Computer Privacy Usefulness
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.Recently a woman from London, UK was fined £16,000 [$32,000] for sharing software via a file-sharing network. By the letter of the law, she was found guilty and fined. Much like somebody caught speeding in a car, you do the crime then you [...]
What Is Spyware?
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008In the following post I will explain what exactly Spyware is, what its purpose is, whether it’s legal and what free anti-Spyware programs you can use to prevent infection on your computer.
Why Does Spyware Exist?
Spyware is the hair in your soup, there’s no disputing that. Spyware can change certain settings on your computer, namely your Internet [...]
Who Do Your Children Speak To Online?
Friday, August 8th, 2008In a recent survey, 72% of parents admit to snooping and checking out what their children get up to online. They are especially concerned about social networking sites, who their children are talking to and are the people their children are talking to really who they say they are?
One in five children admit that they [...]
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2008 Free Now Available
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008I have used Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware Free anti-spyware program for years now. As long as I use it in conjunction with Spyware Doctor I find these two programs are enough to protect and rid my computer of spyware filth that builds up over time.
The 2008 Free version of Ad-Aware is now available. Maybe because I’m not [...]
Phorm Storm Rumbles On
Thursday, July 24th, 2008The EU Commission has warned the British Government to deal with Phorm or they will. The continuing issues with Phorm and with the company behind Phorm carrying on regardless, no matter what reports come to light, thus enabling the ‘Phorm Storm’ to gain more momentum.
A statement from the EU commission states: “”It is very clear [...]
Debit Card’s Have Little Protection When They Get Cloned
Monday, July 21st, 2008The standout sentence in this article is; “My computer had been reformatted about six months before and I had never bothered to get anti-virus software or anti-spyware software.”
I applaud this person for writing their experience online for all to see and learn from their mistake, but not having any anti-spyware or anti-virus protection on your [...]
What’s Happening in the World of Phorm?
Monday, June 16th, 2008That intrusion buzzard circling in the sky, or Phorm as it’s more commonly known, has been busy keeping itself out of the headlines recently. BT [British Telecom] has yet to announce when it will [legally] start using Phorm on its customer base.
I said [legally] above as they [not-very-legally] trialled Phorm out last year on around [...]
Credit Card Fraud Strikes Again
Friday, June 13th, 2008British online retailers cottontraders.co.uk were hacked in early 2008 and allegedly [they won't release exact numbers] 38,000 customers credit card details were accessed. Apparently all the data was encrypted and all affected customers were informed of credit card fraud violation.
What this highlights is that buying products over the Internet is as dangerous as buying something [...]
Windows Sysinternals Is a Useful Collection of Utilities
Friday, May 23rd, 2008I came across this handy Microsoft [shock, horror!] utilities website recently and thought it was very handy indeed.
There are many handy tools available from checking your internal system clock, monitoring DLL files in real-time [that has been at the top of my list of things to monitor, sort of, well ok not really, but I [...]
Another Free Program To Block Phorm
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008Another tool to block Phorm has been released for Windows computers. It’s called AntiPhorm Lite. The spiel from the website states:
“AntiPhorm Lite runs independently and silently in the background of your PC. It connects to the web and intelligently simulates natural surfing behaviour across thousands of customizable topics. This creates a background noise of false [...]