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An important warning for parents of small children

Posted on September 25, 2023

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As you surely already know, the Internet can be a very dangerous place – and social media has made it more dangerous still.

I have already written several posts warning parents about the dangers of posting photos of their small children online, and now the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has boosted the danger to an entirely new level.  [Read more…]

Scam alert: This dangerous scam will trash your PC’s Windows installation

Posted on September 18, 2023

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Email scams are certainly nothing new, and there’s one making the rounds via email once again that causes tons of heartache every time it rears its ugly head.

And unfortunately, this one will trash your PC’s Windows installation if you fall for it.

As usual, the wording of the scam varies a bit, but this seems to be the version that most people are receiving: [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware fake ‘Domain Name Renewal’ notices

Posted on August 14, 2023

Do you have a blog or other type of website that you’ve registered a domain name for?

If so, you need to know about a scam targeting domain owners that’s making the rounds yet again.

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Facebook acting strange? It could be a malicious app.

Posted on July 19, 2023

There are many ways for hackers and scammers to use your Facebook account to do malicious things, and make it appear that YOU are the culprit.

Most hackers simply find a way to break into your account and use it to publish SPAM posts and malicious links or spread malware to your friends via chat or instant messages.

Luckily, those hackers and scammers can be easily kicked off and locked out of your account by changing your password and enabling Two-Factor Authentication, but the truly devious miscreants can cause you all kinds of grief long after you’ve booted them off and locked them out of your account.

Yes, the really serious hackers can actually keep using your account to send SPAM and spread malware even without being able to log back in to your account.

And how they do that just might surprise you…  [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware these insidious ‘Help the Wounded Vets’ scams

Posted on July 3, 2023

As you surely know by now, scams are everywhere on the Internet these days.

Unfortunately, many of the most insidious scams pose as ways to help people who truly are deserving of our help.

One of the latest scams to rear its ugly head targets folks who have a desire to do something to help veterans who have been injured in combat.

[Read more…]

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