There’s another scam making the rounds that promises to deliver an urgent security update from Microsoft. These e-mail messages attempt to lure you to Web sites to download spyware or other unwanted software. They may also include a file attachment that...

Today marks the launch of Microsoft Security Essentials, a new, no-cost security software for your computer. Security Essentials can help you defend against viruses and spyware , including Trojans, worms , and other malicious software. One of the best...

If you receive an e-mail message that tells you that you have won the Microsoft Lottery or any lottery, delete the message. There is no Microsoft Lottery. There are other lotteries, of course, but if you don’t remember entering them, then the e-mail message...

These days our online lives look a lot like our offline lives. We hang out with our friends. We shop. We’re entertained. So, just as you wouldn’t leave your house without your driver’s license or other identification card, it makes sense that you need...

Microsoft releases security updates on the second Tuesday of every month. Today Microsoft released 5 new security updates. Get the updates To download the updates, visit the Microsoft Update Web site . If you have automatic updating turned on...

Back in February we talked about how to help protect your personal information on the social networking site, Facebook . Since then Facebook has grown exponentially and the one truism about computer security is that cyber criminals follow the crowds....