online security

While the holiday season has come and gone, the new year brings a renewed opportunity for reflection, goal-setting and personal growth. The start of the new year makes me appreciate our team’s progress and I’ve got to tell you, there’s a lot of great stuff coming in 2021! This month marks the...

Long story short, a while ago, I bought and returned a hard drive that still had sensitive information on it including social security number, passwords to online accounts, etc. At the time, I thought that I removed all the information on the hard drive because I quick formatted it a few times...

October is almost over! The leaves are changing, pumpkin spices are everywhere, and frights and haunts are becoming commonplace. In the U.S., it’s also National Cyber Security Awareness month. To celebrate it all, we’ll share some of the great security and privacy features that we’ve added to...

New features provide peace of mind, help you stay in the flow and connect to the information you want The last few weeks have been unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. As a working mom I’m certainly used to having a full schedule, getting pulled in different directions, balancing the needs...

PC World just posted a article where Bitdefender found S5Mark VPN to actually be a rootkit and not a VPN. Article link : S5Mark is a 'VPN' that is actually a rootkit in disguise, BitDefender says

Hi Today Windows Defender came up with Malware for the first time ever! It found "Trojan:Win32/peals.flcl" When I looked at the location it said it was in a file called Desktop Lara that's been on my computer for years. If offered to remove it so I did. I then ran Malwarebytes and...

So just thought I'd share that I'm going to use Tor browser for 30 days on my laptop and phone :nerves: I want to see if I can do all the usual web surfing and use the same services I'd normally use with Firefox of Chrome. And maybe I can post my questions about any problems I might encounter...

I am running Windows 10 and Internet Explorer. I have depended on Windows Defender to protect me from virus , malware, Trojans, etc. But, my system became infected with safesear.ch. Windows defender did not detect this virus. I used Malware Bytes to remove it. So, what anti virus would you...

Hope this one is a very informative topic for a wide margin of people. I came to know and interested on this topic after a social engineering manipulation on my wife's banking account. Like everybody we also get many prank calls and mails. One day somebody called her and asked for the pin number...

It is free and encrypted. Not a great necessity but just handy to have My normal email address will suffice For almost all purposes Just my plan for World Domination might require a tad more security I reckon by 2500 I will be well along with my plan. Haven't spotted any obvious flaws so far...

Sunset and cats can be hazardous to your online bank account. Full story: http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/sunsets-and-cats-can-be-hazardous-to-your-online-bank-account/

From Third-Party Giveaway site, for example http://www.giveawayoftheday.com From software official site or social media, for example, https://plus.google.com/109991992304823387411/posts/QAp5itZ1cbV Is this trust-able way to get paid software for free?

Hello I wish i could be more specific but I am getting notifications in my inbox (Hotmail)that Win 7 has a message for me. However, it has nothing to do with me and says it is a link back or back link. Do you know how I can rectify this? Thank you Peter

Hi, Do u think that it is safe to save credit card info in Google Chrome browser? Any one knows any event where data is stolen from chrome wallet?

Hello, Everyone knows you get what you pay for and this not a direct criticism on Windows Firewall, but recent studies have shown free paid products such AVG Antivirus and Windows Firewall have been hacked more often then other. My setup: * Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit * Norton Internet...

A recent look at computer security shows online identity theft scams becoming easy for nefarious individuals who prey on those who lack essential security updates. Anyone experienced in the business need only to look at the serious manner of many, many businesses still running Windows XP without...

Hi This isn't really about Windows or American's Elect but about the way that stuff works online! Yesterday I was curious about the American't Elect thing, it sounded like a good idea to me. So I went to the web site took the test and became a member. I just watched the guy who founded it on...

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In yet another round of cyber attacks, hackers have stolen more than 177,000 emails from Sony Pictures France, ZDnet reports. The hackers say they wanted to demonstrate the sites insecurity to get them to fix their vulnerabilities. Read Full Story: Hackers Claim 177K Email Addresses from...

* MANILA, Philippines -- The online world will forever be a reflection of what happens in our real-world world. In the offline world, there are good people. Good people can also be found online. But there are evil people, too, that populate the Internet, doing their nefarious things online –...