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Child Safety on the Internet


I've been passed a couple of links that may be of interest. One is on protecting Children's privacy on the internet and the other on safe shopping on the internet.

Here's a very useful link to an article called 'Protecting Children's Privacy - A Guide for Parents, Carers and Educators'  https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/protecting-childrens-privacy/

Here's a link to an article on safe shopping online  http://wiht.link/safe--shopping


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Child Safety on the Internet Child Safety on the Internet Reviewed by baybookings on 12:30:00 Rating: 5

#BEWARE# - TalkTalk Phone Scammers, AGAIN!


Another of our UKOnline clients has fallen foul of the TalkTalk scammers. This client is someone who knows his way around a computer but was still taken in by them.

They told him that they were from TalkTalk and were checking the lines, servers and routers. They talked him into downloading a remote control program that gave the scammers access to his laptop.

They were accessing his files when he cottoned on and hit the power button. Unluckily, they had already set a password on his laptop. Luckily, he had interrupted them before they could delete his restore points and I was able to restore the laptop back to a previous point.

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#BEWARE# - TalkTalk Phone Scammers, AGAIN! #BEWARE# - TalkTalk Phone Scammers, AGAIN! Reviewed by baybookings on 19:27:00 Rating: 5
Windows 10 - Running Malwarebytes to check for Viruses Windows 10 - Running Malwarebytes to check for Viruses Reviewed by baybookings on 21:53:00 Rating: 5

Windows 10 - Download & Install Malwarebytes virus checker


This is another one for Ken. He wants to download and install Malwarebytes virus checker on his desktop PC.

'Downloading' is the name given to the process of copying a file from a large computer on the internet onto your home computer.

'Installing' is the name given to the process where a software program makes itself ready to be used on your home computer.

'Malwarebytes Anti-Malware' is a program that scans your computer and finds viruses that the normal virus checkers don't even look for. We will be downloading and installing the free version.

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Windows 10 - Download & Install Malwarebytes virus checker Windows 10 - Download & Install Malwarebytes virus checker Reviewed by baybookings on 20:01:00 Rating: 5

TalkTalk fined £400,000 for data breach



TalkTalk have been fined a record £400,000 by the information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after TalkTalk's large scale data breach in October 2015.

 They were fined because TalkTalk hadn't taken the basic steps to protect the customer's information and they had allowed the hacker to access customer information "with ease".

 156,959 people had their names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and email addresses stolen. in 15,655 cases, the attackers also stole bank account details and sort codes.

 Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham said, "TalkTalk's failiure to implement the most basic security measures allowed hackers to penetrate TalkTalk's system with ease".

 "hacking is wrong, but that is not an excuse for companies to abdicate their security obligations. TalkTalk should and could have done more to safeguard its customer information."
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('Hacker' image courtesy of [freedooom] at FreeDigitalPhotos.net)
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TalkTalk fined £400,000 for data breach TalkTalk fined £400,000 for data breach Reviewed by baybookings on 09:50:00 Rating: 5

# BEWARE OF SCAMMERS #


Just last week, one of our clients got their computer hacked by someone who said that they were from Talk Talk. I can't emphasise this too much -
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# BEWARE OF SCAMMERS # # BEWARE OF SCAMMERS # Reviewed by baybookings on 17:56:00 Rating: 5
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