Identity theft and Internet crime are big business. Not just for hackers, but for the companies developing products to protect us, too. Protecting our personal information is more important now than ever before. You can lose so much, so easily. Every day, crooks devise new methods to steal your information. You’ve heard of them before […]
What is spyware, how can you rid yourself of it? Question: I have ads that pop up even when I am not on the Internet. Can you help? Answer: If viruses, hackers, and spam weren’t enough, now there’s spyware threatening your computer’s health. Yes, what you are experiencing is a nasty little program from some […]
Question: I have ads popping up even when I’m not on the internet. What’s going on? –H.S. Answer: If viruses, hackers, and spam weren’t enough, there’s another threat to your computer’s health. Yes, what you’re experiencing is a nasty little program from some marketer, generally called spyware. Actually, the phenomenon isn’t that new. It’s been […]
Question: When I open my browser, all of a sudden my home page is a site that I don’t want and, no matter what I do, I can’t make this problem go away and get back to my real home page. What’s going on? –V.Y. Answer: Uh oh, your browser has been hijacked. Some unscrupulous […]
Question: I have noticed in some e-mails I receive that the list of the recipients shows “undisclosed recipients” instead of the complete list of addresses it was sent to. I too would like to be able to do this, but don’t know how. Can you help? Answer: This trick is a good idea because, when […]