Advertising boxes, especially the pop-up kind, sometimes try to deceive you about the links in the ad. For instance, they might have one affirmative button that says Click Here or Yes or Try me or Install Now and then a separate negative button that says No Thanks or Close. However, both buttons can easily be […]
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Firmware
Once the ware terminology was established in computer science, other forms of the word have come into usage. Between hardware and software comes firmware. Firmware is the term used to describe the software which is embedded onto the circuits of hardware. Unlike normal software, users have no control over, or […]
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Adware
Adware is a type of software that is part of some other software application, designed to display advertisements via the Web. In most cases, the adware is included in free software packages to offset the costs to the program developer. In other words, you get the software for […]
The most infamous phishing scheme is known as the Nigerian Letter scam. In this scam, the emailer pretends to be some high ranking official in a foreign country, notably Nigeria, who needs someone’s help in moving an extraordinary amount of cash, often in the millions of dollars, out of the country. The email preys upon […]
Phishing is the slang term to describe attempts by malicious people to obtain personal information by fraudulent means. While the definitions may blur, depending on who you ask or what you read, in general, spamming is from someone trying to sell you something, and phishing is from someone trying to get you to give them […]
Spam is the slang term to describe unsolicited bulk messaging on the Internet. The name likely comes from a Monty Python sketch, which centered on a meat product of the same name. Spam can be directed toward blogs and forums, but the most common form is email spam.
Spam is the online equivalent of junk mail […]
There are over 10,000 known types of viruses, and countless variations. It has been estimated that as many as one-fourth of all computers connected to the Internet have been infected. Many of those infected machines are part of limited networks, such as a corporate, government, or educational networks, where one infected machine can quickly […]
What happens if a virus gets into your computer? There are a whole range of effects that malicious software can have once it gains access to your computer. The differences between a virus, a worm and a trojan horse are explained elsewhere, but for the purpose of this article, we will use the term virus […]
Computer viruses, worms, and trojan horses are all malicious computer programs which get copied onto your computer without your knowledge. There are certain characteristics which differentiate them from each other, but they are all bad for you as a user and for the Internet as a whole.
A computer virus is software that gets actively transferred […]
Viruses and worms can create all sorts of havoc on your computer, from simple annoyance, to slowing your machine, to destroying your entire operating system. These effects may be their goal, or they may just be side effects of their true intention. Although viruses and worms have specific characteristics, their results can be the same, […]