VIRUSES REAL AND IMAGINARY

May 17, 2002 | security

REAL: A particularly nasty new virus named “Klez” is making the rounds by e-mail. It has the usual characteristics: it arrives in a randomly-generated message from someone you know, with a file attachment that does nasty things when you click on it. This...

PRIVACY: BANKS vs. MICROSOFT & AOL

Apr 29, 2002 | security

A recent study discovered that almost half of you would trust banks to handle online wallets, but most people would not trust Microsoft or AOL to hold the same financial information. David Coursey’s column today takes a position that I find convincing –...

KLEZ VIRUS

Apr 24, 2002 | security

There’s yet another e-mail virus running around loose, the “Klez” worm. It’s finding a lot of unprotected systems, and causing the usual problems. Here’s an article about the virus. As always, think to yourself: are you running antivirus...

KAZAA SPYWARE

Apr 9, 2002 | file_sharing, security, software

Kazaa is one of the popular file sharing programs that took over after Napster was gunned down. It had always had a reputation for installing “spyware” – nasty little programs that monitored your web surfing and downloads and reported back to...

POP-UP DOWNLOADS

Apr 8, 2002 | Internet, security

You’re familiar with pop-up ads – the windows that appear spontaneously when you visit many web sites. Are you ready for pop-up downloads? Watch for a box to appear asking you to confirm a download, when you don’t recall asking to download anything....

SPYWARE

Mar 13, 2002 | security

There’s more and more ways to get “spyware” on your system – programs that monitor your web surfing and report back to third parties without your knowledge or consent. In some cases they’re buried in other programs that you installed...