F-Secure claims to have discovered the first Mac rogue application--MacSweeper. According to F-Secure, MacSweeper is spyware that closely resembles its Windows cousin Cleanator. Here's how it works: You install MacSweeper and it proceeds to "clean" your Mac of compromising files. This spyware is so...
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The terrible reach of online scams
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U.S. citizens lose about $120 million per year by biting on fake foreign lottery scams and another $100 million or so in a Nigerian scam, in which victims are promised large sums but first have to put up money of their own, according to the United States Postal Inspection Service.
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Q. I absentmindedly hit the "yes" box on a supposed security update purporting to be a Microsoft site and got bitten. I plugged the name of the virus into Google and got a "guaranteed fix," which turned out to be more spyware, called "SpyNoMore." It would remove all but about two supposed spyware and viruses and then say it would have to shut down and restart to remove them. Once it ...
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How are you doing with those New Year's resolutions? Did you resolve to save money, reduce stress and make more time for what really matters?
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Q. I absentmindedly hit the "yes" box on a supposed security update purporting to be a Microsoft site and got bitten. I plugged the name of the virus into Google and got a "guaranteed fix," which turned out to be more spyware, called "SpyNoMore." It would remove all but about two supposed spyware and viruses and then say it would have to shut down and restart to remove them. Once it ...
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