One of the wonderful things about the internet and social networking sites is the ability to share photos with friends and family – or with everyone, if we choose. There have been many warnings about posting photos of a personal nature, and it is unwise to post ANY image that you would not want anyone or everyone to be able to view. When it comes to privacy on the internet, it is best to assume that there is NONE. Period.
DetailsA big trend in the virus and spyware industry in recent months has been seemingly trustworthy ads for free spyware and virus removal that is in fact malware itself. Trouble is, it looks legitimate to those that don’t know any better, and when the software is downloaded and installed, it ends up finding a lot of critical infections and offers to remove them…for a price. This is what is known as rogue software, and chances are if you’re paid for it, you’re out that money and should consider canceling your credit card.
DetailsThese days, we must all keep track of our online passwords for work and personal use of everything from email to Facebook. Many people use the same passwords for all of their accounts, and it’s often something that’s easy to remember. In some cases, users will go months (or years) without changing their passwords. There are many excellent reasons to change your password. If your computer is infected with viruses or spyware, they be monitoring your online activity. After the computer has been cleaned, it’s a good idea to change your passwords.
DetailsDian Smit just sent this to us from The Big Time Out event in Cumberland, B.C., Canada.
DetailsWe do not want to be purveyors of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt), but here are a few facts and statistics that we should make sure everyone is aware of:
DetailsAs briefly described in the last post, Microsoft released a record number of patches and updates for Windows yesterday on it’s monthly Patch Tuesday release cycle. In total, 14 patches addressing 34 vulnerabilities, only a few of which are critical, but all should be downloaded and installed via Windows Update. Waiting to update could potentially mean leaving Windows at risk to be infected by viruses specifically designed to take advantage of the flaws in Windows at some point.
DetailsOne of our Nerds, Talia Johnson sent us this good news…
“This morning David R. asked me if Astaro protected from this type of infection.
I contacted Astaro for confirmation and was informed that Astaro has had protection from this infection for a number of weeks now. If your clients have the Astaro Security Gateway with web and mail filtering they do not need to worry about being infected by this online.
One of our Nerds, Kevin O’Reilly, sent this email out to Nerds worldwide on a phishing scam making the rounds…
DetailsMicrosoft has not yet patched the .lnk vulnerability I wrote about last week. In the meantime, though, AV vendor Sophos has released a free tool that they claim will fix the problem. This has been a serious issue. A number of malware writers have already released exploits targeting this flaw. Everyone should exercise even more…
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