It’s Christmas time — a lot of people are purchasing a new computer for their home, sometimes purchasing their first computer, or a computer for their children. Unfortunately, many of these new purchasers don’t know how to protect themselves properly on today’s Internet. That’s where we, as more experienced PC users (of whatever experience level!) [...]
VIPRE HOLIDAY SALE
GFI has two versions of VIPRE — the antivirus/antimalware version VIPRE Antivirus and the antivirus/antimalware + firewall + antispam version, VIPRE Internet Security 2012 (which I use). They’re running a special Holiday Sale from December 12 to December 26, 2011. Get: $25 OFF VIPRE Internet Security 2012 Home Site Licenses $20 OFF VIPRE Antivirus 2012 [...]
VIPRE Internet Security 2012 Review – A First Look
New version of GFI’s VIPRE Antivirus Premium — now called VIPRE Internet Security 2012 — has been released I’ve been using versions of VIPRE since it was first released. Initially, VIPRE Antivirus+Antispyware was the program that grew out of Sunbelt Software’s CounterSpy (which I also used). Then, they combined their firewall product into it to [...]
Junk Mail Sent From User’s Account
I received a question from a subscriber who was concerned that his computer had been used to send spam during the night. Terry, Night before last, I left my computer on, something I normally do not do, and beginning about 2:30 A.M., about 20 emails were sent out from my account to everyone on my [...]
An Early Look at Mailwasher Pro 2010
This week, I downloaded and installed Mailwasher Pro 2010 on my main desktop computer. I’m impressed… So much so that I’ve already purchased 3 licenses for my family’s computers. Mailwasher Pro 2010, like the older Mailwasher Pro, is an anti-spam system that checks your email while it is still on the mail server (before you ever download it) — but Mailwasher Pro 2010 has been completely rewritten. It [...]
Getting Junk Emails From Yourself
Subscriber Roger Goodchild wrote me recently to ask about email problems. He was receiving emails that claimed to be from one of his email addresses — but which were spam emails. Hello Terry, A couple of days ago I got an e-mail from one of my contact asking me if I had intended sending her [...]
Controlling SPAM and Nasty Emails from a Friend
Subscriber Carolyn Waterson wrote with questions about spam and emails with malware potential that she was receiving from a friend who didn’t practice safe computing: I have a rather elderly friend whose computer keeps sending out obscene things and Viagra ads. They appear to be going to everybody in his address book! He assures me [...]
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