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http://nortonscientificreviews.com/reviews/category/industry-news Norton Scientific Reviews : Facebook sues spammer Security experts fromNorton Scientific Reviews have made huge progress against malware and spam attacks and they seem to be intent in completely eliminating it. Social networking giant Facebook sues a marketing company, Adscend Media on grounds of alleged 'clickjacking' and spreading spam through deceptive tactics. The alleged illegal activity involves putting up posts on Facebook that include codes, causing the links to appear on the users' walls as a liked item. Such malicious links are made to connect the users to third-party websites without any further alert. On the other hand, Adscend Media 'vehemently denied' the 'false claims'. Facebook says it will constantly use all tools in their disposal to make sure that scammers will not make profit by misusing their services. Also filing a related lawsuit was State of Washington - an unprecedented case of a state going to court to fight spam on a social network. Adscend Media reportedly had earned up to USD 1.2 million per month from the racket. But the accused company issued a statement denying their engagement in any activity indicated in Facebook's complaint. According to Adscend Media, they 'strictly comply' with legal responsibilities under federal law and they are also conducting their own investigation on the validity of Facebook's accusations. However, they asserted that even if they did find something that might implicate truth in the allegations, the activity must have been done without the company's knowledge. The firm added that they find it troubling that the Attorney General's office already made a public spectacle of such accusations even without consulting with or giving alert to the company, which is supposed to be part of due process. Adscend Media responded with an intent to pursue defamation act against the entities accountable for marring thei

Security experts from Norton Scientific Reviews  have made huge progress against malware and spam attacks and they seem to be intent in completely eliminating it.   Social networking giant Facebook sues a marketing company, Adscend Media on grounds of alleged 'clickjacking' and spreading spam through deceptive tactics.   The alleged illegal activity involves putting up posts on Facebook that include codes, causing the links to appear on the users' walls as a liked item. Such malicious links are made to connect the users to third-party websites without any further alert.   On the other hand, Adscend Media 'vehemently denied' the 'false claims'.   Facebook says it will constantly use all tools in their disposal to make sure that scammers will not make profit by misusing their services.   Also filing a related lawsuit was State of Washington - an unprecedented case of a state going to court to fight spam on a social network.   Adscend Media reportedly had earned up to USD 1.2 million per month from the racket.   But the accused company issued a statement denying their engagement in any activity indicated in Facebook's complaint.   According to Adscend Media, they 'strictly comply' with legal responsibilities under federal law and they are also conducting their own investigation on the validity of Facebook's accusations. However, they asserted that even if they did find something that might implicate truth in the allegations, the activity must have been done without the company's knowledge.   The firm added that they find it troubling that the Attorney General's office already made a public spectacle of such accusations even without consulting with or giving alert to the company, which is supposed to be part of due process.   Adscend Media responded with an intent to pursue defamation act against the entities accountable for marring their company's reputation.   According to Norton Scientific Reviews, around 4% of the content

A global security company issued a scam warning against spam messages with catchy subject lines for Internet users this Valentine's season.   Users must be extra careful in opening messages in their email accounts especially during the holidays as they can receive spam mails meant to get their attention and steal their personal data.   One such scam warning issued by an antivirus company describes email messages that invites users to buy a gift for his/her loved one for Valentine's using an attached discount coupon from Groupon.   Even though the proliferation of coupon services is not totally an illegal method, their popularity comes with the risk of being used in phishing attacks.   Phishing can be done by sending a massive amount of email messages asking people to enter their details on a bogus website - one that looks very similar to the popular auction sites, social networking sites and online payment sites. They are designed to obtain personal details like passwords, credit card information, etc.   Through including links in email messages, scammers trick users into visiting malicious sites and online stores, obtaining personal data along the way. Most of the time, the website the link points to is not even connected to the email message but only shows the user promotional content. This is the scammer's illegal way of earning money called click fraud - they earn for every user they have redirected to a certain website.   There is also scam making the rounds in Germany involving gift coupons, distributed through Facebook, purporting to be from Amazon.   Spywares and malwares are malicious programs that install themselves on a computer unit to record a user's activity. Eventually, they will send the logs they have collected back to the scammer who plans on pilfering the data for online crimes.   Scammers are freely exploiting different online platforms like Orkut, Myspace, Google+ and Twitter to cast their net on millions of users.   Yet ano

