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Comment by Ron Atkinson on QR Codes and Viruses - What You Need to Know (July 29, 2025 12:59 PM)
Installing a Bitdefender VPN on my iphone 12 disabled my email so be warned....
Comment by Tony on QR Codes and Viruses - What You Need to Know (July 28, 2025 10:38 PM)
To quote from Tred Micro's website: "Trend Micro’s free QR Scanner for Android (and its equivalent in Trend Micro Mobile Security for iOS), lets you...
Comment by Phixer on QR Codes and Viruses - What You Need to Know (July 28, 2025 05:05 PM)
Fake QR codes are being stuck over genuine codes on parking meters - and no doubt that will apply in other remote locations. No different to scammers ...
Comment by Craig on QR Codes and Viruses - What You Need to Know (July 28, 2025 04:53 PM)
The Trend Micro reader apparently is not available for iPhones (Android phones only)...
Comment by Wolf on QR Codes and Viruses - What You Need to Know (July 28, 2025 04:47 PM)
I am in complete agreement with Hugh! I, likewise, refuse to just "give in" to a lot of the stuff out there. I only use my phone for phone calls, text...
Comment by hifi5000 on QR Codes and Viruses - What You Need to Know (July 28, 2025 04:22 PM)
QR codes are ubiquitous nowadays, so they are very hard to avoid. You are given a QR code to point your smartphone at in a offer to get you more infor...
Comment by Hugh Gautier on QR Codes and Viruses - What You Need to Know (July 28, 2025 04:12 PM)
Actually, I don't allow my phone to view QR codes, because I refuse to allow thee phone onto the internet. 2 reasons, 1. a 4G phone is not a secure de...
Comment by Paul H. Henning on Who is Bob Rankin? (July 27, 2025 12:23 PM)
Just read your article "Should you BUY anti-virus software?" I thought it was helpful until I read the associated comments, the oldest of which was fr...
Comment by JH on Cousin Vinny Strikes Again! (July 21, 2025 02:34 PM)
An article on the danger of QR codes also seems appropriate....
Comment by Ken Driver on [HOWTO] Defend Against AI-Powered Scams (July 20, 2025 07:24 PM)
Kevin don't give your actual birth date to Facebook to begin with. It's none of their business....
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