If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Why is a computer virus harmful? For the same basic reason that biological viruses are: they damage components that keep systems healthy.
Some are relatively benign - they generate annoying, juvenile messages or crash the system once, then go away. [...]

Keeping your computer free of virus, spyware and all the other stuff running rampant online is challenging at best. There are tens of thousands of websites, articles and blogs with information on every topic imaginable from malware to spyware to identity theft.
Here’s a list of ten free security tools you can and should be [...]

Dealing with computer crimes and annoyances has become significantly more important to the Federal Trade Commission’s work over the past couple years. This past year, the Federal Trade Commission announced settlements with spammers, adware distributors and with Sony over distribution of rootkit software.
The FTC Chairman recently participated in a discussion with IDG News Service to [...]

The quickest and easiest way to see if you have spyware on your computer is to get a spyware detecting program and run it. Most of the time, you will have no idea that you even have this stuff on your computer.
The fist clue might be when something doesn’t look or feel right and/or something stops working [...]

Firewalls are a very big part of being able to search the internet safely. It may seem like old news to still be talking about firewalls but the dangers online are real and true and the spammers are getting smarter with technology.
Computers and users do make mistakes and it’s important to make sure it is [...]

Part 1 was an interesting read so naturally we had to post Part 2. It’s worth taking the few minutes to read to make sure you are doing everything you can to protect your personal information, your computer and even your kids from the dangers that lurk on the internet.

“MSSPs must overcome customer concerns that [...]