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Safe Computing

Gmail Adds Intruder Alert Feature

by Matt on March 24, 2010

Google added a new feature to Gmail which will detect suspicious activity in your account and notify you when an intruder has attempted to login to your account. If Google detects a possible intrusion, it will display the following warning in your inbox that your account was accessed from a specific location. By clicking on [...]

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Video: OnlineFamily.Norton

by Matt on February 22, 2010

More information about OnlineFamily.Norton

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Rootkit May Be Behind Windows Blue Screen

by Tregaron on February 12, 2010

“A rootkit infection may be the cause of a Windows Blue Screen of Death issue experienced by Windows XP users who applied the latest round of Microsoft patches. It appears that the affected Windows PCs had the rootkit infection prior to deploying the Microsoft patches. Researcher Patrick W. Barnes, investigating the issue, has isolated the [...]

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Kids’ Top 100 Searches of 2009

by Matt on January 3, 2010

Kids’ Top 100 Searches of 2009 YouTube, Google, and Facebook top the list Sex and Porn round out the top 5 Kids spend most of their time searching for music related topics (30%), then TV/movie related topics (12%). The most popular celebrity kids searched for was Michael Jackson. Taylor Swift came in second. Team Jacob [...]

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OnlineFamily.Norton

by Matt on December 23, 2009

OnlineFamily.Norton surveyed a whole lot of parents and put a great deal of thought into the core features needed to provide a robust communication-based tool that aims to bring you and your family closer together as you work to manage your online lifestyles. Key features of OnlineFamily.Norton include: Personal Profiles Your child is unique. You [...]

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Beware the 12 Scams of Christmas

by Matt on November 29, 2009

Below is an excellent article from Fox News about cyberscams during the holiday season. Getting a bargain on Cyber Monday seems compelling. But with online shopping comes the risk of cyberscams. According to Consumer Reports, cybercriminals have bilked $8 billion from consumers in the past two years. And as Americans open their wallets and their [...]

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New X-Rated Facebook Worm

by Matt on November 25, 2009

There is a new Facebook worm which will direct you to a link containing pornography. The following are the details of the worm: The hook to the new Facebook worm appears in a friend’s profile as the racy image at left. Click the image, and you are brought to a Web page with the same [...]

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Scareware Downloads Porn On Your System

by Matt on November 25, 2009

Scareware is a type of malware designed to trick victims into purchasing and downloading useless and potentially dangerous software. Scareware, which generates pop-ups that resemble Windows system messages, usually purports to be antivirus or antispyware software, a firewall application or a registry cleaner. The messages typically say that a large number of problems — such [...]

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