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What is Malware? Defined!

What is Malware? Defined!

When people use the term Virus, they are really referring to what is known as malware. “ware” refers to the fact that it is a product (whether you actually want this product is a completely different story). What proceeds that defines what it is.

 

Angela Skinner Mullen

Gadgets with Foreign Components May Be Preloaded with Malware

Gadgets with Foreign Components May Be Preloaded with Malware

Here’s a scary thought: gadgets made with foreign components may be coming into our country already preloaded with malware, viruses, spyware, and other sorts of scary stuff. Even software that can defeat the security measures put in place on devices such as our laptops

 

Angela Skinner Mullen

Is Your Computer Organized, or Cluttered With Malware?

Is Your Computer Organized, or Cluttered With Malware?

What does your closet look like? It is clean and organized or cluttered? What about your computer? Same or different?

Just as an overcrowded closet can hamper productivity, a computer containing hidden software can make productivity come to a screeching halt faster than the Nordstrom Anniversary or Half Yearly sale!

 

Angela Skinner Mullen

The Ten Commandments of Online Shopping: How to Shop Online Safely

The Ten Commandments of Online Shopping: How to Shop Online Safely

You are shopping safely online, aren’t you? Aren’t you? If you’re not, you are putting yourself at risk for all sorts of fun things, such as getting your account information stolen, credit or debit fraud, or identity theft.

 

Angela Skinner Mullen

How to Increase Your Internet Speed

How to Increase Your Internet Speed

We’ve come a long way from dial-up internet service, where you could paint your nails while waiting for a page to load.