Jan 21, 2011 | Google, Internet, search, spam
Google search results are becoming less useful. Have you noticed? I started thinking about this last fall, when I noticed that most of the Google alerts coming into my mailbox led to spam sites – sites with no real content other than random snippets vacuumed up...
Oct 11, 2010 | business, hardware, HP, printers, software, spam
Previously: Annoying Checkboxes (Microsoft Office) Ban The Check (Java, iTunes) This week’s installment of Annoying Checkboxes comes to us courtesy of HP, always a reliable source of installation routines that take too long and bloat your system with too much crud....
Mar 23, 2010 | mail, security, spam
I cleaned up two malware-infested computers yesterday. Both of them had up-to-date antivirus software and responsible owners who had installed all critical Windows updates. The only malware that I’ve seen for the last few months has been the kind that pops up phony...
Jan 29, 2010 | bruceb, spam, web_services
When I moved the bruceb news page to WordPress and opened it up to comments, there was an unexpected side effect: blog spam. There’s a space at the bottom of each post for comments. I don’t have a big audience and there are few comments from real people. You, my...
Jan 15, 2010 | mail, Outlook, SBS, security, spam, web_services
Exchange Defender has a new tool for previewing quarantined messages. Exchange Defender is the service used by many businesses to quarantine spam and scan incoming and outgoing mail for viruses before delivering mail to the company server. Exchange Defender sends a...
Sep 30, 2009 | security, spam
Desperation leads to scams. Here’s one that turned up today after an investigation by my loyal staff. The “Google Biz Kit” has been around for a while, promising money for working at home. Other names turn up sometimes – “Google Money Market,” “Google Home...
