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2. Inappropriate advertising on AOL

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   Tips to avoid spyware and malware. Always keep your Microsoft Windows operating system up to date and ensure that the latest security updates are installed using the Windows Update utility. Use antivirus software to protect your computer from viruses and other malware and always keep your antivirus definitions and databases up-to-date.

3. Windows Defender Security Center scam: How to protect your ...

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   Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says a tech support scam used a fake Windows Defender pop-up, tricking the victim to call and download software. Windows Defender Security Center scam: How ...

4. Go phish? Cybersecurity experts explain what phishing scams are

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   The FTC suggests setting the software to automatically update so it can deal with any new security threats. 2. Set your phone and computer's software to update automatically.

5. Protecting yourself from Microsoft tech support scams - AOL

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   Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says scammers exploit fears, falsely claim computer issues to access your personal data.

6. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...

7. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.

8. Koobface - Wikipedia

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   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.

9. Malicious Software Removal Tool - Wikipedia

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   In a June 2006 Microsoft report, [2] the company claimed that the tool had removed 16 million instances of malicious software from 5.7 million of 270 million total unique Windows computers since its release in January 2005. The report also stated that, on average, the tool removes malicious software from 1 in every 311 computers on which it runs.