Have you received a Facebook email with a friend request from someone you don’t know recently? I did, and I have all email notifications turned off for my personal Facebook profile. This is just the latest in a string of viruses and malware targetting social media sites. It is quite interesting the way that these [...]

Read Full Article     |     No Comments     |     Posted: August 23rd, 2011

Microsoft quietly released the second version of their free anti-virus this week. Security Essentials 2. Microsoft said the updated anti-malware engine makes the software faster and smarter at detecting security hazards. The software also now ties in with Windows Firewall, giving you the option of turning the firewall on or off. Since they first released [...]

Read Full Article     |     No Comments     |     Posted: December 17th, 2010

In the past two weeks I have had several calls with people infected by this latest fake anti-virus virus. Most inadvertently clicked a link in an email sent from somebody who was infected or from somebody who had their email hacked. These types of viruses have been around for a while trying to fool people [...]

Read Full Article     |     No Comments     |     Posted: December 15th, 2010

Yesterday Mastercard stated that they were cutting off donations sent to Wikileaks and this morning their site was the target of a Denial of Service attack shutting them down for most of the day. A tweet from a group called anonops.net took credit for this and shortly after their site was shut down. It looks [...]

Read Full Article     |     No Comments     |     Posted: December 8th, 2010