The State of the Phishing Industry Phishing is a worsening problem that is affecting more people everyday, with carefully crafted emails constantly probing for your personal information. On any given day, I receive multiple emails telling me that my account has been suspended, needs to be verified, or that criminals have compromised my account and I need to take action! By acting on one single email, I could potentially cost myself (or my employer) thousands of dollars and wreak havoc on my online reputation, not to mention the risk of having my identity stolen. The goal of this website is to education you about phishing scams and their dangers, while also showing you how to create a multilevel defense plan to protect you, your identity and your Mac. What Exactly IS Phishing? The term 'phishing' refers to a technique used by criminals to steal your information. The phishing scam works like this: phishers send out an email or instant message to you impers...
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Don’t you just hate those stubborn stupid icons that refuse to leave the desktop, like the Network Neighborhood icon. I am sure you want to know how you can delete them. You may say, that is really simple, simply right click on the concerned icon and select Delete. Well not exactly, you see when you right click on these special folders( see entire list below)neither the rename nor the delete option does not appear. To delete these folders, there are two methods, the first one is using the System Policy Editor(Poledit in the Windows installation CD)and the second is using the Registry. Before we go on, you need to understand what CLSID values are. These folders, like the Control Panel, Inbox, The Microsoft Network, Dial Up Networking etc are system folders. Each system folder has a unique CLSID key or the Class ID which is a 16-byte value which identifies an individual object that points to a corresponding key in the registry. To delete these system Folders from the ...