http://www.pc-armor.com/blog Computer Security News for Everyday Computer Users Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:21:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you have been to our site before, you probably noticed the new look.  We have been working long and hard on the new design, which explains why we haven't posted many blogs lately; but now we're done!  If you have a chance, check out the new "University" page, where ... http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=141 The Mozilla site experienced some technical difficulties [this morning] that delayed the scheduled launch of Firefox 3; however, they are back! I just downloaded my version and will install it after this post. Hopefully, the world will follow suit and download the greatest browser available... http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=140 Blog spam has reached the point where it is very difficult to manage.  It is possible that we might accidentally delete a legitimate comment as we sift through the hundreds of blog spam we receive on a regular basis, so we apologize if we mistakenly delete a legitimate comment. As with ... http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=139 I received a call from a friend over the weekend asking for help to rid his neighbor's computer of a nasty Trojan.  Apparently, he had been working on the problem for days and didn't know what else he could do, so I took a look and it was indeed a ... http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=138 We get many email scams each week and the title of this blog has some of the more common subject titles for these types of emails.  Additionally, some other email "subjects" that should raise red flags include: Security Alert from the board of trustee RE: Hello I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU ... http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=137 Isn't it amazing how rich you can become by doing nothing? You don't even have to enter any contests...because if you are connected to the Internet, you will probably receive numerous awards like this one. There's just one little problem though...the generous organization(s) who want to give you ... http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=136 Well, for the past two days, we have received the following scam in our "info@pc-armor.com" email inbox. Both emails had identical subjects and body; however, the header information was different. The messages came from the Russian Federation and were sent to "undisclosed-recipients". Here is the body of ... http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=135 Greetings, Just a quick note for those of you who may be looking for encryption software...Laura Milligan posted a great article on the Bootstrapper blog today listing 50 different Encryption Programs and how each could benefit your needs. This is a nice compilation and Laura organized the programs in different categories to ... http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=134 Greetings, We have been busy working on a new look and some new offerings to PC-Armor, so we haven't been writing any new blog stories lately. However, there are some things you might want to keep an eye out for... First, the NCAA Basketball Championships are now in full swing and ... http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=133 Certain holidays bring the cyber criminals out like mosquitoes from stagnant water in the summer and Valentines day is one of those times.  Today I received an email with the subject of "February 72% OFF" and included an offer for Roses from $19.99 with Guaranteed Delivery.  All I had to ... http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=132