Follow These Tips to Stay Safe on Cyber Monday
Ray Klump, a Lewis University professor and computer expert, offers these tips to avoid problems while online shopping.
So, you plan on doing a little shopping from your desk on the day that's unofficially been labeled Cyber Monday. Not a bad way to avoid the crowds and take a pass on circling the mall lot looking for a parking place and to avoid the lines at the registers as you try to make purchases, but there are pitfalls, too, says Dr. Ray Klump, Lewis University's director of the master of science in information security program. If you want to be safe, Klump offers these tips: 1. Make sure your computer's operating system, antivirus and anti-spyware software, and web browsers are up-to-date. Malware, such as viruses and rootkits, make their way into your system by taking advantage of vulnerabilities. Software vendors are constantly upgrading their …
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Tom Bab
5:29 pm on Sunday, November 27, 2011
Amazon, like other retailers, periodically adds new deals, at limited quantities, in an effort to keep shoppers clicking back in (on their lunch breaks, of course). Amazon also sends out “Lightning Deal” announcements through a special Twitter feed. http://amzn.to/Cyber11 Happy shopping. Just remember: No Lightning Deal is worth getting fired for, particularly in this economy. more ›