Help! I got an email from PayPal saying that I need to update my account information, but when I click on the link, it takes me to a completely unrelated site. How can I update things so I don’t lose access?
I’m extremely skeptical of emails that I receive, particularly those that seem to be from a major company like Google or a bank. There are too many scams out there. But when I got an email from Apple about my AppleID, it looked mostly legit. Until I looked closer…
If you’re still thinking that antivirus software is focused purely on apps that can add a virus or bad program to your computer, you’re way out of date. In fact, modern anti-malware software like PC Matic can help your computer stay free of malicious browser helper objects, browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious LSPs, dialers, adware, spyware, infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity threats, and ransomware. That’s a lot of threats. How does it all work? To find out about how whitelisting helps protect a PC, I asked PC Pitstop [makers of PC Matic] head of Cybersecurity Dodi Glenn. Here’s what he shared…
I’m confused; I got a warning saying that an email I sent was blocked, but when I try to confirm my identity, I can’t get it to work. What’s going on here?
I’m confused – I got an email from someone I don’t know with a Dropbox shared file link, but when I go, I don’t see that it’s the usual Dropbox domain. Should I sign in and proceed?
I’m a bit confused. I got an email from someone who isn’t part of our IT department saying I need to update my email account. Is it legit or some sort of scam?
I got a notice that an email message I’d sent was blocked by Google’s Bulk Email Filter. What the heck? What does it mean and how do I avoid having my email being blocked by Gmail in the future?
I received an email from a company based in China saying that someone wanted to register my company’s domain name for the .cn domain but that they could help me grab it first. Is that legit or a scam? And do I really need to register the .cn domain?
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