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Secure destruction of data like personal details, banking information, confidential company information or critical customer data when they are no longer required is very important to information security for the simple reason that they can always be recovered in […]

User Account Control (UAC) is a feature in Windows that can help prevent unauthorized changes to your computer. UAC does this by asking you for permission or an administrator password before performing actions that could potentially affect your computer’s operation or that change settings that affect other users. When you see a UAC message, read […]

Internet Explorer has a built-in Anti-Phishing feature using Phishing Filter. Phishing Filter in Internet Explorer helps detect phishing websites.
Phishing Filter uses three methods to help protect you from phishing scams. First, it compares the addresses of websites you visit against a list of sites reported to Microsoft as legitimate. This list is stored on your […]

There will always be instances where you are not able to uninstall or disable a Toolbar directly from your Internet Explorer browser. While this can be menacing and troublesome, there can also be some toolbar extensions that sit there hiding causing security issues.
Windows Registry can be one other place from where you can delete these […]

Last week a close friend of mine turned out to be a victim of Phishing scam and understandably was very upset. Phishers send well crafted emails as if coming from a valid source like your bank tricking you to enter your bank account or any portal (like eBay or Paypal) details including login and password […]