March 2007 - Posts
A friend bought a new laptop that runs the Windows Vista operating system. She told me she loved the experience and the convenience of all the new features, but she also grumbled about how many security warnings she received: "It's like it won't let me
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Windows Defender is a Microsoft program that helps protect you against spyware and other unwanted software. It's built into Windows Vista and you can download it for free if you use Windows XP. Windows Defender provides real-time protection , but also
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By now you've probably heard about the rise of identity theft on the Internet. One of the most common forms of fraud is called a phishing scam. What is a phishing scam? Phishing scams are fraudulent e-mail or Web sites that try to fool you into filling
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In the past few weeks we've received dozens messages from readers who've received e-mails that claimed to be from Microsoft. The mails stated that the recipient was the winner of a large amount of money. These e-mails are a type of scam called "advance
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In a previous blog entry we asked you to contact us if you've experienced online fraud or phishing . We received several questions from people who weren't sure if the e-mail messages they'd received were phishing scams. Although we can't respond directly
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