Win 7 Power Users Guide author IEEE interview
Posted by Mike Halsey in news on 01. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments
2009 was a big year for Mike Halsey after the release of his book, the Windows 7 Power Users Guide and interview requests started coming in. Now the new year is already off with a good start as the latest, and biggest of these is with the IEEE organisation in the January 2010 issue of [...]
Get Safe Online Week – Another Phishing Scam
Posted by Mike Halsey in news on 17. Nov, 2009 | 0 Comments
As if to herald the launch of Get Safe Online Week I received an email last night from a friend who had forwarded me yet another phishing scam. Now admittedly this one had already been blocked by Microsoft, as Internet Explorer proudly told me when I clicked the link. However as scams go this one [...]
25% off the Windows 7 Power Users Guide – Limited time offer!
Posted by Mike Halsey in news, windows 7 on 21. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
To celebrate the launch of Windows 7 as a limited time offer I’ve reduced the price of both the eBook and paperback by 25%. That’s a whopping £10 off the cost of the paperback and the eBook is now only £2.99.
You can only get this discount on this link, http://stores.lulu.com/windows7 but remember, this special offer [...]
New phishing attacks on the way?
Posted by Mike Halsey in news on 21. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
It looks like another batch of very realistic phishing emails are doing the rounds. I received the following email from a friend this morning.
Hiii!
long time no see? …
anyway here you go
Interesting… :>
It’s Easy, Secure and Free!
Try it Now, Click Here
Regards
I immediately knew something was up simply because my friend would never word emails in this [...]
43M download fake Anti-Virus software in ‘08/09
Posted by Mike Halsey in news on 19. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
Symantec are claiming that 43 million people worldwide have fallen victim to scareware and downloaded fake anti-virus software in the twelve months from July ‘09 to June ‘09. The firm has identified 250 versions of scareware, which is thought to earn criminals three quarters of a million pounds every year.
The software, usually a carefully designed [...]