Norton Scientific Reviews: Scammers' Valentine Treat A global security company issued a scam warning against spam messages with catchy subject lines for Internet users this Valentine's season.   Users must be extra careful in opening messages in their email accounts especially during the holidays as they can receive spam mails meant to get their attention and steal their personal data.   One such scam warning issued by an antivirus company describes email messages that invites users to buy a gift for his/her loved one for Valentine's using an attached discount coupon from Groupon.   Even though the proliferation of coupon services is not totally an illegal method, their popularity comes with the risk of being used in phishing attacks.   Phishing can be done by sending a massive amount of email messages asking people to enter their details on a bogus website - one that looks very similar to the popular auction sites, social networking sites and online payment sites. They are designed to obtain personal details like passwords, credit card information, etc.   Through including links in email messages, scammers trick users into visiting malicious sites and online stores, obtaining personal data along the way. Most of the time, the website the link points to is not even connected to the email message but only shows the user promotional content. This is the scammer's illegal way of earning money called click fraud - they earn for every user they have redirected to a certain website.

Norton Scientific Reviews: Scammers' Valentine Treat A global security company issued a scam warning against spam messages with catchy subject lines for Internet users this Valentine's season. Users must be extra careful in opening messages in their email accounts especially during the holidays as they can receive spam mails meant to get their attention and steal their personal data. One such scam warning issued by an antivirus company describes email messages that invites users to buy a gift for his/her loved one for Valentine's using an attached discount coupon from Groupon. Even though the proliferation of coupon services is not totally an illegal method, their popularity comes with the risk of being used in phishing attacks. Phishing can be done by sending a massive amount of email messages asking people to enter their details on a bogus website - one that looks very similar to the popular auction sites, social networking sites and online payment sites. They are designed to obtain personal details like passwords, credit card information, etc..... Norton Scientific Reviews: Symantec source code leaked by hackers A group of hackers who call themselves the Lords of Dharmaraja, (and is associated with Anonymous) have published the source code of Symantec, a digital security firm know for the Norton antivirus program and pcAnywhere, raising concerns that others could exploit the security holes and try to control the users computer. The release of the source code came after the 'extortion' attempt failed as Symantec did not comply with their numerous deadlines. Negotiations through email messages between a representative of the hacker group, YamaTough, and someone from Symantec were also released online. The exchange of messages are about Symantec's offer to pay USD 50,000 for the hackers to stop disclosing the source code and announce to the public that the whole Symantec hack was a fake, which made them a subject of mockery

A global security company issued a scam warning against spam messages with catchy subject lines for Internet users this Valentine's season. Users must be extra careful in opening messages in their email accounts especially during the holidays as they can receive spam mails meant to get their attention and steal their personal data. One such scam warning issued by an antivirus company describes email messages that invites users to buy a gift for his/her loved one for Valentine's using an attached discount coupon from Groupon. Even though the proliferation of coupon services is not totally an illegal method, their popularity comes with the risk of being used in phishing attacks. Phishing can be done by sending a massive amount of email messages asking people to enter their details on a bogus website - one that looks very similar to the popular auction sites, social networking sites and online payment sites. They are designed to obtain personal details like passwords, credit card information, etc.....

A global security company issued a scam warning against spam messages with catchy subject lines for Internet users this Valentine's season. Users must be extra careful in opening messages in their email accounts especially during the holidays as they can receive spam mails meant to get their attention and steal their personal data. One such scam warning issued by an antivirus company describes email messages that invites users to buy a gift for his/her loved one for Valentine's using an attached discount coupon from Groupon. Even though the proliferation of coupon services is not totally an illegal method, their popularity comes with the risk of being used in phishing attacks. Phishing can be done by sending a massive amount of email messages asking people to enter their details on a bogus website - one that looks very similar to the popular auction sites, social networking sites and online payment sites. They are designed to obtain personal details like passwords, credit card information, etc. Through including links in email messages, scammers trick users into visiting malicious sites and online stores, obtaining personal data along the way. Most of the time, the website the link points to is not even connected to the email message but only shows the user promotional content. This is the scammer's illegal way of earning money called click fraud - they earn for every user they have redirected to a certain website. There is also scam making the rounds in Germany involving gift coupons, distributed through Facebook, purporting to be from Amazon. Spywares and malwares are malicious programs that install themselves on a computer unit to record a user's activity. Eventually, they will send the logs they have collected back to the scammer who plans on pilfering the data for online crimes. Scammers are freely exploiting different online platforms like Orkut, Myspace, Google+ and Twitter to cast their net on millions of users. Yet another malicious spa

