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Beware of AdWords Phishing Scam
I’ve been getting phishing e-mails that claim to be from Google AdWords lately, and I’m not the only one. Learn the telltale signs that a message isn’t legit.
Microsoft Sends Mixed Messages on Security, Piracy
Last week, Microsoft announced that it will allow users of pirated Windows XP copies to install Internet Explorer 7. This is a reversal of the company’s earlier policy, which locked out pirate copies of all its software from anything but the most critical security updates.
Microsoft said the IE7 policy was changed for security reasons, but there’s a flaw in Microsoft’s apparent altruism: all of their other software.