Daily Internet Journal
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Of spam, splogs and scams
January 10th, 2009 by Frank
The internet is truly a dangerous place where the uninformed and the gullible are the best prey for the internet’s predators called hackers, black hats or whatever you’d want to call them abound. Get that crazy email that tells you you won a ton of money, its a phishing(more on the next post) scam, they are only after your information if you fall for them. Splogs target your blog/s, flooding them with tons of comments or posts that are aimed to promoting Viagra and many other crazy stuff. Scams abound in the net, from fake web sites that look good as the real thing, except they are downloading malware into your computer as you go on your way, finding weaknesses inside, leaving software to wreak havoc in your life.
Some tips on internet safety, if you win something without joining anything, it’s a scam so delete it. If you get a message that your computer is infected with tons of viruses and other malware and then tells you to install some software, you’re in trouble. Close the browser and there’s no need for panic, as long as you have anti-viruses installed to prevent them from getting in. Any mail you don’t know the origins of, delete them, opening them may expose you to threats. Have the browser and their plug-ins constantly updated so you get protection. Update your copy of Windows or other OS’s so your OS can handle the latest threats easy. Several anti-viruses are free and effective as long as you keep them updated. the longest time a newly installed computer can last in the wild (connected to the internet) is 15 minutes, before your computer becomes invaded and becomes host to many of the web’s nasty stuf.