Archive for the ‘Internet Security’ Category

Beware of Identity Theft

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

by Greg Shuey The Federal Bureau of Investigation of FBI has said that identity theft if the fastest growing crime problem in the United States. The Federal Trade Commission says that an estimated 10 million Americans become victims of identity fraud. Thieves use their names, social security, and bank account information ...

Useful Spy Gadgets

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

by Barry Lee The printed media has been a huge promoter of spy gadgets bringing the glamour of the spy life to you. Many people have dreamed of having the gadgets that James Bond uses to catch criminals and would love to be able to become a super spy. Nowadays spy ...

Google says This site may harm your computer

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

I know this will be hard to believe. A part of Google went down this morning, around 9:00am CST on Saturday Jan 31, 2009 The message, "This site may harm your computer" was coming up on every computer we tried a Google search on. We thought it was our location, so ...

Top 12 Computer Threats

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Top 12 Computer Threats I’ve researched and written about this several times over the last few months, yet I’m drawn to it again. Internet safety. It is not a joke. Ignore it and your computer could suffer dire consequences. From Trojans to adware to viruses - all of us, as responsible computer users, need to ...

Home Invasion: The Need for a Multi-level Internet Filtering System

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

It doesn't matter how many precautions you take to protect your home, you are still in danger of a home invasion. You could have the best trained guard dog. You could have armed security on the premises. You could purchase an anti-intruder security system more sophisticated than the one that protects ...

Internet Filters, Don’t Surf the net without one.

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

When the internet first came out it was a novelty that most people could live without.  Today for many families it has become a necessary evil.    I tried for a long time to remain internet free because of the risk that I felt it posed to my family.   Year after year ...