Late last year Google made an important change in their ranking system that has received relatively little coverage. Google has added to their search ranking algorithm a query to determine if a site is being served over HTTP or HTTPS. If a site is being served over HTTPS it ranks higher. Here’s an example of…
Read moreRecently we’ve had several people come to us having been hit by a nasty piece of Adware. This particular pop-up is insidious as it’s a two part pop-up, see the attached screenshot. First you have the large underlying pop-up with the information that says “Call XXX-XXX-XXXX immediately.” Also take notice of the “24/7 Unmatched Service…
Read moreWe saw it for the first time this weekend and because the devil is in the details, I mean in the Terms of Service, with Web.Com we just had to go look and see how this one will be biting unsuspecting business owners in the rump later. For those who haven’t seen the commercial click…
Read moreWhile not in person, this kind of email is as much an attack using social engineering as some unknown tech who shows up saying they are there to repair your copier when you weren’t expecting it, but is really there to gain unauthorized onsite access to your network. The desired outcome is the same –…
Read moreShopper-Z is a very annoying Adware program that displays intrusive advertisements on the websites you visit. For those who end up with this Adware installed, they will find numerous ads being injected (popping-up) whenever a web link is clicked. The ads are so invasive it makes viewing the website’s content near impossible. See an example…
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