It's Scam Awareness Week, and David Hall has some tips to keep you safe online. Phishing is essentially an online scam, and phishers are nothing more than tech-savvy con artists. Online scams constantly evolve to reflect popular events in the news. They're successful is because a scam is not about physically attacking a computer, rather fooling the user into clicking on a poisoned link. They use spam, malicious websites, email messages and instant messages to trick people into divulging sensitive information, such as bank and credit card accounts. According to the latest Norton Cybercrime Report, more than 868,206 New Zealanders fell victim to cybercrime in 2010, suffering $288.2 million in direct financial losses. Phishers may use email to request personal information and direct recipients to respond through malicious websites. Look out for phishers using emotional language, scare tactics or urgent requests to entice recipients to respond. Phishing sites can look remarkably legitimate, because they tend to use the copyrighted images from legitimate sites. Be on the lookout for requests for confidential information via email or instant message. Remember that fraudulent messages are often not personalised and poorly written. Lastly, think about any offer, any advertisement, any email, and website before you act on any request. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. Norton has several free and premium products that can help protect against online scams. Norton Mobile Security Lite protects your mobile device against loss, theft and malware. Safeguard against malicious URLs by scanning your Facebook feed using Norton Safe Web, which protects your friends by advising them of malicious links. The Norton Snap QR Code Reader protects your mobile device from online threats by warning you of dangerous QR codes and blocking unsafe websites before they load on your device. Norton Identity Safe gives you secure access to your website logins, credit card det

As Ankit Fadia, 28, works on his laptop, his fingers furiously tapping away, there is silence in the packed auditorium in central Delhi.  His projector throws images of codes and symbols onto a white wall, and then suddenly, the crowd bursts into spontaneous applause. Another website has been successfully hacked and unlocked. But rather than doing something illegal, Mr Fadia, who describes himself as an ethical hacker, says he is trying to protect people and businesses from a rising wave of cyber crime. "The difficulty about tackling cyber crime is that it's increasing all the time," says Mr Fadia. "If we control one set of attacks there are hundreds more the next minute. That's why we need our systems, policing, the law, prepared for this kind of cyber onslaught." Spam manager Continue reading the main story " Start Quote Though India has laws aimed at tackling cyber crime, it isn't used effectively" Ankit Fadia Ethical hacker According to a recent report by global research and accounting firm Ernst and Young, data or information theft was the most committed fraud in India last year. That data can be anything from personal details, to bank accounts, to company contacts and secrets. Ernst and Young warns that it could cost companies as much as 5% of their profits if they are targeted by cyber criminals. At the same time, there has been an increase in nuisance internet issues such as Spamming, with India recently overtaking the US to become the top global contributor of junk messages. The BBC's Shilpa Kannan reports on what companies are doing to protect themselves from cyber attacks And while this jams an inbox and is a headache for the consumer, for the government there are also more serious issues, such as national security and trying to avoid a potential cyber attack by a terrorist group. According to the Minister of State for Communications and IT, Sachin Pilot, more than 100 Indian government websites were hacked in the first three months of

A global security company issued a scam warning against spam messages with catchy subject lines for Internet users this Valentine's season. Users must be extra careful in opening messages in their email accounts especially during the holidays as they can receive spam mails meant to get their attention and steal their personal data. One such scam warning issued by an antivirus company describes email messages that invites users to buy a gift for his/her loved one for Valentine's using an attached discount coupon from Groupon. Even though the proliferation of coupon services is not totally an illegal method, their popularity comes with the risk of being used in phishing attacks. Phishing can be done by sending a massive amount of email messages asking people to enter their details on a bogus website - one that looks very similar to the popular auction sites, social networking sites and online payment sites. They are designed to obtain personal details like passwords, credit card information, etc.....

