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On Thursday, the Anti-Spyware Coalition will meet in Washington. Included will be experts from McAfee, Google, and the Pew Internet & American Life project to discuss the latest in spyware trends. In addition to the well-known damage caused by spyware–hawking advertising, stealing passwords, and slowing down PCs–McAfee is calling attention to a little known aspect [...]
Browsing the web on public computers can be daunting, with threats of potential keyloggers and spyware watching your every move, so the Download Squad weblog has rounded up a few best practices for keeping your personal info private and safe on public computers. A former systems librarian, the author has seen a lot, and suggests [...]
Your computer collects junk, nasty viruses, sneaky spyware and unnecessary files. It happens every time you go out onto the Internet or work on a document. You need to make sure your computer stops doing that. First, you need to stop a virus cold. Viruses usually infect a computer though email. You often simply click [...]
With the popularity of iPod now most users are looking for the best downloading website. The internet is flooded with a lot of download sites and you have to know what to look for an iPod downloading site to be sure you will get all the media files you need and the best services.
Spies are out there, just waiting to attack a business or personal computer, but in West Virginia, an attempt is on to deal with such high-tech invaders. First, though, a House bill needs some retooling. Rather than vote on it Friday, Majority Leader Joe DeLong, D-Hancock, had the measure returned to the judiciary committee, but [...]
UAB will join others in recognizing October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance are leading this annual effort to increase people’s awareness and prevention of online security issues.
If viruses, hackers and spam weren’t enough, now there’s spyware threatening your computer’s health. The phenomenon isn’t really that new. It has been around since the consumer Internet appeared in 1994/1995. But the nuisance factor has grown dramatically in recent years. Spyware is usually an illicit program placed on your computer without your knowledge. This [...]
Ten years ago, Germany introduced a highly controversial eavesdropping law, which was later overturned by the courts. A decade later, however, advocates argue people’s right to privacy is continuing to be eroded. The German “Eavesdropping Law” was passed by parliament on Jan. 16, 1998, amid a huge public outcry over concerns that people’s private sphere [...]
I have been using Firefox for two years. In 2006, I used PC Tools’ “Spyware Doctor” anti-spyware and in 2007 I used Webroot’s “Spysweeper.” Neither ever found anything. I use my computer for a lot of research (I am an independent librarian) and am a very careful computer user, but I’m concerned that Firefox does [...]
Microsoft employee sits in his office, sweating. Suddenly, a robotic overload explodes through the door, accuses the terrified worker of fraud, and expels him from the building, based on the obvious guilt identified by his sweating. The broken air conditioner in the room is overlooked, because nobody programmed it into the overlord’s system. Far-fetched? Probably. [...]
Microsoft has submitted a patent application for a “unique monitoring system” that promise to take the concept of spyware to a brand new level. The patent describes a computer system linking workers to their computers via wireless sensors. The system will allow managers to monitor employees’ performance… wireless sensors could read “heart rate, galvanic skin [...]