According to a recent 60 Minutes report, April 1st spells doomsday for Conficker victims. But is it true? Here's a look at the myths - and the realities - of ... Read More

The "Hot girl dancing" malware scam has morphed. Recent variants of the trojan email contain messages similar to the following: Classmates Hot Body Dance Video Competition! Facebook media: Exotic Girl Having Fun Facebook ... Read More

If you've watched TV for more than an hour in the past year, chances are you're seen the singing ads for FreeCreditReport.com. Problem is, aside from the domain name, nothing ... Read More

The Telegraph posted a list titled "Top 10 worst computer viruses of all time". Now, I don't want to split hairs, but when I hear the word 'worst', I assume ... Read More

Over the past week, spammers have been sending out malware links disguised as correspondence from Classmates.com and Facebook.com. The emails claim to be from either 'Classmates Support Center' or 'Facebooks ... Read More

JR Raphael has penned two must-read articles for PC World. The first, People Search Engines: They Know Your Dark Secrets…And Tell Anyone, describes the very public persona you may not ... Read More

How quickly the Web community reacts... Late yesterday evening, Symantec released an unsigned patch containing the file 'PIFTS.EXE'. Because the file was unsigned, it caused firewall alerts in Norton Internet ... Read More

The short answer to the Firefox safety question is, "Well, yes, but..." The longer answer is that out of the box (i.e. freshly installed), Firefox isn't really any safer. Like Internet ... Read More

The Internet makes it easier to accomplish many things - banking, research, travel, and shopping are all at our virtual fingertips. But just as the Internet makes it easier for ... Read More

Chances are, there are dozens of security vulnerabilities waiting to be exploited on your system. And it's not just the latest Excel vulnerability or the Windows operating system you need ... Read More

Microsoft and Symantec have issued advisories warning of in-the-wild XLS files that are exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. Successful exploit results in malicious binaries dropped to the system ... Read More

Scammers continue to exploit job seekers, but the "Shopper Needed" scam isn't just enlisting innocent folks into illegal money laundering activities. The scam is also exploiting the good name of ... Read More