We found the following article by Emsisoft very interesting. We’ve seen evidence that some free antivirus programs like AVG and Avast are edging dangerously close to becoming spyware and PUPs. This is extremely disturbing because the essence of security is the expectation or privacy and trust. We are publishing the following Emsisoft article with the permission of our… Read More »
LastPass Warns of Data Breach We received the following from LastPass today (16 June 2015). All of you who have LastPass accounts should have received this. We think it would be a good idea to change your LastPass Master Password as soon as possible. While no secure data was stolen, email addresses and not encrypted data might have… Read More »
About this article… Again, with permission of our friends at Emsisoft, we’re featuring this article about email safety and how you can tell spam and scams from safe email. Don’t scoff and think you know how to tell – it’s not as easy as it use to be. Scammers and spammers have honed their skills and now nearly… Read More »
The Sensor-Rich, Data-Scooping Future From New York Times Technology The question is, will this be good for the many, or the mighty few? Earlier this month, General Electric announced it was selling GE Capital, its financial arm. With less fanfare, G.E. also unveiled plans for computer-connected L.E.D. streetlights, so cities can collect and analyze performance data, for lower… Read More »
There’s a lesson to be learned from the following article that applies to all of us – the lesson is clear: No amount of security software is going to protect you if you freely give your information away by clicking on links in phishing emails or falling for fake security alerts on the Web – the ones that… Read More »
Intro Note: We are publishing another blog from Emsisoft because it contains more information on how you get PUPs and malware and reinforces what we have been telling you for years in our newsletters. Also, you’ll notice Reimage is mentioned here; we, at one time recommended and sold Reimage, but when the company changed hands and the product… Read More »