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McAfee WebAdvisor, previously known as McAfee SiteAdvisor, is a service that reports on the safety of web sites by crawling the web and testing the sites it finds for malware and spam. A browser extension can show these ratings on hyperlinks such as on web search results.
The user is enticed to use a “free download” to test for spyware or malware on their PC; MalwareAlarm then displays a warning message of problems on the PC to persuade the unwary web site visitor to purchase the paid version.
In most cases, the address for a secure website will start with "https." The "s" indicates that the site is secure. In addition, most browsers display a small picture of a lock on the browser frame at the bottom to indicate that the site is secure; however, just having both these features doesn't make a site legitimate.
Typosquatting, also called URL hijacking, a sting site, a cousin domain, or a fake URL, is a form of cybersquatting, and possibly brandjacking which relies on mistakes such as typos made by Internet users when inputting a website address into a web browser. A user accidentally entering an incorrect website address may be led to any URL ...
Your McAfee software starts monitoring your computer for activity; If no keyboard or mouse activity occurs for 10 minutes, your McAfee software then monitors for CPU use; If CPU use remains under 10% for 10 seconds, the scheduled scan begins; Check the McAfee help page on how scheduled scans work.
If you purchased McAfee Internet Security from McAfee through an AOL offer and you pay an annual fee for the software: 1. Go to McAfee’s website and sign on using the email address and password you used to create your McAfee account. 2. In the My Protection Products section, look for the number of computers you can protect using the McAfee ...
Koobface is a network worm that attacks Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. [1] [2] [3] This worm originally targeted users of networking websites such as Facebook, Skype, Yahoo Messenger, and email websites such as GMail, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Mail.
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