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There are many ways to be scammed on the Internet... this is just the latest. And with this scam your anti-virus / anti-spyware software won't help you - this scam takes advantage of a way to get plugged into your cellphone bill. As part of the ongoing...

The Facebook virus authors tried again - and failed - to infect my computer. Screen shot grabber in hand I've documented the experience to (hopefully) prevent your computer from being infected. As I've recommended in other blog entries, being...

As reported on several support.com blog posts, a "phisher" is a hacker that primarily uses bogus emails to trick consumers into giving up personal information. To help consumers avoid being snared by phisher tricks we publish real world examples...

When you have a computer problem, there are a wide range of options to get your computer repaired. The typical options include your PC or device manufacturer, your ISP (Internet Service Provider), a retail store or a local computer repair shop. Depending...

Rogue anti-spyware software is a class of bogus software that uses clever techniques to trick consumers into installing software that creates problems and then asks payment to make those problems go away. Software like this is kind of like the Mafia of...

Koobface (a play on the word Facebook), is a virus distributed via Facebook messaging, the Facebook Wall and other Facebook communication tools. The Facebook (Koobface) virus can turn your computer into a zombie and hijack your web browser. Koobface attempts...

This is the second article on a real-life experience upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 (the first is available here ). The first Windows Vista to Windows 7 upgrade I successfully completed was pretty straightforward because the starting point...

I've been running Windows 7 Beta and RC (Release Candidate) versions for several months on a test computer. Lots of reasons to like Windows 7 that we've written about separately. Microsoft recently released the RTM (Release to Manufacturing) version...