Malicious Apps Appearing Frequently – Facebook eCommerce May Have to Clear Security Obstacle Security firm Trend Micro has been researching malicious practices on Facebook, and has discovered numerous rogue apps on the social networking site this week. They’ve been alerting Facebook of them as they find them, but apparently more keep popping up as fast […]
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Adware, Spyware and a Virus The Difference of Adware, Spyware and a Virus Adware, spyware and computer viruses share some similarities, one of which is that all three are major nuisances for computer users. Let’s differentiate the three. Spyware is software that does not intentionally harm your computer. What they do is to create ways
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Web Predators Parents Should be Wary of Web Predators As the number of young Internet users grows, South African police warn that more children may fall prey to adults with unlawful intentions who misrepresent themselves online. At Thursday’s weekly police press briefing, the police hostage negotiation team’s provincial co-ordinator, Herman Bosman, said although it had
Podcast Clients What is a Podcast Client? A podcast client is the software used to access and download podcasts. Podcast clients are also known as media aggregators, programs designed to automatically access an online file or feed and download the audio or video file associated with it. Hundreds of these programs exist like IpodderX, Juice,
Attack of the Zombies Attack of the Zombies from Down Under Hackers appear to be beefing up armies of “zombie” computers to recover from a major hit scored in the battle against spam email, according to software security firm McAfee. A McAfee report said that during the first three months of this year, nearly 12
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