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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 won over Team Edward, with [...]

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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 can manage, update, [...]

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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 browsers for [...]

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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 image.
Analysis [...]

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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 as [...]

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Security Bulletins: 11-17-2009

by Matt on November 22, 2009

New attack fells Internet Explorer
A hacker has posted attack code that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.
The code was posted Friday to the Bugtraq mailing list by an unidentified hacker. According to security vendor Symantec, the code does not always work properly, but it [...]

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