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The wife of a Hawaii millionaire who has bipolar disorder said she is “beyond desperate” to find her husband after he disappeared over a week ago. Steven Thomas, 36, founder of the anti-spyware software company, Webroot, went missing after being seen in the Waikiki neighborhood of Honolulu June 30, KITV, Honolulu, reported Wednesday.
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Are you worried about malware and spyware plaguing your system? I have a cool, free tool that gives you an extra layer of defense when you’re Web surfing. I also have two free utilities that can lock up and hide your sensitive folders and keep them from prying eyes. Plus, for readers who didn’t like […]
Consumer Affairs Minister Tony Robinson yesterday warned people using networking websites they could expose themselves to scams.
“As more and more Victorians join social networking services, they need to be aware that there is an increasing number of scammers taking advantage of the popularity of these services to steal information and money,” Mr Robinson said.
“Frauds can […]
Two CUSD high school seniors have been charged with hacking into the school computer system and changing grades to better their chances of college admission after breaking in to Tesoro High School late at night. Omar Khan, 18, Coto de Caza, is charged with 34 felony counts of altering a public record, 11 felony counts […]
The war over hacking and protecting your computer is an endlessly escalating affair in which the “bad guys” are often a step ahead of the anti-spyware groups.
Yanov, a former e-business executive at Kyrus Corp., said the tools of the computer spying trade are so subtle that professional-grade anti-spyware software should be on every computer you […]
Looking to protect its campus-wide network from increasing spyware and malware attacks, Eastern Kentucky University has standardized onFaceTime ( News - Alert) Communications’ perimeter Web security solution. FaceTime has deployed the system to 5,000 students currently living in on-campus housing along with 2,000 faculty and staff. Apart from supporting the use of Web-based e-learning systems, […]
To help better protect consumers from Web-related threats, Check Point Software has announced the availability of ZoneAlarm ForceField, a software solution that protects a user’s browser.
“Browser security is a new product category,” said John Gable, director of product management and product marketing for ZoneAlarm Check Point. “Most attacks are through the web browser so traditional […]
A Nigerian man was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a court in Lagos after he pleaded guilty to stealing information from a NASA employee, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The man met the victim on an online dating site, and attached a so-called spyware program, software that resides on a computer unbeknownst […]
A federal judge has awarded MySpace $230 million in a case against a notorious spammer, reports The Associated Press. The complaint was filed against “Spam King” Sanford Wallace and partner Walter Rines, which hijacked MySpace profiles by obtaining passwords through phishing schemes. The pair failed to appear in court, compelling the judge to rule in […]
AVG Internet Security has something of a mixed history, it offers all the standard tools you’d expect from such a suite, including anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall and anti-spam protection. However, these tools are a mix of in-house developed programs and bought in models. Therefore, one of the problems with previous versions has been a rather cranky […]
Well, to begin with, I tried to get Microsoft Office Enterprise Edition from torrents site mininova.com. There was even a whole bunch of comments saying that it worked “great.” So when it finally finished downloading, I opened it, and got it installed. It really did work “great.” But then after a few times running it, […]
