PC-Armor Computer Security News Blog

It’s Tax Time again and the Phishing Scams are busy trying to get your information!

Phishers are always looking for easy targets and they often step up their fraudulent activity during opportune times.  Well, they are busy again targeting tax payers. 

If you receive emails offering tax refunds that require you to click a link to complete a form with your personal information, don’t do it!  In fact, you should never click any unsolicited link in any email, nor should you ever give out your personal information when requested by any organization or person.

You can read more about this alert from the US-CERT site:

http://www.us-cert.gov/current/#irspham

Use good judgement and keep your personal information safe!

It’s time to update your Microsoft software!

Microsoft released their regularly scheduled software updates today and if you have not updated your system, you should do it now!

On the second Tuesday of each month, Microsoft releases patches, service packs, and other updates for their products.  Many of these updates are necessary to keep your system secure against known exploits; therefore, you should go to http://update.microsoft.com and check to make sure you have all of the latest security patches installed.

You should also make sure your Office software is up to date by going to http://office.microsoft.com and click the “Office Update” link in the “Updates” section.

If you need to download and install any patches, you should reboot your computer when they have finished.