enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Don't get fooled by fake phone updates and notifications

    www.aol.com/news/dont-fooled-fake-phone-updates...

    Updates to apps are essential for maintaining the performance and security of your devices, including bug fixes, new features and security patches. Don't get fooled by fake phone updates and ...

  3. Inappropriate advertising on AOL

    help.aol.com/articles/inappropriate-advertising...

    Read all software licensing agreements carefully to understand what you're agreeing to install on your computer. Many popular applications include spyware components, and some of these applications won't work when these components are removed. Adjust your browser's security settings to provide at least “medium” levels of security.

  4. Scareware - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scareware

    Internet security writers use the term "scareware" to describe software products that produce frivolous and alarming warnings or threat notices, most typically for fictitious or useless commercial firewall and registry cleaner software. This class of program tries to increase its perceived value by bombarding the user with constant warning ...

  5. Using McAfee: Features - AOL Help

    help.aol.com/articles/Using-McAfee-Features

    1. Double-click on the McAfee icon on your computer desktop to open the McAfee Security Center. 2. Select the Web and Email Protection menu. 3. Click on the Anti-Spam link located below the firewall description. 4. Select the Anti-Phishing menu toward the bottom of the list. 5. Click Add in the lower-right hand corner to add a website to your ...

  6. McAfee: Disable or enable virus protection - AOL Help

    help.aol.com/articles/mcafee-disable-or-enable...

    1. On the Windows taskbar, next to the clock, double-click the McAfee ( M) icon. Note: If you are using Windows® 7 and don't see the McAfee icon next to the clock, click the arrow next to the clock to reveal hidden icons. Please know that you can customize your Windows 7 System Tray. Learn how to customize the notification area in Windows 7. 2.

  7. Virus hoax - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_hoax

    The story says that it was spread via e-mail, contained in a message titled "Important Message About Windows Security". It was supposed to first spread the virus to other computers, then download a stripped-down version of Slackware and uncompress it onto the hard disk. The Windows Registry is finally deleted and the boot options changed.

  8. McAfee Warns Consumers of the "12 Scams of Christmas ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/2012-11-12-mcafee-warns...

    McAfee Warns Consumers of the "12 Scams of Christmas" as 70% of Americans Plan to Shop Online During the 2012 Holiday Season 1 in 4 Americans Plan to Shop Online this Holiday Season via Mobile ...

  9. SpySheriff - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpySheriff

    SpySheriff [a] (also known as BraveSentry 2.0 among other names) is a malware that disguises itself as anti-spyware software. It attempts to mislead the user with false security alerts, threatening them into buying the program. [4] Like other rogue antiviruses, after producing a list of false threats, it prompts the user to pay to remove them.