Symantec's Norton 360 is one of the latest products of Norton Antivirus. It is Security software that offers proven performance. It delivers fast and light all-in-one solution to protect your PC and all your online activities. It protects against viruses, worms, hackers, and bot nets. With a single subscription, up to three PCs are protected. It safeguards against online identity theft, protects important files, and keeps your PC tuned and running at peak performance. Norton 360 Antivirus is completely automated and easy to use. It works quietly in the background to maintain your overall system integrity with minimal impact on PC performance. By offering an unmatched combination of performance and protection, Norton 360 Antivirus helps you get the most out of your PC and your online experience. Norton Antivirus can instantly checks where files came from and how long they've been around to identify and stop new crime ware faster than other, less sophisticated software.  The Norton Protection system uses several overlapping layers of protection that work together to stop viruses, spyware, scams, frauds, phishing and other malicious threats. Norton pulse updates provides up-to-the-minute updates that protect against the latest threats without slowing the performance of your computer. With the use of Sonar4 Behavioral Protection, it monitors your computer for suspicious behavior in order to easily and quickly detects new online threats. Norton Antivirus also uses worm protection to safeguards your computer against the fast- spreading internet worms and prevents you from accidentally passing them to others. In addition, through the use of root kit detector it helps you to finds and removes deeply buried crime ware that can hide other types of threats and allow cyber criminals to take control of your computer. This security software helps you to block the automated programs use by the cybercriminals to take control of your computer, access your private informati

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Norton Scientific Reviews: Tips on how to Get rid off Facebook Scam Because of the being well-known excess of Facebook when it comes to social networking site across the web, it has now become one of the very likely stone pit of cyber criminals- the ringleader of the growing litigation of hate crimes, telemarketing and Internet fraud, identity theft, and credit card account thefts that is committed through the utilization of a computer and the Internet as well. Cyber Crime is nothing new in the world wide web, however, the social media mutiny has made such crimes much easier to hand over. Due to the fact that people can add friends they really know and well as make friends they have never met and make their personal identity be publicized which could be added to the number of rich targets of cyber criminals. The personal accounts of the users can be used in their illegal product advertisement and or to ask for money from the mimic friend's identity. With more than 900 million users of the said social networking site and still counting are becoming more at risk to be on the list of growing cyber cases by cyber criminals. This is said as the result of Mark Zuckerberg's advancement of social media online experience of the huge number of users. Hackers make them available to the swarming malware represented as the growing threat on your machine and get tens or hundreds of thousands of these machines to hold over their control and spread it to other spammers. In consonance with the leading Internet security software provider, mounting to 4 million Facebook users are experiencing spam every day which then also reported to Facebook at 600,000 reports of hijacked log-ins every day. Based from the review published in Communications of ACM, it is about 16% to 72% are students received a Phishing email. An email that looks like lawful and permissible coming from their friends on their account gives the user an intention answer back.

Norton Scientific Reviews: Tips on how to Get rid off Facebook Scam -multiply Jun 2, '12 1:40 AM for everyone http://nortonscientific.multiply.com/journal/item/25/Norton_Scientific_Reviews_Tips_on_how_to_Get_rid_off_Facebook_Scam_Norton_Scientific_Reviews  Because of the being well-known excess of Facebook when it comes to social networking site across the web, it has now become one of the very likely stone pit of cyber criminals- the ringleader of the growing litigation of hate crimes, telemarketing and Internet fraud, identity theft, and credit card account thefts that is committed through the utilization of a computer and the Internet as well. Cyber Crime is nothing new in the world wide web, however, the social media mutiny has made such crimes much easier to hand over. Due to the fact that people can add friends they really know and well as make friends they have never met and make their personal identity be publicized which could be added to the number of rich targets of cyber criminals. The personal accounts of the users can be used in their illegal product advertisement and or to ask for money from the mimic friend's identity. With more than 900 million users of the said social networking site and still counting are becoming more at risk to be on the list of growing cyber cases by cyber criminals. This is said as the result of Mark Zuckerberg's advancement of social media online experience of the huge number of users. Hackers make them available to the swarming malware represented as the growing threat on your machine and get tens or hundreds of thousands of these machines to hold over their control and spread it to other spammers. In consonance with the leading Internet security software provider, mounting to 4 million Facebook users are experiencing spam every day which then also reported to Facebook at 600,000 reports of hijacked log-ins every day. Based from the review published in Communications of ACM, it is about 16% to 72% are students received

