Viruses and Scams Categorized Posts

Free Antivirus for Home Users

by Scott | Mar 28, 2006 | Spyware, Viruses and Scams

*update – as of 1/1/2007 AVG is no longer free…sorry! Antivirus companies charge a lot for their product, and with good reason. However, there’s a company that has decent software that they give away free to home users, with the hopes of earning your...

Trick advertisements

by Scott | Mar 27, 2006 | Viruses and Scams

Don’t you hate those online ads that look like security warnings or questions? Have you ever fallen for them? I just actually fell for one, while I was buying a site security certificate for a new website we’re doing. I was filling out an online form, and...

New Flash security threat to YOU

by Scott | Mar 17, 2006 | Spyware, Technology News, Viruses and Scams

Yes, another threat is here that won’t patch itself on the Microsoft Windows updates. This security hole is in “Flash”, which is software that allows you to view Macromedia Flash sound and motion files over the internet. You likely have this...

Qwest Phone Bill Scam

by Scott | Mar 7, 2006 | Viruses and Scams

One of our Portland web hosting customers got this on her home Qwest bill this past month. The following transaction is billed on behalf of: GLOBAL YP GlobalYP GldBizPlnMoFee – $34.99 The Billing Resource Misc Charge and Credits Since PDXTC is her web host,...

Multiple locations to fix your Windows flaw

by Scott | Jan 4, 2006 | Spyware, Viruses and Scams

Some of these websites are up and some are down, but all these four will do the trick – Go do it NOW! http://www.grc.com/miscfiles/wmffix_hexblog14.exe http://www.hexblog.com/security/files/wmffix_hexblog14.exe...

Protect your computer NOW – URGENT

by Scott | Jan 3, 2006 | Spam prevention, Viruses and Scams

*this post is outdated for solutions – return to blog home page and see most recent post By now you may know the story of the week old Windows flaw that has so far mutated and distorted into over 60 different variations of trouble for you. This is not “a...