Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Spyware is not just annoying. Spyware is hitting all of us in the wallet as tech support firms must deal with millions of customers infected by it.
Some studies claim that as many as 97% of all personal computers may be infected by various spyware programs. Personally, I believe that number ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Spyware is rife and virus infection commonplace yet many home users reckon they are safe from online threats.
An AOL/National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) Online Safety Study - conducted by technical experts in the homes of 329 typical dial-up and broadband computer users across the US - found that most computer ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
On the whole, the internet is a good thing for humankind. However, the internet does have its dark side. Everyone with a regular internet connection knows that there is an unholy trinity that threatens to make the internet so unpleasant that people would rather not use it at all. The ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
The ranks of spyware and adware expand daily, but some take root more often than others. Here are six of the usual suspects.
These spyware and adware mischief-makers have taken root on more than their share of hard disks. Symptoms include performance and compatibility problems, not to mention continuous pop-up invasions.
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Scott Rolf knows trouble when he sees it. An IT director for a law firm near Cleveland, Ohio, Rolf was asked by a friend to check out the new Web site the friend had put up on a DSL-connected Web server. Rolf did more than just visit his friend's site; ...
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