Have you heard about the DNSChanger malware? No? well, you may want to check out the above video and in addition visit here. Another helpful article is located here. In a nutshell, you need to check your system to make sure you don’t have this nasty bit of malware because the safety net is going […]

Another Phishing scam has turned up. This one poses as a credit card purchase.  A fake confirming order comes in your email with an attachment.  The attachment is a zipped file. When you download, unzip and open the “document” to read the details, your system becomes infected. I know about this scam firsthand because it […]

Just last week, Microsoft issued its biggest every security fix.  You can read about it here. Microsoft had to specifically address vulnerabilities in it Windows operating system which could allow hackers to take control of your PC. This isn’t good news. From the article linked above, “Microsoft released 16 security patches to address 49 problems in […]

“Here You Have…” a Windows Virus It happened again.  Last week, a rather vicious virus called “Here You Have” ran rampant on the internet and infected systems in top companies like ABC/Disney, ComCast, and Proctor and Gamble. The virus spread through email.  Once launched, it infected the user’s system, grabbed his/her email address book, and […]