New Media Musings: Foiling spyware, browser hijackers, dialers

New Media Musings: Foiling spyware, browser hijackers, dialers

Foiling spyware, browser hijackers, dialers

Computer security has become a major issue in cyberspace, with spyware running rampant and security holes everywhere you look.

As a service to readers — and as a reminder to myself — I’ve pulled together some preventative steps that can be taken to enhance the security and privacy of your online forays.

I hope readers will add comments to the bottom of this posting in the months ahead to alert other users of additional steps we can do to detect, avert and eliminate spyware.