The New York Times reports that a Russian operation seemed to be earning $5 million a year selling fake antivirus software, or "scareware." Often in the form of "rogue scanners", the peddlers of these products will use scare tactics to get you to buy their snake oil software. Our antivirus expert explains how these bogus programs work and how to avoid them...Must Reads
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The New York Times reports that a Russian operation seemed to be earning $5 million a year selling fake antivirus software, or "scareware." Often in the form of "rogue scanners", the peddlers of these products will use scare tactics to get you to buy their snake oil software. Our antivirus expert explains how these bogus programs work and how to avoid them...Music Formats 101
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Are you confused about all the different music formats out there? Do you want to start downloading your own music for yourself? Here is a tutorial on the different music formats, their strengths and weaknesses, and how to download intelligently from the Internet...What is "Spear Phishing"?
Tuesday December 2, 2008
It is the most evolved form of identity theft. Using the con techniques of regular "phishing", a spear phisherman will use tidbits of your real information to make his deception offers that much more convincing. By using these tailored and customized attacks against specific individuals, con men get access to people's bank and financial information. Don't get scammed by spear phisherman, read more about their nasty game here...(photo by Science Faction / Getty Images) 10 Reasons to Start a Blog
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Web logging, or "blogging" is becoming a household term. Most anyone who uses the Internet regularly either has a blog, or has read someone else's blog. But does that mean you should start your own? We'll give you ten reasons that might compel you to start blogging...Discuss
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