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Another day, another Facebook scam. This one features a fake Marlboro coupon that’s supposedly good for two free cartons of Marlboro brand cigarettes.
The coupon looks real enough, but if you click on it you won’t be directed to the official Marlboro website.
Instead, you’ll end up on a fake website that could infect your computer with malware and/or trick you into giving a hacker your personal and financial information.
Here is a screenshot of the fake Marlboro coupon: [Read more…]
By now you probably know that you can update your Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 PC to Windows 10 for free any time during the first year after Windows 10 was released.
Well, that first year will soon come to an end.
If you’re still trying to decide whether to accept the free Windows 10 update, you only have about three months left to make a decision. [Read more…]
A couple of well-respected online security firms have reported that there are at least two critical security holes in the latest version of Apple’s QuickTime media player.
What’s more, Apple has reportedly told those firms that QuickTime will be deprecated (aka abandoned) in the very near future so they won’t be releasing any new security patches for it.
I won’t go into the technical details of how these known security holes can allow hackers to break into your system, but just be aware that they can. If you’re interested in reading about those technical details, you’re invited to click here and here. [Read more…]
Last week’s RicksDailyTips Weekly Newsletter explained why ransomware is so dangerous and gave you some tips for avoiding it. Well, things are about to get even worse.
Researchers at Cisco Talos have learned that new strains of ransomware will soon begin spreading like traditional viral “worms” without requiring the victims to click on a link.
In other words, the infection will occur automatically, with no user interaction required. [Read more…]
About a year ago Amazon began offering free same-day shipping on eligible items to Amazon Prime (#ad) members who lived in one of fourteen selected U.S. metropolitan areas.
For the lucky folks living in or near those cities, their already awesome Amazon Prime memberships became even more awesome virtually overnight.
Well, Amazon has just announced that they have extended the free same-day shipping perk to Prime members living in twelve additional metro areas.
That brings the total number of U.S. cities covered by the free same-day shipping policy to 27. Here is a list of the lucky locales: [Read more…]