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By now most everyone knows better than to click or tap links in emails because that’s one of the easiest ways to infect your device with a virus.
After all, once you click a link and visit an infected website, the damage is done.
Well, the same thing is happening on smartphones as well, only the malware is being spread via text messages. [Read more…]
Once again this very dangerous scam is making the rounds on Facebook and via email.
What makes this scam so dangerous is the way it appears to come from Facebook themselves.
But trust me, it does not.
The scam is a fake warning that Facebook is preparing to disable your account. [Read more…]
Like most everyone else, you probably receive SPAM and phishing emails all the time.
And despite the existence of the Can-Spam act, this scourge of the Internet seems to actually be getting worse instead of better.
If you ever happen to accidentally open one of these obnoxious messages you might be tempted to click the “Unsubscribe” link located near the bottom of the message to have your email address removed from their mailing list.
Whatever you do, don’t click that link! Read on to find out why… [Read more…]
If you’ve been using Facebook for more than five minutes you’re surely familiar with all the ads that show up in your Newsfeed and over in the sidebar.
And if you’ve been using Facebook for more than an hour you probably know that a good portion of those ads are actually scams.
Well, there’s something you should know about those scam ads… [Read more…]
Do you have a blog or other type of website that you’ve registered a domain name for?
If so, you need to know about a scam targeting domain owners that’s making the rounds yet again.