Can You Spot a Phishing Scam? Being a small-town guy, I use a small-town bank. And to be honest, most of the emails my bank sends are boring or otherwise yawn-provoking and most always deleted. But this morning, my bank sent a thought-provoking email that contained information I want to share it with you. The information… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #880 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #880, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, August 21, 2020, at approximately 8:00 AM, Eastern Daylight Time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. We suggest, if… Read More »
Beware of COVID-19 Scams Our mission is to keep your Windows computer running well and to keep you safe from the scams and pitfalls that are all around you on social media and the Web. Today, we want to make sure that you’re aware of the many ways COVID-19 scammers may try to steal you money… Read More »
Windows 10 Warns Users Not to Install CCleaner We’ve never been fans of CCleaner, its registry cleaner caused its users a lot of problems. And frankly, there are better system cleaners available – like BleachBit. But when Avast bought CCleaner, we were pretty sure Avast would “re-invent” CCleaner in its own image… a questionable application bordering… Read More »
Beware the New “You Better Stay on the Phone Scam” There’s a new scam going around that demands victims stay on the phone or else they will be arrested or have their accounts seized. And the sad part of this obvious scam is it is generating a lot of ill-gotten income for the scammers. We want… Read More »
Why You Should Avoid TotalAV Every week we receive several emails from folks asking us to look a program that most learn about through an email – spam or an email from a tech site looking to make money by selling a program that amounts to little more than a scam. The company that makes TotalAV… Read More »