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The Good, the Bad and the Viral: YouTube Pros and Cons

by Barbara J. Feldman March 8, 2011

Do you love YouTube? It is a great video-sharing website where you can take in a lot of great information thanks to the many how-to videos along with a place where you can laugh at just about anything. YouTube has been around since 2005 and its immense popularity is only growing. Many of the people [...]

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Spyware Blockers 101

by Barbara J. Feldman December 8, 2009

Spyware is becoming worse and is finding its way onto computer operating systems without the knowledge of the user more regularly. And although you may have placed a spyware blocker on your computer a couple of months ago it may no longer be effective at finding and destroying the new types of spyware out there. [...]

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Where to Find Free Online Virus Scans

by Barbara J. Feldman December 25, 2007

Using the Internet is almost a daily task and is very important in the lives of so many people today. There are things that are supposed to make surfing the Internet more fun and safer for you to do than ever before and there are also people that want to ruin the experience for you [...]

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How Important Is It to Run A Virus Scan?

by Barbara J. Feldman December 25, 2007

Staying safe while using the Internet is a major concern for many people these days because it is such an important part of our lives. We use the computer and the Internet to talk and chat with friends, to send e-mails and photos to people, to network and enrich friendships, to do business and research [...]

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Free Online Virus Scans: What You Want To Know

by Barbara J. Feldman December 25, 2007

Using the Internet is very important to us and there are many threats, as well as opportunities associated with using a computer and especially one connected to the Internet. There are many great things that can happen online but there are also people who want to take advantage of others for their own gain and [...]

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Need to Know: How to Spot Online Scams

by Barbara J. Feldman November 23, 2007

Introduction Some online scams are poorly executed and obvious to most people. You may have come across a pop-up screen telling you that you have won some prize and simply moved on with what you were doing, closing the screen in passing. Which ones of these pop-up offers are legitimate is hard to say exactly, [...]

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