Are you wise to scams? Maybe...but most of us can always learn some about some other way we are being tricked into scams. One of the latest ones is getting a notification that your personal information was hacked in which the notification itself was the scam.
This site (submitted by Bob Bloom) provides a lot of useful info, although it may be a bit alarmist. Keep in mind, that if you keep yourself educated on how you may be tricked, you are one step ahead of the scammers/hackers/bad guys. Check it out: http://www.scambusters.org/hackfraud.html
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Google not only has Gmail, Chrome, YouTube and a plethora of applications to help you, but they also own and are working on many other technologies. You may be surprised just how much Google has inserted itself into the future of things to come. And some of the wild things are already here. Read this article from CNET to learn all about it. http://www.cnet.com/pictures/things-google-owns/ But beyond that...did you know that Google is owned by Alphabet? To learn all about Google and Alphabet, read here:
http://news.thewindowsclub.com/alphabet-holding-company-google-79693/_ How much do you know about your recent Windows updates? According to PCWorld magazine, the latest "Patch Tuesday" updates killed off Windows 8 and IE 8, 9 and 10.
Read the article here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3021789/windows/microsoft-patch-tuesday-kills-off-windows-8-and-internet-explorer-8-9-and-10.html Do you ever check to see what each update actually does? Microsoft's SecurityTech Center provides the details of each update. Check out their security bulletin summary for January 2016 at: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-Jan The info might be a bit techy, but you can find out how critical a certain update might be. At any rate, making sure you keep your computer updated is very important. Questions? Send an email to [email protected]. You may have to copy and paste the email address into your email program if you have not configured your computer to use your default email program. NOTE: Do you know about Patch Tuesday? http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/Patch-Tuesday_ by Bob Bloom Just read an interesting report. “In just visiting the homepage of {the top 100 most} popular sites, we found 32 websites placed 100 or more cookies, 7 websites placed 200 or more cookies, and 6 websites placed 300 or more cookies.” http://techscience.org/a/2015121502/ A visit to the top 100 homepages (and no other pages) would give you a total of 6,280 cookies – 83% of them from 3rd party hosts. If one added just two links at random on each of those 100 home pages, you’d get 12,857 cookies deposited on your computer. Here’s a list of the top 100 sites: https://www.quantcast.com/top-sites Here’s a chart of the ‘deep crawl’, i.e. the home page + 2 random (but still on the same domain) links: This is double what the same study found just 2 years ago. (I want to know what those top 8 cookie spewer sites are, but the paper does not say.) And that’s why I block ads.
If you have a newer computer with Windows 8 or Windows 10, it came with Windows Defender anti-virus already built in. It gives you at least basic anti-virus protection out of the box. But if you would like better than basic anti-virus protection, you might want to consider other options.
PC Magazine has rated the best FREE antivirus programs for 2015 (December 8, 2015).
Of course, there are many options from which to choose. You can review what the "How To Geek" has to say about protection for Windows 10. No matter which anti-virus you choose, you must remember to keep it updated - not only for your protection, but for the protection of those with whom you communicate. And do not forget to keep your browser(s) up to date also. The best anti-virus program will not protect you as you expect if your browser is not also up to date. Stay Safe! |
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