Microsoft Critical Vulnerability Detected

Microsoft has discovered a critical vulnerability that could potentially allow criminals to seize control of computers and steal private data. Secure your computers by applying the critical update released by Microsoft to fix this.

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Just a heads up for everyone regarding the latest in Visa fraud.

This one is pretty slick since they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want. Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they already have it. By understanding how the VISA & MasterCard telephone Credit Card Scam works, you’ll be better prepared to protect yourself. One of our employees was called on Wednesday from ‘VISA’, and I was called on Thursday from ‘MasterCard’.

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Beware of Facebook virus

Your friend sends a video starring you through a private message on Facebook, however, you know you have never made a video with him. What do you do? Since the beginning of December, the Koobface worm has been plaguing the Facebook social networking site by using this method. The McAfee Avert Labs found the worm on December 5. This new discovery is a resurgence of Koobface, which was reported by Kaspersky Labs back in July. Kaspersky says that this worm is part of a malicious payload that transforms infected machines into zombie computers that create numerous botnets that cause spamming on the network.

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Tips on maintaining PC health: Computer viruses

Computer Cold

[cough cough], you turn to see your computer coughing and running with a fever looks like it’s caught a cold more specifically a computer virus. Most computer users have had their computer a bit under the weather: losing information off their hard drive, slower computer performance, and a whole list of other symptoms. Over thirty years ago when computers were just starting to make a rise in people’s lives computer viruses were harder to catch but with the internet an ever growing part of society it becomes more and more common for people s computers to get viruses.

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