Security Secrets the Bad Guys Don’t Want You to Know
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press Alt-F4 to close your browser directly or press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to open your system’s task manager and shut the browser down from there. Closing the browser generally puts an end to the pop-up problem.
Another way to steer clear of rogue antivirus attacks is to be careful when reading up on a hot news story. The bad guys follow Google Trends and Twitter’s Trending topics, and they can quickly promote one of their malicious Web pages to the top of Google search results.
Google tries to control this activity, but when a breaking news story is involved, the evil doers are often one step ahead. “Cut down on the risk of being affected by only reading news sources you trust, or–at the very least–search Google News for news services you haven’t seen before,” says Sunbelt’s Boyd.
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