The irony of the digital age is that despite the fact that we have more and better access to reliable information than at any time previously in human history, often ... Read More

We're just a few days shy of a whole new year, yet the same old hoaxes keep circulating. Two that are particularly tenacious are the MSN Hacker List hoax and ... Read More

Planning to visit family or friends for the holidays? If so, take the time to clean up the computers of family members and loved ones who may not share your ... Read More

Each time researchers discover a new virus that can't be detected by the antivirus scanner, a new signature must be created and pushed out to the user in the form ... Read More

New Jersey prosecutors have indicted 50 year old Yung-Hsun Lin aka “Andy Lin” of Montville, New Jersey for allegedly planting a logic bomb on Medco Health Solutions servers. A ... Read More

I'm a big fan of distributed computing. After all, if you can help researchers at Berkeley find aliens (Seti@home), or help researchers at Stanford better understand (and maybe one day ... Read More

Controversy - real or manufactured - surrounds the name 'spybot'. Staunch defenders of 'Spybot - Search & Destroy' claim spybot is the name of a product and they condemn antivirus ... Read More

According to Trend Micro, the slowdown users have reported in Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2007 may be the result of a conflict between Trend's latest security suite and the ... Read More

A beta version of the new Spybot Search and Destroy is now available for download. (A beta is a version that is not yet ready for complete commerical release, which ... Read More

In The Night of the Living Dead, zombies sucked their victims' brain matter in a frenzied hunger, thereby turning them under their control. In the computer world, a trojan can ... Read More

Sure, there's no one thing you can do that will keep your computer virus free. But there are 8 things you can do to shore up your defenses. Step One: ... Read More

Viruses, worms, and trojans often disable your antivirus software when they infect your system. This prevents the antivirus software from being updated and detecting the presence of the malware. Here's ... Read More

Hewlett-Packard agreed to a $14.5 million dollar fine to settle a California civil case brought on by allegations the company used pretexting and bugged emails to spy on journalists and ... Read More

According to Brian Ross of ABC News, the U.S. Secret Service has closed its office in Nigeria and relocated to nearby South Africa. Ross reports: Nigerian officials said the decision has ... Read More

Got a gadget freak on your gift list? Here's a list of 'techie toys' sure to please any geek or gamer on your list. Gifts for Geeks and Gamers

Getting a virus on your system is frustrating to say the least, and can be hazardous to the health of your computer. Indeed, today's malicious software can even steal your ... Read More

According to this article in C|NET News, Congress and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may one day impose taxes on online gaming assets. That is to say, if you're a ... Read More

A new phishing scam targeting Bank of America Military Bank customers has surfaced. The phishing email takes the typical approach, warning that the account will be deactivated if action isn't ... Read More

MySpace users are yet again a victim of another adware attack. Dubbed JS_QSPACE.A by antivirus vendor Trend Micro and JS.Qspace by Symantec, the Javascript worm exploits a cross-site scripting (XSS) ... Read More

Bill Gates got to be a billionaire by giving his money away via email, right? Wrong. Though it is possible, under some circumstances, to track an email, neither Bill Gates, ... Read More

Trend Micro Internet Security Suite 2007 (which many refer to as PC-cillin 2007) appears to be causing performance problems for many. This is particularly perplexing as previous versions of Trend ... Read More

Grisoft, makers of AVG antivirus software, have announced their new AVG Rescue CD. In a nutshell, the AVG Rescue CD provides a portable variation of AVG antivirus and antispyware software. ... Read More