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Attackers have always preyed on human behavior to distribute malware. Either they target persons with lower technical skills or gullible users, in the vast majority of cases, it's always our fault when we get infected with malware. In its annual Human Factor 2016 report, security firm Proofpoint detailed a few trends it noticed during the past year in terms of malware distribution across different platforms. Attackers add social media campaigns to their distribution methods http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/starbuck50/mobile-apps-and-social-media-join-email-as-malware-main-distribution-channel-501007-3_zpsgny7kxay.png "Attackers moved from technical exp…
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Hi folks, I'm thinking of starting my own music site for reviews/interviews/articles and the like. I have a few decent contacts 'in the industry' and have been writing for other sites ad magazines for long enough that I should be fine with that side of things. The problem is, I'm not really sure when it comes to the actualy website part. I looked at Tumblr but it looks like it's over run with kids nowadays, might be hard to tailor it to a wider audience. And I'm not well versed enough in this kind of thing to jump into something like Wordpress. Should I try something like http://website.1and1.co.uk as they seem to do the heavy lifting? Leaving me free to ramble …
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My mate has asked me for advice re buying new laptop. His main use Banking mail general looking up stuff. 15 inch Should I advice buying one with win 10installed or win 8 and upping to free win 10 Bob
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Hi since upgrading to Windows 10 I cannot log into my Windows Live Mail account without putting my password in every time, and if I receive email and they contain pictures every picture is marked by a little x in box. I have checked the settings and the box is ticked to allow pictures to open but its not working, any help pointing me in the right direction would be much appreciated. Ian
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I am running one machine with dual boot - w10 and XP as I still have several specialised programmes which won't run under W10. The two systems are on different hard drives. Under W10 everything works fine. and I can use either the WI FI or Ethernet t connect to the internet Under XP, I have problems connecting to the internet. Both the wifi adapter and the Ethernet say they are connected and confirm the status in the little icon in the bottom right hand corner. The router flashes accordingly suggesting the connection is good However if I try and connect to the internet nothing works - and even trying the diagnosis it fails to connect. I have tries disabling and re-e…
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Hi guys I'm thinking of putting together a gaming machine for the wife nothing spectacular only for older FIFA ,quake games that sort of thing what us the minimum ie ram processor etc it will be on windows 7
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/starbuck50/mate-desktop-100632307-orig_zps64jrkjem.png A hacker modified a version of Linux Mint to contain a backdoor, then hacked the project's website to trick users into downloading the malicious version. A hacker has broken into the website of one of the most-popular Linux version and pointed users to malicious download links that contained a "modified" version of the software. The surprise announcement was made Saturday, shortly after the breach was detected. In a blog post, Clement Lefebvre, head of the Linux Mint project -- said to be the third most-popular version of the open-source operating system after Ubuntu …
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Hi my good lady has bought a pc game when she puts it in the cd drive a error saying large fonts can anyone help please?
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Hi All, New here and looking for some help. I have an old Toshiba Satellite, working fine up until just before Xmas. Was letting the niece mess around with it, don't believe she done anything silly on the laptop, but looks like it has something to do with Windows 10. It keeps looping trying to update, but can't. I've tried repairing or restoring to a previous version but no success, believe after 30 days the restore doesn't work and unfortunately looks like it doesn't automatically back-up to an earlier time. So basically I'm stuck on this continual loop. I have tried online and downloaded some boot disk thingy (or USB), however it still doesn't work whe…
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Researchers have spotted some new ransomware that comes with a Live Chat feature and a somewhat useless uninstaller program. First detected by the folks at the abuse.ch security blog, the ransomware dubbed "PadCrypt," is being spread via spam email campaigns, explains Lawrence Abrams of Bleeping Computer. Each email comes with a .ZIP attachment that contains an executable file with the double extension of .pdf.scr. The use of a double extension is a deliberate attempt by attackers to fool users into believing that the file might be a legitimate PDF file, but when executed the file downloads the PadCrypt ransomware onto a victim's machine. At that point in time…
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My hotmail is set to exclusive yet I still get loads of junk email, I block them and set up subject rules to block them. Is there a way to get rid of them as its really annoying. I also changed my password twice in the last couple weeks.
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My (nearly new) Epson expression xp 412 AIO printer/scanner was working fine until to day. It would not print out a PDF sheet and I found a yellow triangle against the 412 and the document pointed to SWMBO's 212 which I had on this computer to set it up some months back. I then removed the 212 driver and I had to do this repeatedly to finally get rid of it. I tried removing the 412 and re-installing but it still doesn't work. I have tried it via the the symbols on its own screen as well. I get the statement above 'Printer driver was not installed.' followed by'The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.' In desparation I updated W…
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Hi All, Found this site on the web via google, looking for some help on a couple of matters that have cropped up recently. Will post in the relevant sections. I have basic knowledge of computing. From Glasgow, as my username suggests I'm in my 40s. Cheers FD
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/starbuck50/iphone-6s-plus_zps967nk9on.jpg A new iPhone prank recently made the rounds on Facebook and other social media sites, and it really wasn’t funny at all. A claim was made on a well-designed graphic that Apple snuck a cute little Easter egg into the iPhone. By changing the date on your iPhone 6s or earlier iPhone model to January 1st, 1970 and then rebooting, the phone would power back up with a new theme based on the classic look of the first Macintosh computer. What actually happened when people actually followed those instructions? Their iPhones would no longer boot, rendering them completely useless. Apple ack…
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hi again folks can someone tell me how to find out how many cores my pc is i3 i4 etc have been asked but I relly don't even no where to start
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