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March 21st 2014 As of next month (April 8th, to be precise), Microsoft will no longer support its old Windows XP operating system. For information and advice on replacing Windows XP, click here. That means no more updates, security patches,...
21 March 2014
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March 17th 2014 Football fans are being warned to be on the lookout for scams connected with the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, which kicks off on June 12th ... less than three months away. Our colleagues at Action Fraud and the National Fraud...
17 March 2014
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March 12th 2014 Our colleagues at Action Fraud, the UK's national fraud reporting centre, has flagged a number of calls from the public reporting having received emails that claim they have to pay a parking fine. For information and advice...
12 March 2014
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March 6th 2014 A 30-year-old man found guilty of installing spying software on women's computers to watch them remotely, will be sentenced in April. For more information about webcam spyware, click here. This week Andrew Meldrum from...
6 March 2014
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March 4th 2014 Get Safe Online has joined forces with ABTA and The City of London Police’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) to warn the general public about the dangers posed by holiday booking fraud. For information and advice...
3 March 2014
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