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… From CPanel to …. what??
I am an old Unix dude, I have installed more different versions of Unix than most people – Everything from Sco Xenix/286 thru to Centos5.2 and I don’t usually have much problems – but as time wears on, my brainDisk is starting to squeal and it’s not as fast at random access as it used […]
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Two REALLY good reasons to use FireFox as your web browser…
I know I keep banging on about this, but one of the easiest and cheapest ways to protect yourself from online scams and phishing is simple: Change your Web Browser! Here are two really good reasons why you should use FireFox to surf the web instead of the ubiquitous Internet Explorer. Firefox includes strict anti-phishing […]
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PhishTank.com – Anti Phishing Website that Gets Results!
PhishTank.com – Anti Phishing Website! Here’s the thing – from now on, ANY TIME you get an email that sends you to a PayPal/Bank of America/Google Adsense/eBay/your-bank-name site that you know is a scam site [that just wants your login/password/credit card/bank details] – immediately report it to PhishTank.com. They are the database that many browsers […]
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DNS (whassat?) it’s a great tool against Scammers!
The DNS Route to Scam Protection Online. When you type in ‘www.scammingsite.com’ on your browser, a lookup is performed to translate the domain name into a unique address (IP Address) that all networked computers understand and which contains the path to the right server. Good people like those at SEO reseller website are very good […]
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Who owns Westpac-site.org?
Why do I ask? Well, I got a spam/scam email today that pretends to be an alert from Microsoft, via the Secret Service that a backdoor has been found in Windows XP and that a patch has been released which will ‘fix’ this vulnerability. Well, as you can imagine, the ‘patch‘ turns out to be […]
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stopandhelpus.org – Scam Charity Site?
When I get spam from a charity asking specifically for donations I visit the website just to see what kind of organization would use spam to solicit contributions. In most cases it’s a scam. Bona fide charities would NEVER spam you. So this morning I received the following email Stop! Help us, we are in […]
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The Inevitable IRS Tax Refund Scam
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning of a new Internet scam based on a site masquerading as a member of the Free File Alliance. The site attempts to get taxpayers to file their information with them. The scammers then change the bank account details to their own and wait for the refund payments […]
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Are you using Firefox? – Why Not?
Firefox has many advantages over the competition, The main one being the toolbar add-in. The first one you should install is Google. The really really great thing about the Google toolbar is the builtin antip-phishing detection/protection system. The way this works is as follows: You read an email (eg. Purportedly from PayPal) that tells you […]