The Conficker Worm is a nasty piece of malicious software that has "wormed" its way into millions of computers and created a very large botNET which can be activated at any time by the botMASTERS whom could use the infected computers for various malicious purposes; including but not limited to:Sending SPAMCracking, Hacking Accounts and PasswordsSpreading to infect further computers or devicesStealing passwords and banking detailsThe worm (once inside a network) can spread like wildfire and with access to the internet it is able...
Rogue antivirus – also known as scareware – is one of the top PC security threats in Canada and proving an effective method for online fraudsters to profit from their exploits, say security experts.The malware tricks victims into thinking their computer is infected and provides a fake piece of software to fix the problem.After giving away credit card information and downloading the software, the victim actually is opening up a direct gateway for more malware to be loaded onto the computer and becomes a prime candidate for identity...
Web computer security firm McAfee blamed fresh changes to a quality control system for the release of a flawed anti-virus update that sabotaged computers worldwide."The problem arose during the testing process for this DAT file," McAfee executive vice president of worldwide technical support and customer service Barry McPherson said in an online message late Thursday."We recently made a change to our QA (quality assurance) environment that resulted in a faulty DAT making its way out of our test environment and onto customer...
This is one question that asked many people. "Should we get a desktop or laptop?" It’s depending on your requirement. Desktop and Laptop both are same computer. For and unfortunately, most uses may require the power of a desktop pc. I will list some of the more common uses of a pc and discuss the specs needed.Office Uses: Mostly use in office like Microsoft Word, Excel, etc. We also use for mail checking, store data and use like small server....
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Features There may be manual fault or some unavoidable circumstances related with technical issues, when you lost your important home or business files (such as MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Bkf, Zip), e-mails, photos, music and other rare things.Although this happens very rarely, but the data once lost can take long time to recover or may be not be recovered at all, so there should be adequate management for data backup to assure...
