Removing Junk Programs From Your Computer

Bloatware, crapware, trialware, PUPs Potentially Unwanted Programs)  This stuff fills up our hard drive and usually has a component that starts automatically when we reboot our computer.  With all this unnecessary stuff running in the background, your computer runs slower. And a lot of this stuff pushes advertising, either as pop-up, search redirects, or on the web pages we are viewing.  Where does all this stuff come from?

If you bought your computer at retail, much of this stuff comes preinstalled. ...

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20
MAR
0

Computers and Internet, crapware, Spyware

Post-Snowden Paranoia Causes Changes in Communication

“Just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean they are not out to get you.”

Since Edward Snowden’s revelations about the domestic surveillance activities of the NSA and other US and foreign government agencies, it turns out that many people have changed their online and telephone communication behavior.  accord to a recent post on Sophos:

“Out of those surveyed who are at least somewhat aware of the NSA’s surveillance programs (30% of adults), 34% have taken at least one step to ...

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18
MAR
0

cybersecurity, News and politics, NSA, surveillance

Protecting Yourself (And Elderly Family Members) From Fraud

We generally delve pretty exclusively in cybersecurity issues here, but I received an email from Marie Villeza of Elder Impact and thought the information was worth posting. Members of my own family have fallen for some of these scams, one lost $16,000 to scammers claiming to be the police, who accepted this payment in lieu of charging a “grandchild” with a crime.  Below is the body of Marie’s email.

From: Marie Villeza <information@elderimpact.org>

Subject: Resource Guides to Help Catch Scammers Before ...

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12
MAR
0

General

What To Do If Your Identity Is Stolen

Identity theft is becoming commonplace, and many people are still confused about what to do when it happens to them.  Last year we had a couple of things happen that were concerning. The first instance was when we received a T-Mobile debit card that was ordered in a Safeway store in Silver Springs, Maryland, made out in my wife’s name, and mailed to our address in Bayport, MN.  We cancelled the card with T-Mobile off course and checked the three credit bureaus. ...

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10
MAR
0

cybersecurity, Identity Theft

US Announces It’s Game Over For Zeus Kingpin

Bogachev Wanted posterThe Gameover Zeus and related Neverquest banking Trojan exploits are one of the most truly frightening security nightmares facing small businesses and individuals.  These exploits allow a remote attacker to join you on an online banking session, and then transfer funds from your account after you thought the session was over.

The US State Department has place a $3 million bounty on the head of Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, The criminal mastermind behind the Gameover ...

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6
MAR
0

cybersecurity, Security, Trojan

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Browse the Dark Web with Onion.city

The Internet has a dark side, the online underground know as the Dark Web.  Inhabited by cyber-criminals, hacktivists, jihadists, terrorists, gun runners, drug-dealers, whistleblowers and freedom fighters, the web sites of the Dark Web are not generally available to the curious without a bit of work and can usually be accessed only by using something like the TOR browser.

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FEB
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General

Best of Breed Security Software

imageAV-TEST, the German independent testing laboratory, has published its award for best security products of 2014.  If you like to use best of breed products, this report is for you.  If you would like to see how the security software you are using stacks up to the competition, this report will provide that insight as well.

The ...

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General

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