http://nortonscientific.multiply.com/journal/item/25/Norton_Scientific_Reviews_Tips_on_how_to_Get_rid_off_Facebook_Scam_Norton_Scientific_Reviews  Because of the being well-known excess of Facebook when it comes to social networking site across the web, it has now become one of the very likely stone pit of cyber criminals- the ringleader of the growing litigation of hate crimes, telemarketing and Internet fraud, identity theft, and credit card account thefts that is committed through the utilization of a computer and the Internet as well. Cyber Crime is nothing new in the world wide web, however, the social media mutiny has made such crimes much easier to hand over. Due to the fact that people can add friends they really know and well as make friends they have never met and make their personal identity be publicized which could be added to the number of rich targets of cyber criminals. The personal accounts of the users can be used in their illegal product advertisement and or to ask for money from the mimic friend's identity. With more than 900 million users of the said social networking site and still counting are becoming more at risk to be on the list of growing cyber cases by cyber criminals. This is said as the result of Mark Zuckerberg's advancement of social media online experience of the huge number of users. Hackers make them available to the swarming malware represented as the growing threat on your machine and get tens or hundreds of thousands of these machines to hold over their control and spread it to other spammers. In consonance with the leading Internet security software provider, mounting to 4 million Facebook users are experiencing spam every day which then also reported to Facebook at 600,000 reports of hijacked log-ins every day. Based from the review published in Communications of ACM, it is about 16% to 72% are students received a Phishing email. An email that looks like lawful and permissible coming from their friends on their account g

Because of the being well-known excess of Facebook when it comes to social networking site across the web, it has now become one of the very likely stone pit of cyber criminals- the ringleader of the growing litigation of hate crimes, telemarketing and Internet fraud, identity theft, and credit card account thefts that is committed through the utilization of a computer and the Internet as well. Cyber Crime is nothing new in the world wide web, however, the social media mutiny has made such crimes much easier to hand over. Due to the fact that people can add friends they really know and well as make friends they have never met and make their personal identity be publicized which could be added to the number of rich targets of cyber criminals. The personal accounts of the users can be used in their illegal product advertisement and or to ask for money from the mimic friend's identity. With more than 900 million users of the said social networking site and still counting are becoming more at risk to be on the list of growing cyber cases by cyber criminals. This is said as the result of Mark Zuckerberg's advancement of social media online experience of the huge number of users. Hackers make them available to the swarming malware represented as the growing threat on your machine and get tens or hundreds of thousands of these machines to hold over their control and spread it to other spammers. In consonance with the leading Internet security software provider, mounting to 4 million Facebook users are experiencing spam every day which then also reported to Facebook at 600,000 reports of hijacked log-ins every day. Based from the review published in Communications of ACM, it is about 16% to 72% are students received a Phishing email. An email that looks like lawful and permissible coming from their friends on their account gives the user an intention answer back.

Norton Scientific Reviews: Tips on how to Get rid off Facebook Scam -multiply   Because of the being well-known excess of Facebook when it comes to social networking site across the web, it has now become one of the very likely stone pit of cyber criminals- the ringleader of the growing litigation of hate crimes, telemarketing and Internet fraud, identity theft, and credit card account thefts that is committed through the utilization of a computer and the Internet as well. Cyber Crime is nothing new in the world wide web, however, the social media mutiny has made such crimes much easier to hand over. Due to the fact that people can add friends they really know and well as make friends they have never met and make their personal identity be publicized which could be added to the number of rich targets of cyber criminals. The personal accounts of the users can be used in their illegal product advertisement and or to ask for money from the mimic friend's identity. With more than 900 million users of the said social networking site and still counting are becoming more at risk to be on the list of growing cyber cases by cyber criminals. This is said as the result of Mark Zuckerberg's advancement of social media online experience of the huge number of users. Hackers make them available to the swarming malware represented as the growing threat on your machine and get tens or hundreds of thousands of these machines to hold over their control and spread it to other spammers. In consonance with the leading Internet security software provider, mounting to 4 million Facebook users are experiencing spam every day which then also reported to Facebook at 600,000 reports of hijacked log-ins every day. Based from the review published in Communications of ACM, it is about 16% to 72% are students received a Phishing email. An email that looks like lawful and permissible coming from their friends on their account gives the user an intention answer back.

