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Google Will Now Warn You About Sites With Fake “Download” Buttons

Feb 5, 2016Glenn DelahoyGoogle, Malware

Finding the right download button on a website is the least fun version of hide and seek ever invented. Now, Google’s taking action to warn users when sites engage in this kind of deceptive behavior. As Google explains on its Online Security Blog, sites with any kind of ads that deceptively try to mimic actual […]

Cryptolocker

Jul 30, 2015Glenn DelahoyMalware

The cryptolocker virus is alive and well and in Casterton. It can hit via unexpected emails from apparently known sources, for example from Australia Post (see previous post). Once activated it will encrypt (scramble) all your photos, documents, databases, spreadsheets, pretty much everything of value on your computer. Once this is done they are unusable and […]

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Google Will Now Warn You About Sites With Fake “Download” Buttons

Cryptolocker