Category: Internet & PC

There’s a new kid on the block, and he’s a particularly tough and nasty bully. He goes by the name Root Kit, and he’s changing the rules of the game where malicious programs are concerned. In the good old days, computer virus creators would create a new virus and unleash it on the world. It…

Check out this fascinating article in the Los Angeles Times that takes a look behind the scenes of a Nigerian 419 Scam operation. There is certainly an abundance of information about these scams in numerous locations around the net, so it is amazing to me that some people are still falling for this stuff. A…

At times I have to wonder if the major software developers have some kind of secret agreement with the hard disk manufacturers that involves using up as much disk space as possible on customers’ computers. This is nothing new, but since I recently re-installed the operating system and all the application programs on my PC,…

A while back, I related the story of how I was once foolish enough to respond to a spammer’s e-mail, using my actual e-mail address, and tell him what I thought of his spam. Well, there was at least one spammer that apparently decided he wanted to pay me back for having the nerve to…

Most people who are active on the Internet have probably heard terms like spyware, adware, and perhaps even malware. These are all terms used to describe software that invades people’s computers for the purposes of making money for someone else. These program are designed to invade a victim’s computer without the owner’s knowledge and can…

One of the great things about blogs is that they traditionally allow people to comment on their content, and provide a neat interactive environment for blog readers and writers. Well, like everything else in life (I know, I know, you are probably sick of hearing this from me) there is always a generous inventory of…

Moments ago I received a nasty new eBay phishing scam message in my e-mail. I wanted to post this right away and try to get the information out there on this scam as soon as possible. This one claims to be a message from a fellow eBay member called ‘cdaniel’ and makes claims about someone…

I’m always admonishing my readers to set up a ‘throw-away’ e-mail address if they are planning to send any ‘friendly comments’ to spammers or sign up for newsletters or other services on the net that require an e-mail address. With a throw-away e-mail address, that you can get free from many places like Yahoo! or…

If you own any Internet domain names, chances are very good that you have seen one of these letters show up in your mailbox (your ‘real’ mailbox, not e-mail). I have received these letters for many of my domains over the past year or so. I would not go as far as calling this a…

I can see that there is still at least one mentally disturbed spammer out there who continues to fool himself by believing that his pathetic attempts to attack me with e-mail viruses is going to have some effect. Yesterday I received a fresh batch of e-mail messages with virus-infected attachments. I am also seeing some…