Bill Hely’s “Computer & Online Security”
Well well well. The morons who devised the scam I warned against in my previous post finally realized that decent e-mail clients were automatically blocking their attachment. In their latest round of spam scam they’ve used the same legitimate looking e-mail layout, but the instructions to run the attached file have been replaced with this:
Remember what I said in my previous post about this type of scam? [Click Here to Continue…]
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Take a good look at this image of an e-mail I received recently. See anything wrong with it?
If you picked it as a scam, give yourself a pat on the back.
In essence this scam e-mail isn’t much different from many others that you’re likely to encounter on an almost daily basis. What makes this example particularly dangerous is the quality of the presentation. It really looks the part. But how do you tell the difference between legitimate and scam? [Click Here to Continue…]
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There are a number of utility programs that I’ve become attached to over the years, to the point where I simply wouldn’t want to spend a work day at the computer without them.
One such program is a printing utility called ClickBook, and if you’re thinking “what do I need with a printing program” just spend a few days with this little app and you’ll soon find out.
But the reason I’m bringing it up here and now is that the ClickBook folks have just announced a too-good-to-be-true bundle of three very useful products.
WARNING: Use the product links below ONLY to check them out — DO NOT make a purchase through them — you need a special link to get the special bundle price.
ClickBook - My favorite printing utility.
Click2PDF - Convert anything you can print into a PDF.
Click2Poster - Limited only by your imagination.
And you get the whole bundle for the usual price of ClickBook alone, a $39 saving.
For the special bundle discount CLICK HERE.
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This is your monthly reminder that “Patch Tuesday” - Microsoft’s scheduled monthly release of the latest batch of software patches & updates - is with us again.
If you have automatic updating enabled, don’t forget to check that your PC has indeed downloaded the patches/updates relevant to your system.
If you’re doing it manually then… well… do it!
Did you know…
Many of the malware threats that you are frequently warned about in the various news and information media, on and off-line, should never be the slightest threat to you.
How come?
Well, because… [Click Here to Continue…]
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Several times each year I receive rather disturbing correspondence, usually from women, who believe they are being electronically stalked and harassed by (usually) an ex-boyfriend/husband/lover, a rejected suitor, or (less often) by some other disgruntled person such as ex-friend/co-worker/employer/etc.
While I sometimes can’t help but think that some of these people are giving their tormentors credit for a skill level they probably don’t possess, there is rarely any doubt that “something nasty” is going on. [Click Here to Continue…]
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My, how time flies when you’re having fun! “Patch Tuesday” has rolled around again…
This is your monthly reminder that Microsoft has just released its latest batch of software patches & updates.
Did you know…
Many of the malware threats that you are frequently warned about in the various news and information media, on and off-line, should never be the slightest threat to you.
How come?
Well, because… [Click Here to Continue…]
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Every Microsoft product is chock-full of features and options that most people never find. Every new computer user has been forced to wonder at one time or another why they have to learn so much “technical stuff” just to use their computer for everyday tasks.
Fact is, Windows is and always has been just too darn complicated for the average person who just wants to get a job done, without having to learn a lot of technology first. After all, computers were supposed to make life easier, not more a complicated.
But maybe things are about to change … possibly quite dramatically… [Click Here to Continue…]
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I don’t have any Conficker-infected PCs to test this with, so I can’t say from first-hand experience how definitive an indicator it is. But at the very least it’s a very quick initial check for the presence of the Conficker worm.
It’s a Web page that displays what the publishers call the Conficker Eye Chart.
In theory the Conficker Eye Chart should be accurate, though I have seen a couple of posts in various forums by people claiming that they had the Conficker worm and yet could see all of the images on the Eye Chart. However I must say that the wording of those posts led me to believe that they were made by fairly inexperienced people, who in reality may not have known what they had, if anything.
But it’s certainly worth a try, and if some of the eye chart images don’t appear to you, you’ll know that some sort of action needs to be taken immediately. My recommendation… [Click Here to Continue…]
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“Patch Tuesday” is here again…
This is your monthly reminder that Microsoft has just released its latest batch of software patches & updates.
Did you know…
If you had been applying Microsoft’s patches and updates on a regular basis, you would be IMMUNE from infection by the Conficker worm that is currently causing so much angst. Same applies to many other threats that rely on vulnerabilities in Windows that have already been patched by Microsoft. So remember that you… [Click Here to Continue…]
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If you are a Firefox user, please do this immediately:
Click “Help” on the menu bar, then click “Check for Updates…”
The latest patch for Firefox is described as Critical, as it fixes a known vulnerability. [Click Here to Continue…]
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