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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 [...]
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You should always have an up-to-date virus scanner installed on your computers. If, however, you find your computer has a virus with no virus scanner installed, please use one or more of the following free online scanners. Norton Security Scan, Free Virus Scan BitDefender Online Scanner Kaspersky Free Virus Scan Trend Micro HouseCall Panda ActiveScan [...]
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Many thanks to Utah Attorney General, Mark Shurtleff and his staff for creating the Utah Child Protection Registry. The Utah Child Protection Registry is a free program provided by the State of Utah that helps you stop adult-oriented solicitations from being targeted at you and your family. The program allows you to protect: * E-Mail [...]
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Author and columnist, Rebecca Hagelin has written a wonderful article for http://townhall.com. Our teenagers are more sexually active than any generation of youth before them. They also are consuming more pornography and compromising basic moral standards more often. It seems that many of them have lost not only their innocence, but their conscience, too. The [...]
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Steven Kotler of Fox News reports on “vacation hacking”, the newest trend in internet fraud. Cybercriminals are targeting travelers by creating phony Wi-Fi hot spots in airports, in hotels, and even aboard airliners. Vacationers on their way to fun in the sun, or already there, think they’re using designated Wi-Fi access points. But instead, they’re [...]
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It is my opinion that in general people are becoming more aware of Internet threats and identity theft. Most of my associates would never have considered downloading and running something called checkmeout.exe, and I think that this cautious attitude is becoming more prevalent. Of course, this takes away a prime attack vector from hackers trying [...]
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Alissa Atkinson reports on nine online scams used by scammers to con Americans out of millions. The scammers are so successful is because of the high number of unsuspecting victims and because of the amount of information available on the web. “The problem now is that so much information is available on the Internet,” FBI [...]
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OpenDNS is the leading provider of free security services that make the Internet safer for your home, school, or business by integrating Web content filtering, anti-phishing and Domain Name Service (DNS). Apart from being free, OpenDNS provides a simple yet powerful interface that allows parents to customize the Internet for their family. OpenDNS provides more [...]
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I have five children, aged from 5 to 13. They are all pretty tech savvy and we have several computers in our home that they use. One day some type of paper came home from school that was advertising KidZui. It mentioned that it was free to try and my wife and I had been [...]
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