Tech Support Scams Are Back — Microsoft Warns Users Microsoft has issued an urgent alert to Windows users; ignoring it could end up costing you. In a blog post, Microsoft’s Mary JO Schrade, Assistant General Counsel, Digital Crimes Unit Asia. “Tech support fraud has evolved from pure cold calling to a more sophisticated infrastructure that leverages… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #926 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #926, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, July 9, 2021, at approximately 8:35 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. If you are… Read More »
Slimeballs Incorporated The Anatomy of a Scam We work on dozens of PCs each week, and we can tell you from personal experience there are a lot of people getting swindled every day – and not just for a couple of bucks – but sometimes for hundreds of dollars. Sometimes we tend to think people get a… Read More »
Simple Tips to Help Protect Your Online Privacy Today, with the permission of our friends at Emsisoft, we’re sharing an article, written by Jareth for the Emsisoft blog. We are always on the lookout for ways we can help keep you protect your online privacy and help you stay safer and more secure in the minefield we all… Read More »
Is That Email Legit or a Scam? We’ve been around the Web for a long time and a lot of our learning comes from the school of hard knocks. I can still remember the day my Windows 95 computer was scorched by a virus. I can remember, EB telling me my pathetic first PC didn’t have… Read More »
Watch Out for Covid-19 Vaccine Scams Our mission is to help you with your computers and to keep you safe on the web. And in accordance with that mission, we feel it’s important to keep you informed and up to date on the latest threats you’ll face (or will be facing) soon. As most of you… Read More »