Visited a web site that set off your virus software? Got scared out of your wits because all of a sudden your anti-virus software is screaming and beeping and blocking a web site? Well, do your part and report that site. Just visit the following Google page, complete the simple form, and report it.

Google Safe Browsing: Report a Malware Page

By reporting the virus infected web site, not only will you make yourself feel better because you’ve done a good deed, you’ll protect others because once Google confirms the infection they will list the web site as hazardous and contact the site owners to report the infection. Obviously it’s up to the site owners to fix the infection problem, but at least you’ve done your part!

High Aspirations, Inc. have been members in good standing at the Better Business Bureau (BBB) for years. Feel free to check out our BBB Business Review. Yesterday we received an email warning us of an email scam making the rounds. Since we know that a lot of our clients are also in the BBB, we thought it best to pass on the news…

The BBB has issued an urgent scam alert to businesses and consumers. Fraudulent emails are being sent that appear to come from the BBB. The emails have the subject of "Complaint from your customers," return addresses that the BBB does not use (for example: riskmanager@bbb.org), and are signed with the address of the Council of Better Business Bureaus. The email contains a link to a non-BBB web site.

If you receive an email like this, delete it immediately! If you have already clicked on a link in the email, run a full virus scan. You can also report any information received to the BBB via their Report a Scam form.

The BBB is working with law enforcement to determine its source and stop the fraudulent campaign.

Visit the BBB News Center for more information as well as a copy of an example email.

avast! Antivirus, my personal antivirus software of choice, published a blog post today entitled "A Winter Flurry of Email Scams" that I thought worthy of sharing.

avast! is warning that there are three types of holiday-related email scams making the rounds: Charity scams, UPS delivery scams, and E-card scams.

Avoid getting ripped off… read all about it.