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Virus creators are using celebrities to draw in traffic to their malicious sites through online search engines.  According to McAfee, the list of most dangerous celeb searches includes Brad Pitt, Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Brady, and Jessica Simpson.  The top honors of the most dangerous searched celeb go to Jessica… Continue Reading »

The New York Attorney General’s office has slapped Symantec and McAfee with $375,000 in fines over charges they automatically renewed customer’s subscriptions without their consent. Both companies also agreed to make clear disclosures of renewal fees when customers sign up.  Automatic renewals are nothing new, and anti-virus software vendors like… Continue Reading »

When running on Windows, it’s usually a bad idea to surf the Internet without some sort of virus protection.  For most people, this means buying software from McAfee or Symantec, both of which make billions of dollars selling security suites that include virus protection.  Microsoft looks to be taking them… Continue Reading »

Whenever an Internet security company issues a report or study about the state of Internet security, your first reaction should focus on checking the security of your wallet. Fear became a big part of the marketing plans for security companies ever since the Melissa and I Love You viruses hit… Continue Reading »

You can expect louder product announcements from Yahoo! after the Deal that Didn’t Happen. Jerry Yang and Co. want to get the word out in a hurry about new features and services to boost the stock, quench shareholder anger and convince everyone that faith in its future is justified. Releasing… Continue Reading »

An 11-year old sixth grader from Sherwood, Arkansas is presently his school’s computer network administrator. John Penn of Victory Baptist School took over the school’s network when the former IT admin just left, leaving her mother, the school’s librarian, additional workload as computer support. Penn who likes to read computer… Continue Reading »