The European Union has fined Microsoft $733,000,000 for breaking an agreement to offer PC users a choice of Internet browsers other than just Internet Explorer. “A failure to comply is a very serious infringement that must be sanctioned accordingly,” said EU regulator Joaquin Almunia. “They must do what they committed to do, or face the [...]
NBC.com was hacked and malicious code was placed on the homepage that looks for exploits on your browser (through plug-ins such as Adobe Acrobat and Java, as well as, iframe script.) When browsing the web, users should take care in viewing pages with exploitable code. The hack known as Citadel is downloaded onto a victim’s [...]
Malware is malicious software that a user unwittingly installs on their computer. Malware can disrupt computer operations, capture every keystroke, destroy data, gather usernames and passwords, acquire your address book and email addresses, or gain access to private networks. “McAfee has announced, in its quarterly threats report, that it has identified 8 million new kinds [...]
Do not allow Internet Explorer to store passwords for you Stored passwords allow anyone who can access your machine to log in to your web accounts as you. In addition, there are numerous utilities that can expose that hidden information and actually reveal the password. If you’ve reused that password for other logins, many systems [...]
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