Protect Yourself from Online and Telephone Scams: Stay One Step Ahead
Section 1: The Most Common Online ScamsAs technology advances, so do the tactics of scammers. It's important to stay informed about the most common online scams so you can protect yourself from falling victim. Here are two of the most prevalent online scams:1....
Help! Unwanted Windows upgrade
Looks like Microsoft is upgrading your computer to Windows 10 whether you want it or not. You go to bed and when you wake up, you're rocking Win 10. But what if you're not ready? That's OK because you can roll back the upgrade. Just follow the instructions...
Locker Ransomware developer releases private key database
Yesterday the supposed developer of the Locker ransomware released a database dump of all the private decryption keys along with a program to decrypt files that have been encrypted with ransomeware (malware/virus). Here's the post from BleepingComputer.com...
Get a Free VOIP device, alternative to giving up your landline
I don't need a home phone or do I? I wanted to give up my home phone as we rarely use it but it did come in handy when signing up for things so pesky sales people wouldn't call me cell phone. So I decided to get an inexpensive VOIP service for what I cal me Spam...
Labor Standards Compliance Office Scam
Yesterday I received a letter that looked like a official government document from the 'Labor Standards Compliance Office' showing a fee of $295 with the words 'Reply by: DUE NOW'. In the upper right-hand corner there were big red letters that said 'FINAL NOTICE' and...
Facebook adds review button to place pages
Facebook is just starting to roll out "review" buttons for place pages this week. The review button is located between the like button and the messages button. When users click the review button, they can rate and review the business. Reviews are published on the...
Worried about getting hacked through your computer?
Guess again. Most hackers use your trust of humanity rather than their computer skills to gain access to your data. Here a great interview with a hacker on how he uses Social Engineering to get information and use that information to get in to secure systems. ...
See your life story and told by Gmail.
Check out this MIT project called Immersion that will show you a graphic view of your Gmail history. Once you log in, Immersion will use only the From, To, Cc and Timestamp fields of the emails in the account you are signing in with. It will not access the subject or...
NUC. Tiny is the new big…
Are you tired of bumping you knee the giant box under your desk? Well them maybe you need to move to a NUC, Next Unit of Computing. The NUC is a 4" x 4" x 2" computer that will fit neatly on any desk. They currently come as Bare Bone kits meaning you will have to...
Computers are easy!
Here's a video from 1990 where Kim Komando explains this new fangled thing called a Computer...