A quick and easy way of making the avast! Internet Security Firewall much more effective.
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Kindly note that our tips and tricks section will no longer be maintained (but will still be available for future reference). All new tips and tricks will now be published on a website dedicated to free computer tips and tricks. Visit www.nicetoknow.co.za for more information.
It is really important to us to receive spam reports as attachments. This makes our spam investigations much more effective and easier, so we would like to remind everyone who wishes to report spam to us, to forward those e-mails as attachments. Our online spam reporting form is still available, but we recommend its use only in cases where it is not possible for forward the spam e-mail as an attachment.
We would like to warn our visitors about the latest phishing scam trend involving very legitimate looking e-mails containing an HTML attachment that redirects to the actual phishing site. This method seems to be very effective and a lot of people are tricked by this. Review the comments section of this scam example and make sure you apply these hints to every e-mail that appears to be from your bank to distinguish the fake e-mails from the real ones. Feel free to contact us if you have doubts about the legitimacy of an e-mail that your received.
It seems like the SHPAMEE feed was not updating correctly. This issue has now been resolved. Please let us know if you are still experiencing problems with the SHPAMEE feed.
Due to a sharp increase in malware related spam, we urge everyone to make sure that their computers are adequately protected against malware attacks. If you don't have protection against malware, we strongly suggest an Internet Security suite. Feel free to contact us if you need any information about malware protection. You might also want for check out the latest examples of malware spam e-mails.
Important information about this scammer came to light during our investigation. We have published a reply from the scammer in the comments section of the example to illustrate the mechanics of this specific scam.
419 scams are on the rise again. We have published 11 new 419 scams on our site. Remember to subscribe to our RSS feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/shpamee) if you are not already a subscriber of the SHPAMEE Project.
Read our review of Outpost Firewall Pro, the best software firewall solution in the industry.
In the last couple of weeks we have been reviewing some parental control and monitoring software and PC Pandora came out tops. PC Pandora is really an impressive monitoring program, read our review to see why.
We've been quite busy with reviews lately. Today we take an in depth look into another interesting spam filter called MailWasher Pro. If you are looking for a way to deal with spam, it is really worth checking out.
SPAMfighter Pro is a great community based effort for combating spam. It also feels great to know that you are not only filtering your own spam, but you are also part of a combined effort to battle the ever increasing problem of spam. Read our review of this highly recommended spam filter.
It came to our attention that our malware sample reporting form was rejecting submissions for quite some time now. The problem has been resolved and members of the public may once again use this form to submit malware samples to us. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
I had the privilege of taking a closer look at Agnitum's Internet Security Suite called Outpost Security Suite Pro. This security suite has quite a lot under the hood so there are plenty of things to discuss. Please note that version 7.5.2 will be released soon, so I will update my review where necessary when the latest version is released.
We would like to announce that we are back on track. And we kick off with a review of Kaspersky Internet Security.
Read our latest review of the popular internet security suite, Kaspersky Internet Security 2010.
The SHPAMEE Project has been updated with new examples. For those who haven't noticed yet, we have a separate feed for updates to this project: http://feeds.feedburner.com/shpamee
With the launch of Google Talk's new Chatback feature earlier this year and due to certain unresolved issues with ChatStat, we decided to switch back to Google Talk for our Live Online Priority Support Service.
Read our take on BitDefender Internet Security 2008
New reviews have been added to our Reviews section. These are: AVG Anti-Virus + Firewall, AVG Anti-Malware and Kaspersky Anti-Virus. These reviews are not in depth reviews like the reviews done on the Internet Security products, they only give the user a basic overview of the differences between these products and the more comprehensive versions that's available.
Over 45 new examples of hoaxes, scams and spam e-mails have been published today.
A lot of malware related improvements have been made to our site. We simplified our Malware Removal Guide, added a new Online Malware Scanners page and expanded our malware reporting services by adding a page that can be used to submit the URLs of malicious websites to us.
We have listed our RSS feeds on separate page for easy access and subscription to all our feeds. The page also includes easy-to-follow instructions for those who are not familiar with the methods of subscribing to RSS feeds.
Queen guitarist Brian May injured himself while gardening at home earlier this week.
Dead & Company will be taking fans back to their 2018 show in New Orleans for this week's installment
David Gilmour is streaming his 2016 film, 'Live At Pompeii', as the fourth and final installment in Pink Floyd's new weekly series
Motorhead are debuting a lyric video for their 1980 classic, 'Ace Of Spades', as part of the first annual 'Motorhead Day' celebrations
DED have released a music video for their latest single 'A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby)'.
Halestorm have announced the launch of their #ROADIESTRONG support campaign
Pennsylvania rockers Sick Century have released a music video for their new single 'Echos & Dust.'
Grammy nominated Lettuce just released their new album 'Resonate' and to celebrate we asked Adam Deitch to tell us about the song 'Checker Wrecker'.
Rammstein broke the bad news to fans in Europe that their planned 2020 stadium tour will not be taking place as planned
The Rolling Stones will be revisiting their historic 2016 show in Cuba for this week's installment of their special Extra Licks
Puscifer have been teasing fans via social media and they have now delivered with a brand new song and music video
Megadeth offshoot Ellefson have released their cover of Post Malone's 'Over Now',
Caligula's Horse have released an art video for their new single 'Valkyrie'.
Salim Nourallah released his new EP new EP 'Let's Be Miserable Together' this week and to celebrate we asked him to tell us about the song 'Winners'.
Iron Maiden have announced that they have postponed all 2020 Legacy Of The Beast Tour dates until 2021
The surviving members of Soundgarden have filed a counter-lawsuit
The Lumineers have announced that they will be staging the Colorado Gives Back livestream benefit
Queen guitarist Brian May is sharing his thoughts on the likelihood of a sequel to the band's 2018 biopic
Kenny Chesney has surprised released a music video for his track 'We Do'.
Nervosa guitarist Prika Amaral has announced a brand new lineup for the band, which has now become a quartet following the breakup of the previous trio lineup.
Former Oasis star Liam Gallagher has announced that he has delayed the release of his 'MTV Unplugged' live album
Miami hard rockers Gears have released a lyric video for their brand new single and previously unreleased track
Neil Young is streaming the fourth episode in his home concert series, 'Fireside Sessions'
Vintage Trouble have released a new social distancing inspired song 'Outside-In' and we asked frontman Ty Taylor to tell us about the song