Sandy wonders if she has too much security I recently started using Windows 7 Professional (64 bit) on a new Dell computer XPS9100. I’m also using Windows Live Mail and running IE9. My problem is: almost every time I try to open a link to/from a website on IE9 or WLM, I get this message “there was a… Read More »
This is not another anti-spyware program. It’s not another security toolbar. It’s not a security program at all. It will help you find things that may be lurking on your computer and skulking around unseen. It will let you kill questionable processes and delete dangerous files. But don’t go deleting stuff just because this program identifies them as… Read More »
Dellen is fearful of leaving the broadband modem turned on 24/7/365 I recently changed from dial-up to broadband & have been told that I should leave the external modem on 24/7. I have always felt insecure about this, in spite of the three anti-spyware programs & the antivirus. My ISP claimed that my intermittent inability to connect &… Read More »
Bill is tricked into downloading a malware scam posing as an anti-malware program Yesterday I had an interesting experience. I received a message from Facebook supposedly, advising me that there was a problem with my user ID and password and that they were going to change it for me. They sent the new ones (user ID & password)… Read More »
I picked up one of EB’s flash drives the other day, and you won’t believe what I found. She has a Swiss bank account with tons of money in it and she’s planning to run off with Juan Valdez – the coffee mogul – and leave me with the struggling Cloudeight company. Ha! But now I know her… Read More »
Some of you have noticed that Norton 360 now includes “LifeLock”. So Norton now not only touts that its firewall can keep you safe from identity theft – but “LifeLock” can keep you even safer. The truth is, neither one can. Norton knows it. We know it. Anyone who understands how identity theft works knows it. If all… Read More »