Spyware is an ever growing Internet threat.
A test done by National Cyber Security Alliance showed that more than 90% of all PCs are infected with spyware.
These dangerous programs are designed to bypass anti-virus & firewall software and the user knows nothing about it.
Once spyware is embedded on your PC, it can slow down [...]
There’s nothing new under the sun, and rootkits are no exception.
In the early days of personal computers, in the age of the DOS command-line operating system, there were viruses that hid their presence from the users and anti-virus programs.
They did it by intercepting some system calls that were responsible for reading the files, [...]
What happens is that these emails are part of phishing schemes.
Phishing generally means that someone sends you fake or bogus emails with bad links in them.
These links invite you to click on their bogus sites (i.
e.
not government sites at all) and submit some of your personal (confidential) information: maybe your complete name, [...]
Anti-Virus software consists of computer programs that attempt to identify, thwart, and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software (Malware).
Anti-Virus software typically will use two different techniques to accomplish the following things, Examining,also known as scanning your files on the computer to look for familiar viruses that will match definitions in a virus [...]
Everybody makes mistakes.
Of course, Mr.
Gates doesn’t have a crystal ball, so telling what the future holds for spam is little easier for him than it is for the rest of us.
Nonetheless, by looking at the current patterns of spam, we can make some estimates regarding the future of spam.
Spammers have found that [...]
Anti-Virus software consists of programs on your computer that make an attempt to identify and keep computer viruses off your computer.
The anti-virus software will most likely use a couple of different techniques to make sure the viruses stay off your computer.
The software will start to scan all your files you have saved so [...]
In the early days of personal computers, in the age of the DOS command-line operating system, there were viruses that hid their presence from the users and anti-virus programs.
They did it by intercepting some system calls that were responsible for reading the files, and lied to the system by filling these calls with fake [...]
You keep hearing there are all these scary things to avoid while being online.
There are so many confusing topics and just a lot of noise out there about what you should be doing and shouldnt be doing.
You get to the point where its easier to just not go online! You ask yourself, what [...]
