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| 9:45AM 7/20/2011
If you've ever landed on a web page that supposedly scanned your computer, said it was infected and tried to sell you anti-virus software, you've had a brush with "scareware."
Scareware is malicious software designed to scare consumers into buying something they don't need by masquerading as a...
| 9:00AM 3/09/2011
Whether you're looking for heartburn relief, aspirin, condoms, vitamins or even shampoo and lipstick, shopping at a drugstore can be daunting. There are so many choices that the easiest option can be buying a brand you know.
But drugstore markups can lead to serious overspending. At the very...
| 12:00PM 7/28/2010
Criminals are capitalizing on a busy sports summer to fool people into clicking on soccer, golf and even paintball sites infested with malicious programs that can compromise privacy or worse, says a Czech Republic-based security software seller.
The sites are on what Prague-based Avast Software...
| 4:30PM 12/03/2009
It's bad enough that the H1N1 swine flu pandemic has caused such widespread public anxiety, and it's worse that the vaccine has become its own source of concern, whether due to the shortage or spurious fears about its safety. Now, the bottom-feeders known as phishing scammers are exploiting the...
| 5:00PM 2/12/2009
Nielsen reports that sales of condoms were up 5% in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. January saw an increase of 6%. With that increase, condoms join cheap vodka as one of the few products that's seeing an upswing as consumers cut back.Why are condom sales on the rise?...
| 12:00PM 12/18/2008
We've all encountered them. At some time in our Internet lives, we've each landed in a safe, or even familiar, website, when suddenly a blaring warning message has appeared. We were then informed that our computer was being assaulted by any number of nasty viruses, spy ware programs, or Trojan...
| 12:00AM 4/27/2008
When I was first coming of age, the AIDS crisis was big news, so I was inundated with information about STD prevention and safe sex. In fact, sex ed and safe sex were so closely tied together that I thought the "condom talk" was practically a form of foreplay. When I got to college, it was even...