wants to convert video files into other formats How do I convert flv, avi and/or vob files to mp4? Tried to download a software suggestion from CNET and Emsisoft flagged it as malware? Can you suggest some procedure I can use to do this? Our Answer Hi Joan — as you’ve already discovered, video converters which are… Read More »
Comcast Confessions: when every call is a sales call When AOL executive and Comcast customer Ryan Block recently tried to cancel his internet service, he ended up in a near-yelling match with a customer service representative who spent 18 minutes trying to talk him out of it. Rep: I’m just trying to figure out here what it is about Comcast… Read More »
The Password Is Finally Dying. Here’s Mine by John Kuczala WSJ The password to my Twitter TWTR +1.29% account, which has been mine since 2007 and through which I have published more than 51,000 tweets, is “christophermims.” Knowing that won’t help you hack it, however. In fact, I’m publishing my password to make a point: The password is finally dying, if we… Read More »