When it comes to security and computers, most people think the well-advertised threats of viruses, spyware or adware.
But the fact is that most of us are more vulnerable to the prying eyes of our neighbours, bosses, friends, or the people in the coffee shops next to use who might be reading our e-mail than we [...]
Have you received more spam than ever before? Do you know how these people are getting your e-mail address.
What is an e-mail bomb?
An email ‘bomb’ refers to an immense number of email messages sent to an account in an effort to bring the account down.
Since Service Pack 2 of XP, each new version of Windows already has a firewall on board. But what is the Microsoft Firewall suited for?
Some antispyware programs regularly flag cookies as potential spyware. A cookie is nothing more than a text file that is used to identify you to some websites that you visit frequently or have registered with.
Cookies are harmless, but some people consider a website’s depositing a cookie on the machine as an invasion of piracy, [...]
Let’s say you found a nice website and you downloaded an unknown software which you thought would be useful. During installation, there is the end user license agreement (EULA), and you say or click ‘I agree’ without reading it. Have you ever read the EULA? not many people read it and so do I. Why? [...]
What steps could be taken to make safe your notebooks from being stolen or lost?
YouGetItBack.com reported that more than 70, 000 notebooks and personal digital assistant (PDA) haven’t yet be claimed and according to Accenture, 10-15% handheld devices lost are because of the owner’s carelessness.
There are certain steps we could do to reduce the risk:
Adware, spyware and computer virus share some similarities, one of which is that all three are major nuisances for computer users. Let’s differentiate the three.
Spyware is software that does not intentionally harm your computer. What they do is that they create pathways wherein someone else aside from the computer owner can communicate with the computer. [...]
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