Tagged: virus

Verifying Fact vs. Rumor

Posted on September 6th, 2009 by Urbain

Do you ever get emails warning you about some devastating virus about to wipe out the Internet?  Or that Microsoft will pay you money to forward an email?  Or that the government is going to charge you for each piece of email you send?
Find out the truth at Snopes. com.
And never assume anything.
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Happy April Fool’s — Are Virus Attacks Coming Today?

Posted on April 1st, 2009 by Urbain

Much has been reported about the Conficker C worm which is supposed to hunt down websites and computers and randomly attack them today.  Microsoft is paying a $250,000 bounty to catch the worm’s creator, CNN reports.
If you are reading this now, changes are you are safe — and so is this website.
The worm was patched [...]

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Clickjacking – It Can Hit Any Browser

Posted on October 9th, 2008 by Urbain

The latest Internet threat is called “clickjacking.”
Clickjacking affects anyone who surfs the Internet.
What happens is that you click on a supposedly safe web page, but you are duped into revealing confidential information. A clickjacking attack can be used to take control of a computer’s webcam and microphone without the knowledge of the user, or it [...]

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Computer Tips for ‘Regular’ People – Spyware. Adware. Viruses. What’s the deal?

Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by Urbain

I’ve run my anti-virus program and my computer is still slow and doing weird stuff. What’s wrong?

Sometimes your programs won’t work right, weird pop-ups show up in the middle of a project, or your web pages redirect to porn or other types of sites. You run your anti-virus software and the program reports [...]

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