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Morning After Pill for PC’s ?

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:55:20 +0000

Sorry but there is no Morning After Pill for PC’s. So for all those people who receive computers as presents for Christmas, if your PC gets infected with a Computer Virus it is not necessarily an easy job to get rid of the virus and clean up your PC (not to mention the cost of getting somebody to do it for you).

So as they say Prevention is Better than Cure. If your new PC comes with Anti Virus software, then make sure to enable it. If the computer has no Anti Virus software then the VERY FIRST THING you should do when you connect to the Internet is to install Anti Virus software.

Here is a site reviewing the most popular Anti Virus Programs. I personally use Nod32 from ESET but any of the top 10 reviewed would be fine.

Have a great and safe computing time over the holidays.

The Martians have Landed! (Allien Irish Banks P.L.C , Your ABI CODE CARD is about to expire.)

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:32:37 +0000

For all you Extra Terrestrials out there that have an account with Allien Irish Banks please do not respond to emails form the following;

From: Allien Irish Banks P.L.C

Subject: Your ABI CODE CARD is about to expire.

It is a Phishing attack. ( Note the misspellings.) As we get closer to Christmas these type of scams and phishing attacks are going to increase so beware.

Virtual Postcard Virus (f-greetings.exe)

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:57:18 +0000

As we get closer to Christmas just be careful of Virtual Postcards from people you don’t know as they can contain viruses. I received my first one today from received@postcard.org with a subject of You have just received a virtual postcard from a friend !

When you click on the embedded link it will try and install f-greetings.exe

At this time it is very important to keep your virus software up-to-date.