It took a while for me to confirm this, McAfee claims it will reimburse users whose computers had to be serviced due to a faulty update it issued last week that caused people’s computers to act all wacky. We had a few show up at our shop and it took some major surgery to get them [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Security'
McAfee to Reimburse Users Who Had Computers Serviced Due to Faulty Update
May 18th, 2010 · Comments Off
Scareware continues to rise reaching $150 Million
January 4th, 2010 · Comments Off
The Internet Crime Complaint Center is reporting that last year the business model of scareware and my term crapware reached $150 Million in the US last year. http://www.ic3.gov/media/2009/091211.aspx Symantec published a report in October of 2009 reporting 40 million infected users worldwide. http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/enterprise/white_papers/b-symc_report_on_rogue_security_software_WP_20100385.en-us.pdf As Scareware continues to proliferate via Facebook, with the deaths or misfortunes [...]
Another Attack on Adobe Acrobat
December 16th, 2009 · Comments Off
It has happened again, another attack / exploit on Adobe Acrobat, all versions (including the free Reader and paid for versions). There is no patch at this time but there is a quick fix. Before we go any further, here is the fix. Open Adobe Acrobat, go to “Edit” on the menu bar (2nd from [...]
Passwords: Message of the Week
December 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off
Passwords are like toothbrushes, you should change them often and never share them. Any Questions? Didn’t think so. Until we meet again, have a virus free week.
Tags: Security
AOL software at risk and PBS.org hacked
September 21st, 2009 · Comments Off
I was one of the original users AOL, probably back in or before 1991, I actually don’t remember the date but it was before the one price all you can use internet, back then you paid by the time used. Since then I have grown to dislike AOL (and I have not used them since [...]
