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Question from Kim W.: I have a WordPress blog and lots of people are leaving comments on my posts that contain links.
How can I prevent the URLs in those comments from automatically becoming active links?
I really don’t want hackers leaving links to malicious websites via comments on my blog posts!
Thanks for your help.
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A new and very dangerous security flaw has just been discovered in millions of some of the most popular cable modems in use today.
The flaw has been codenamed “Cable Haunt” and it could very well be present in YOUR cable modem.
If so, hackers can potentially exploit the flaw in your modem’s firmware to inject malicious code into your data transmissions, steal any personal or financial information that is sent or received by the modem or do one of several other malicious things – in your name!
Question from Christine: I have a Facebook page where I post about women’s issues and my posts get a lot of comments left on them.
Here lately I’ve noticed that the “Most Relevant” comments are displayed first.
I don’t like that because I prefer seeing the comments in order.
Is there some way to turn “Most Relevant” off and always show the “Most Recent” comments by default?
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Question from Judy: It seems like just about everything that people share in large numbers on Facebook is either a scam or it’s dangerous in some way.
I keep seeing people share the “How Hard Did Aging Hit You” challenge thing and I was wondering if it’s a scam?
I don’t mind seeing them (I think they’re cute) but I don’t want them on my Facebook if they’re dangerous.
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