From the category archives:

spyware and malware

Facebook Virus – Nope

May 4, 2010

As a reminder, there is NO SUCH THING AS A FACEBOOK VIRUS. Facebook is simply a webservice/site though your browser. Now, you can get an infection by clicking on a URL (link) that may send you to an outside webpage, which could be malicious. Then you could be infected, especially if you use Internet Exploder, [...]

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Ubuntu Banking – by Florida

March 29, 2010

I’ve preached my security sermon over and over. Now, here is a bank (yes, a bank) telling people to use an Ubuntu Live CD for their banking. Jay McLaughlin, CIO of CNL Bank: Accessing online banking from your everyday PC is just asking for trouble, he says. Your everyday pc? Yes – that means chances [...]

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Infected computers at half

January 28, 2010

Well this might be considered “encouraging” if it weren’t so discouraging. According to a report, 48% of over 22 million computers scanned were infected with malware used in phishing scams and password stealing apps. I’ve preached this over and over – your anti-virus is only 1 layer of security. Don’t be lulled into a false [...]

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Thanks porn industry

January 3, 2010

Ok..ok. The title of this post doesn’t mean that I sit around watching porn. Without getting too risque, let’s just say that I’m much more into the real thing and leave it at that. However, the porn industry on the ‘net does help keep me in business. As I’ve tweeted about recently, I had a [...]

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Conficker – What you should really know

April 6, 2009

Last week was fun in the IT (information technology) world. Not because of any real damage by conficker – but because of the absolute media over-hype of something they don’t have a clue about. I had a couple of customers call me – and the conversations were short: “Rex, do we need to worry?” – [...]

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Still think your anti-virus helps you

January 1, 2009

Happy New Year to everyone! Unfortunately, my first post of the new year is not a positive one. For example, malware programs now infect computers and then routinely use their own antivirus capabilities to not only disable antivirus software but also remove competing malware programs. source: http://www.infopackets.com/news/security/2008/20081216_internet_security_is_losing_the_online_war.htm Ok – I’ve been preaching for a long [...]

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Myspace and Antivirus 2009

December 14, 2008

When it rains it pours. This post follows-up to this one. Getting Rid of Antivirus 2009 – Antivirus 2008http://www.smartergeek.com/blog/2008/12/antivirus-2009-is-actually-spyware-or.asp ——————From Email—————— im so aggravated at this thing all i do is check my yahoo mail and talk to my niece on yahoo messenger ———————- My Response———————- As I told you yesterday via email and on [...]

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Getting Rid of Antivirus 2009 – Antivirus 2008

December 11, 2008

————————– From an Email: i have a question to ask you , my computer keep popping up anti-virus 2009 and saying i have two virus trying to get in but i’ve checked everything and and run  every update and they all say i’m protected but that anti-virus 2009 want quit popping up so what do [...]

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