Howdy all! I hope all is well for everyone this fine day! Today, I got a fresh scan attempt in my e-mail. This one is interesting in that fact that it abandons the old "Hey, I'm in another country and my pop died and I need to funnel his money out..." route. This is attempting to lure you in by embracing the whole "random internet user" thing... In fact it addressees it's opening remarks to "Internet User"... Is this supposed to give you a sense of security? I don't know but, from … [Read more...]
Google Chrome: ooh, shiney!
Last night I downloaded and installed Google's new browser, Chrome. I plan on putting it through the ringer today and will, if possible, use it as my primary browser. My initial impressions are pretty positive. The download is simple and quick. There is a 400ish kilobyte installer that you download and run. That installer then brings down the rest of the browser. All in all download took about a minute or less.(that's saying something as my internet is terribly slow). When the … [Read more...]