McAfee warns of bogus VirusScan trail version

A new variant of the Bredolab Trojan is spreading via email with the following characteristics: Subject: “McAfee VirusScan Plus” Message body: “Download a FREE 30-day Trial of MCAfee VirusScan Plus and Be Automaticaly Entered to Win. Installation file attached” McAfee has been quick to point out that they never send setup files for their products [...]

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Top 10 ways to protect yourself from Identity Theft (AVG)

AVG (AU/NZ) offers some advice on how to prevent criminals from stealing your identity and your money Melbourne, Tuesday 20 July 2010 – Did you know: Almost 6 million Australians are exposed to scams and frauds each year (Australian Bureau of Statistics); 800,000 Australians fall victim in some way; Almost A$1 billion is lost each [...]

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Hackers profit from phished iTunes accounts

Over the weekend, news reports of “hacked” iTunes accounts used to purchase worthless apps surfaced. And since there was no evidence nor report of an iTunes App Store data leak, it is most likely that individual iTunes user credentials were stolen via phishing attacks. What’s interesting about this incident is it doesn’t involve any malicious [...]

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How to choose a good Spyware Blocker

Choosing a spyware-blocking program can be a difficult process – the market is still emerging and there are few reviews available to compare the products.

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Detect, remove and block Spyware

Spyware (also known as a SpyBot) is software that collects information about a person without their knowledge. It is usually installed onto a computer via the internet, however there has been a few notable cases where spyware has been loaded onto USB devices during the quality control phase of production in some high profile technology [...]

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Effectively protect your PC from spyware

Install a Spyware Blocker One of the best ways to prevent spyware is to install a Spyware Blocker. There are many free and paid Spy Blockers available for download, however if you’re looking for a trusted source consider Microsoft offers Windows Defender for XP onwards. Prevention is the best cure. By taking the following precautions [...]

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Is Spyware illegal?

Quite often Spyware is used to get a greated understanding of user behaviour online by legimate advertising and marketing companies. When this occurs they must disclose the data they are collecting in the license agreement that the user is prompted to read and agree to before installing software onto their computer. The problem is that [...]

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Malware

This is a malicious piece of code or software specifically designed to damage your computer or reveal log the keys you press on your keyboard to steal your passwords and other sensitive information.

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Adware

This is a type of spyware that installs advertising software on your computer. Symptoms tend to include pop-ups and linking to unwanted websites.

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Drive-by download

These days the Spyware programmers have gotten so good they can develop software to infect a computer whilst a user browser a website. The website contains code such as JavaScript which exploits vulnerabilities in the web browser. The malicious code may force the user to download and install the software and the user maybe totally [...]

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