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I originally wrote about BlueHippo and the allegations that were brought against the company back on July 16, 2007 [here] and again on June 5, 2009 [here] when BlueHippo was fined $5 million dollars by the FTC. But now the FTC is filing new charges against BlueHippo, which includes the fact that some 35,000 consumers [...]

Over at Lavasoft they have posted a new warning about a Trojan that is infecting systems. The Trojan is sneaky like most Trojans are. After infecting your system the Trojan replaces the user’s background screen with the below warning:

Clicking the ‘Update Now’ button takes the user to a purchase page which the bad guys try [...]

The FBI is warning social networking site users of the potential of having their accounts compromised. It seems that the bad guys are now scamming users out of their account information which they can use to attack your computer. The scams usually starts with a spam message that an unsuspecting user responds to and then [...]

Microsoft is touting that their new Bing search feature will now include warnings trying to help consumers from being the victims of Advance Fee Fraud and also Lottery Scams. It seems that these scams cost consumers millions of dollars all around the world. In addition Microsoft has a online site which aims at informing consumers [...]

Back on July 17, 2007 I wrote an article [here] about allegations being made by the Better Business Bureau, in which it was alleged that the people at BlueHippo were scamming the public. Last year BlueHippo paid a $5 Million fine to the FTC. What I find incredible is that BlueHippo is still in business.
So [...]

Best Buy is selling a service which they describe on their web site as:

TV Calibration
Increase the picture quality of your TV for a better viewing experience.  We will calibrate your home theater to provide the most accurate colors in full detail for the darkest and brightest parts of the picture.
But at $299.99 is this [...]

I saw a commercial on TV this afternoon for the Heat Surge fireplace which was also advertised in the newspaper last year. The space aged heater claims to be an energy saver with a stylish design. The outside of the Heat Surge is made of oak or rosewood made by the Amish and housing the [...]

Back on March 5, 2007 I posted an article about those free laptop ads that seems to plague the Internet [here]. So this morning when I received two back to back comments on the article, it raised my suspicions, as it should yours. You see here at LG for my site, I have it setup [...]