I've seen this particular nasty scam several times in the past 4 or 5 months, and usually the victim is tricked into giving them permission to receive notifications from their shady websites. The criminals send notifications to the victims that promote various scams including … [Read more...] about licktaughigme – thieves and criminals
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Telltale Signs You’re Dealing With a Scammer
Telltale Signs You’re Dealing With a Scammer - Please Visit the Federal Trade Commission Website for More Information. Scammers pretend to be from government organizations everyone has heard of. For example, they often pretend to be from the Social Security Administration, … [Read more...] about Telltale Signs You’re Dealing With a Scammer
Fake News Stories About Coronavirus Contain Malware
The only thing spreading faster than coronavirus are the fake news stories about coronavirus! Three customers in the last week have brought their computers to my shop because they clicked on links that came up in search results that claimed to have new information about … [Read more...] about Fake News Stories About Coronavirus Contain Malware
How to Remove the browser hijacker search.pulse on Mac Computers
I recent customer had the search.pulse browser on his MacBook Pro. I thought it might be helpful to others to know how to remove it. Steps to Take: Go to \library, then managed preferences, Open user folder and delete the plist in there. Go to … [Read more...] about How to Remove the browser hijacker search.pulse on Mac Computers
Tech Scam Variation
A customer of mine came in today who had fallen victim to another version of the tech scams that are constantly evolving and getting more and more cunning. While surfing the net, he got a pop up on his computer telling him he had malware on his computer and that he should call … [Read more...] about Tech Scam Variation