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August 29, 2011

You don’t have to pay for protection

This post is part of special series of articles focusing on managing your online security and privacy. The complete series can be found in Persian at this link: http://bit.ly/n19Pzk.

Easy to use software is available that will keep your computer safe, and some of it is actually! Better yet, you can download anti-virus protection from the internet and install it in minutes. The best part: these applications don’t constantly bug you about renewing that subscriptionWe’ve made a short list of the best of these programs. So get rid of those tiresome constant pop-ups! Or, in the case that you don’t have an anti-virus program installed, start protecting your computer and your personal information better! AVG (Used by writer and recommended)Link: http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage AviraLink: http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus AvastLink: http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-downloadRead more...
August 22, 2011

Two Important Facebook Issues: Privacy and Attack Rumors

This post is part of special series of articles focusing on managing your online security and privacy. The complete series can be found in Persian at this link: http://bit.ly/n19Pzk. Two Important Facebook IssuesFacebook has been in the news for two unrelated, yet disturbing issues. One concerns rumors of an attack on Facebook by the group Anonymous. The other is related to Facebook's newest privacy intrusion. People who use its mobile phone application have found that the phone numbers of their contacts are now being imported into Facebook's database.Read the complete post...