Avast doesn’t even come close to living up to its promise of protecting its users from malware. At one time we recommended Avast, but we stopped recommending them two years ago when Avast decided to become a one-size-fits-all security solution – a little Norton. The truth is that even the worst of the anti-virus bunch does a decent… Read More »
The following is an email we received from Avast. It must be very embarrassing for a company which makes security software for consumers can’t secure their own Web site. If we were Avast users (which we are not) we’d have second thoughts. Dear Cloudeight, The AVAST forum is currently offline and will remain so for a brief period.… Read More »
Hack Any Friend’s Facebook Scam False promises on Facebook: it’s a recurring theme adopted by spammers. This time, it’s a Facebook post that begins as follows: UPDATE LINK FOR FACEBOOK HACKING F.A.C.B.O.O.K —-H.A.C.K.I.N.G(ONLY FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES) The content of the post includes a link to a Google document and written instructions on how to hack your friend’s Facebook… Read More »
Sometimes we all stumble into something really good entirely by accident. We’ve all done it; they call that serendipity. And our serendipitous moment came last summer when we finally got tired of trying to get Malwarebytes to listen to us when we notice they stopped detecting the worst PUPs. We had been long-time supporters of Malwarebytes and had… Read More »
If you search for freeware programs using Google, Bing or Yahoo search, more than likely one of the top 3 or 4 search results is going to be Softonic (en.softonic). And if you click the link to download from Softonic, you’re in for a long ride, and you’ll be setting up your computer for hijackers, toolbars, annoying advertisements,… Read More »
Big Green Buttons Hello folks. Today’s lesson is called Big Green Buttons. In today’s lesson we’re going to play a game. The rules are simple. If you are careful and you read carefully, you’ll pass our test. If you hurry and make an error, you’ll fail. If you fail, you will have to do 100 pushups every day… Read More »