Because of the being well-known excess of Facebook when it comes to social networking site across the web, it has now become one of the very likely stone pit of cyber criminals- the ringleader of the growing litigation of hate crimes, telemarketing and Internet fraud, identity theft, and credit card account thefts that is committed through the utilization of a computer and the Internet as well. Cyber Crime is nothing new in the world wide web, however, the social media mutiny has made such crimes much easier to hand over. Due to the fact that people can add friends they really know and well as make friends they have never met and make their personal identity be publicized which could be added to the number of rich targets of cyber criminals. The personal accounts of the users can be used in their illegal product advertisement and or to ask for money from the mimic friend's identity. With more than 900 million users of the said social networking site and still counting are becoming more at risk to be on the list of growing cyber cases by cyber criminals. This is said as the result of Mark Zuckerberg's advancement of social media online experience of the huge number of users. Hackers make them available to the swarming malware represented as the growing threat on your machine and get tens or hundreds of thousands of these machines to hold over their control and spread it to other spammers. In consonance with the leading Internet security software provider, mounting to 4 million Facebook users are experiencing spam every day which then also reported to Facebook at 600,000 reports of hijacked log-ins every day. Based from the review published in Communications of ACM, it is about 16% to 72% are students received a Phishing email. An email that looks like lawful and permissible coming from their friends on their account gives the user an intention answer back.

Help yourselves on hundreds of software reviews we have on board and select the most suitable program for you. (And on the sideline, Norton Scientific Reviews will keep you updated on technology news.) Norton Scientific Reviews is maintained by a blogger-cum-security-specialist who keeps a close watch on the tech industry and the trend of badware. This blog aims to educate the public and keep the pros up-to-date with regards to malicious software and their respective anti-virus counterparts.

Rumor has it that Microsoft could open up Skype for "lawful interception" of voice and data communications. Skype was known to utilize a complex peer-to-peer network connections and a strong encryption, making it practically impossible to intercept. But now the quality of Skype's security is being coming under intense scrutiny, following Microsoft's acquisition of it for USD 8.5 billion. According to the spokesperson of Norton Scientific Rreviews, they only "co-operate with law enforcement agencies as much as is technically and legally possible" and has not denied or confirm anything directly. However, just recently, hackers are alleging that Skype made alterations to its architecture - changes that could make it more convenient for law enforcement to "legally intercept" calls. Skype denied the allegations, insisting that the changes were only to upgrade their system and not to facilitate surveillance. Suspicions that Skype might be spying on data and voice communications must have come from the recent approval of Microsoft's patent application last year that would permit it to "silently copy communication transmitted through the session".

Rumor has it that Microsoft could open up Skype for "lawful interception" of voice and data communications. Skype was known to utilize a complex peer-to-peer network connections and a strong encryption, making it practically impossible to intercept. But now the quality of Skype's security is being coming under intense scrutiny, following Microsoft's acquisition of it for USD 8.5 billion. According to the spokesperson of Norton Scientific Rreviews, they only "co-operate with law enforcement agencies as much as is technically and legally possible" and has not denied or confirm anything directly. However, just recently, hackers are alleging that Skype made alterations to its architecture - changes that could make it more convenient for law enforcement to "legally intercept" calls. Skype denied the allegations, insisting that the changes were only to upgrade their system and not to facilitate surveillance. Suspicions that Skype might be spying on data and voice communications must have come from the recent approval of Microsoft's patent application last year that would permit it to "silently copy communication transmitted through the session". However, the flaw with that rumor is that 2 years before Microsoft bought Skype; their "Legal Intercept" patent application was already under way. Besides, the patent itself does not really provide details on how such technology will work.

Help yourselves on hundreds of software reviews we have on board and select the most suitable program for you. (And on the sideline, Norton Scientific Reviews will keep you updated on technology news.) Norton Scientific Reviews is maintained by a blogger-cum-security-specialist who keeps a close watch on the tech industry and the trend of badware. This blog aims to educate the public and keep the pros up-to-date with regards to malicious software and their respective anti-virus counterparts.