It seems that “Cyber-blackmail” is on the rise — this usually occurs when the victims receive an e-mail from someone threatening to delete computer files or install p*rn on their computers unless they pay up.
I know most who read the newsletter and blog already know better, but maybe you know someone who doesn’t, so…
Intranet Journal has a great tutorial on Identification and Removal of Spyware. This is a basic, but really good, explanation of the whole spyware mess; I especially like the tips the articles gives on recognizing the major types of spyware. Although programs like SpyBot Search and Destroy and AdAware are terrific for ridding your…
Last week I featured myths about spam. This week, check out the top five myths about safe surfing.
We typically think of spyware as a small program that reports fairly innocuous personal information back, usually for marketing or demographic reasons. The truth is, spyware is getting nasty. And we all need to be careful.
Wells Fargo lost a preliminary injunction hearing against pop-up purveyor WhenU. The court ruled that “The fact that some WhenU advertisements appear on a computer screen at the same time (the) plaintiffs’ Web pages are visible in a separate window does not constitute a use in commerce of the plaintiffs’ marks.”
…was recently debated at a seminar called “Clicks, Ticks, and the Destiny of Popups,” at AdTech New York.
Recently embattled pop-up ad company Gator is taking action against parties that call its product “spyware” — it’s suing them.
Be sure to read The Great American Privacy Makeover if you haven’t already — it’s a good, pretty thorough discussion of the ways in which your PC is at risk on the Internet. My Privacy IQ turned out to be 58 (better than readers, worse than the editors), so I’ve got a lot to learn,
A few weeks ago, I reported that Google was introducing a new feature that would track the number of times you use the search engine each day. Now the New York Times reports on Google’s counter, and asks some valid questions: do people know they are being tracked, and what type of information is…
A federal judge in Virginia has given hope to pop-up companies like Gator, ruling that such programs do not violate copyright or trademark law. The judge stated, “Alas, we computer users must endure pop-up advertising along with her ugly brother ‘spam’ as a burden of using the Internet.” Fortunately we have terrific pop-up…
