Links

This post is long overdue. Having completed my How to Secure Your Computer series of articles, it’s time to get links to all of them organized on a single page.
The series debuted on January 4, 2007 here on Ask the Geek, Too. I continued to post them here until March, 2008 when other commitments [...]

In their latest phishing scam targeting dentists, a tactic the FBI has labeled “spear phishing,” the fraudsters actually threaten violence.  The potential victim receives an email purportedly from a hit man who has been hired by “a friend” to kill him for $50,000. However, if the victim agrees to pay this “hit man” $80,000, he’ll back [...]

Everybody likes free stuff, but when it comes to software, you often don’t know who to trust. We’ve all been burned by “free” software that was really just a means for someone to infect our machines with tons of spyware and other junk provided by miscreants disguised as “sponsors.” Don’t get me wrong, I’m not bashing [...]