Upgrades and Valeting

It looked too good to be true, but worse still it mislead people, and led to many to switch to a service that just couldnt deliver. Its the BT advert with Adam & Jane. It's now been banned by the ASA for misleading customers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11075066

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You may have had an icon appear on the desktop called "Browser Choice" and wandered what it is all about.................

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Many customers are reporting getting phone calls from "Windows" telling them they need to re-register their PC at a price, or that they have a corrupt Windows log that needs looking at, for a price..............

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One of the most regular discussions we have with customers concerns machines infected through the use of music/video download programs such as Limewire and BitTorrent...

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Scareware, or pop-up windows designed to look like legitimate security warnings, have become a major issue recently, conning many people into downloading and sometimes even paying for, software they do not need...

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Taken from the BBC, this article goes a long way to explaining why many people using WiFi in their homes find it so unreliable...

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Spyware is software that hides itself somewhere on your computer collecting information about you and what you do on the internet...

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The founders of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay have been sentenced to a year in jail in Sweden...

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As the title suggests, there has been an update to NOD32 and ESET Smart Security to the latest version - version4...

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The BBC have produced an excellent article on how cyber crime has become big, organised businessg...

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Microsoft has started putting the button on its web-based support pages that detail the most common problems hitting PC and Windows users...

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We have seen numerous PCs over the past few weeks with Adobe Reader related issues...

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The BBC have done an interesting article on how spammers make there money...

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The BBC have done an excellent article on a very common phenomenom at the moment - Scareware...

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A lot of customers have fallen foul of the recent WinAntivir or Windows Antivirus 2008/2009 "infections"...

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Peer to peer file sharing utility TorrentSpy has been forced to shut down operations, along with a fine for $110million dollars (£56million)...

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People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut under plans the government is considering...

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