Security

Fax Machine

Nigerian Fax Scam

OMG! I JUST RECEIVED a Nigerian email scam on my fax machine! So now I guess it’s the Nigerian fax scam. Well, actually, it came from South Africa, so I guess it would be the South African Fax Scam. Should I send them some money? Seriously, Nigerian scams can be deadly! Advanced Fee Frauds, says […]

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Legal Bud?

Legal Bud?

YOU MAY HAVE BEEN getting emails or comments on your MySpace profile advertising “legal bud”, “legal herb”, etc. Don’t believe them! The ads are coming from servers in Hong Kong, and their IP addresses change every few minutes. It is believed that the sites are set up just to collect credit card numbers. We first […]

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Locked

Possibly the Best-Ever Encryption Program

MY NEPHEW IS A PROGRAMMER. Sort of an old-school programmer, one who tries to make his programs small and efficient. He has developed a small but nifty encryption program, and a site to go with it. It’s called InfoGuard. It’s not a fancy-looking program, but it works. You can download a trial version, which will […]

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Steve Gibson

Free Security Check for Your Computer

THINK YOUR COMPUTER IS SAFE from hackers, trojans, worms, and other dangers while you are online? Might be. And then again it might not. Here’s a great, easy, free way to find out. Go to Steve Gibson’s Gibson Research Center (that’s him in the pic) and use their probe called ShieldsUP! ShieldsUP! is a remote […]

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