The internet has always been full of all kinds of nasties that everyone has to be aware and cautious of. But in recent years, the web has grown so much and the nasties out there have morphed into much more of a concern. The nasties I refer to include malware, phishing attacks, personal data collection, unwanted ads and more. There are a few things that you can do to help protect yourself from the browser that you use to view the internet to things to look for when performing searches.
Author: josh
New Malware Encrypts Your Files For Ransom
I just learned about a new RansomWare package that is going around called CryptoLocker. This piece of malware, once installed on a system, will immediately begin to encrypt all of the personal files using a high-level encryption algorithm and a private key needed for decryption. The private key, according to the software, is stored on a private server somewhere. The only way to obtain your private decryption key and get your data back is to pay a $300 ransom within 72 hours. There is a countdown on the left side of the window. After 72 hours, your private key is destroyed from the server. There is also a warning not to tamper with or remove the software as your key will be immediately destroyed.
Sudden Suspension of Google Wallet on a Google Apps account
So for the past few weeks I have been unable to make purchases through my Google Apps account. At first, I thought it had to do with my Google+ Circles transfer that I had requested. This put a suspension notice on my account for a couple of hours but was lifted after the circles transfer was complete. That was about 2 or 3 weeks ago. Last night, I was attempting to make a free subscription purchase through Google Play on my phone. But I kept getting an authorization error. If I switched back to my old account, I could make the purchase. But thought my new Google Apps account, I could not.
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