by Scott | Jan 3, 2006 | Spam prevention, Spyware, Viruses and Scams
update 1:45 pm Jan 3, 2005 – the site below is down, and has been all day since everyone in the world linked to it! Use the solution from New Years Eve if it’s not up when you try it… Since my previous post, Ilfak Guilfanov has a better option for...
by Scott | Jan 1, 2006 | Spyware, Viruses and Scams
This article is four days old, and I meant to post on it right away. All versions of Windows are affeceted, regardless of whether you’re updated with Windows patches. One of my customers got infected already, and there was nothing I could do to fix it. By the...
by Scott | Dec 26, 2005 | Spam prevention, Spyware, Viruses and Scams
I got an email today from one of my old computer repair customers in Portland that told me I was sending out viruses, and wondering how I could be so careless. I know darn well I’m innocent, but trying to explain that to people can be a pain in the neck. Now,...
by Scott | Nov 22, 2005 | Spyware, Technology News
Brad Franklin in Boise Idaho is offering an onsite computer repair visit to clean up spyware on home user PC’s for a flat fee of just $45. That’s a pretty good deal to get clean, and get protected. To reach Brad, email him at [email protected]. Brad used to...
by Scott | Nov 9, 2005 | Computers - How to, General interest, Spyware, Technology News
Lots of people saw the spyware show on our local Portland TV Station KGW. I stayed at KGW TV station after the segment aired answering chat questions for nearly two hours. There sure was a lot of interest, and my wrists are still sore! Here’s a link to the story...
by Scott | Oct 7, 2005 | Spyware, Technology News, Viruses and Scams
“Phishing” scams are now actually punishable by law in California, Reuters reported Friday. Read the full story here. That doesn’t mean much to the thousands of people that continue to fall for them on a daily basis, but at least it’s a start....
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