Security Alert: Please Update Your Adobe Flash Player Immediately
A security update for Adobe Flash Player was released July 8, 2014, containing fixes for critical vulnerabilities allowing an attacker to take control of an affected system, as well as steal log-on credentials to websites.
Users of Internet Explorer 10 and 11, as well as Google Chrome need not worry, as the embedded Flash Player is updated automatically. However, users of Internet Explorer 9 and earlier, as well as Firefox and Safari, should update Adobe Flash Player immediately.
You can install the latest version here:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
~Ted Eiler
Stop online advertisers from tracking you | Komando.com
Online advertisement networks commonly track your navigation to sites serving their ads through the use of third party cookies. These “tracking cookies” are used to display targeted advertisements based on your browsing interests.
While some people like the idea of seeing ads online that are specifically tailored to them, tracking cookies enable ad providers to create a personality profile of you, and are a threat to your privacy.
If you would like to stop this type of tracking, Kim Komando shows you how to disable third party browsing cookies in the most popular web browsers.
~Ted Eiler
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Spot and avoid a dangerous phone tech support scam | Komando.com
I have heard numerous reports recently of homes receiving phone calls from representatives of Microsoft, claiming that their computer is hacked or infected with a virus and requires immediate service. To my knowledge, Microsoft does not make phone calls to end user customers in this fashion, and so they are very likely a scam.
Kim Komando shares an email sent to her describing one of these tech support phone call scams in detail, and gives some tips about what you can do if you receive such an unsolicited phone call.
~Ted Eiler
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Windows XP lives on: Avast survey shows 27 percent of its XP users don’t plan to switch | PCWorld
Security software vendor Avast recently conducted a survey of its Windows XP users and found that 27 percent of them don’t plan on changing their operating system, though the system can become more vulnerable to unaddressed security risks with the passage of time.
Although Avast has stated they will continue supporting their software on Windows XP for the next 2 years or more, they caution XP users that antivirus software is not a substitute for an absence of operating system security updates.
~Ted Eiler
8 essential browser Tips & Tricks | Komando.com
Kim Komando reviews some effective ways to configure and navigate your web browser, be it Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari.
~Ted Eiler
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