Be Careful with the iPhone Wallpaper
Did you know that a quick and easy way for cyber criminals to access and steal information from a person is download wallpaper for your iPhone. Well, the wallpaper can hide malware.
The definition of malware?
Malware includes viruses, spyware, rootkits, Trojans, keyloggers and adware. Malware can sometimes slow your computer, PDA or iPhone down - in the most extreme cases can invade your privacy.
Details such as account information and passwords are then transmitted to the sender
Because mobile screeds such as the iPhone does not have the protection that your computer, the McAfee computer security experts say cyber criminals are focusing on these types of devices to get the information they need.
The quickest way for them to get the information is confusing to lend you to download a free iPhone wallpaper.
Pop-ups, no way
Beware of pop-up, like criminals install malicious software is pop-ups for "free" wallpaper of the iPhone ringtones.
"How do they work?
Do not click one of these links as they can contain malicious software. Most computers now have pop-up blockers as a standard feature.
You should be able to manually turn the pop-up blocker off if you need to actually use the browser window that suddenly opens (like adding a link to your blog on Blogger).
To ensure that you are safe from all types of malicious software, you must have the latest versions of:
an anti-virus program
an anti-spyware program
the firewall
the spam filter for your email
the pop-up
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