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Can you Get Paid to Read Articles Online?

Can I Get Paid Money to Read Articles Online?

The short answer is no, these are all scams. You cannot earn money reading articles online. Any company that says so is simply trying to scam you.

At best they’ll harvest your email address so they can spam you; at worst they’ll try to obtain username and password information to access Paypal or Payza.

One such company was All News Round who claimed to pay up to $5-$9 per each news article and multiple articles a day.. To earn the $9 per article, you had to grow your account from a ‘beginner status’ to a ‘professional status’. This involved referring people such as friends who also join in on this scam where you supposedly earn $38 extra when they sign up plus 20% of their earnings.

They said that when your account balance reaches a threshold of $800, you can withdraw the money. However as soon a you try to cash your earnings you’re going to be asked for your payza or PayPal account information, which will include both your username and your password! This will give them access to your online bank account.

Thankfully it appears that All News Round no longer exists. But you can bet that other similar sites exist, possibly owned by the same person.

If you have already given them your Paypal or Payza account information I recommend you change your password as soon as possible by going directly to the Paypal or Payza websites. Also check your Paypal or Payza accounts for any suspicious or unauthorized activity.

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Why you need WhoisGuard For Privacy and Anti-Spam

What is WhoisGuard and why do I need it?

Ever wondered how spammers are able to get hold of your email address and bombard you with spam? Worried about your privacy?

A Whois search is available to anyone on the internet. This means people can find your name, address, email and phone number with a simple domain search. When you register a domain, you also include your details such as your name, address, email and phone number. If you do not make this information private you risk exposing this information to spammers, identity thieves and fraudsters.

For a few dollars a year you can keep your domain ownership details private, hide your details from spammers, and protect your anonymity

What is WhoisGuard

WhoisGuard is a Domain privacy protection service that will hide your contact details from the public by displaying the contact details of WhoisGuard instead. It will replace your email address in the Whois database with a unique address, such as xyz.protect@whoisguard.com. This protects your privacy, shields you from spam and even identity theft.

Another advantage of WhoisGuard is that it provides an option to redirect regular email to the customer’s real address where obvious spam or malicious email is filtered out through WhoisGuard’s anti-spam funnel. This means you can receive regular email while still maintaining your privacy.

The only time your data such as your phone number and address would be available is when the registrar receives a court order against you or a domain service from a provider involving trademark disputes.

Start Survey and Up-Survey Scam – A Review

Is Start Survey or Up-Survey a Scam?”

Paid surveys have become increasingly common with many sites offering money in return for your time in taking their online surveys.

Most paid surveys appear to be scams. Some of these online surveys are legitimate. However, the legitimate surveys pay out very small amounts of cash for a lot of work. If you’re short of cash, there’s better ways of earning money without investing so much of your time.

These scam surveys will tend to ask generic questions. The purpose of legitimate online surveys is to obtain specific demographic information that’s useful for advertisers who market to the public.

Often you must make a certain amount before you can withdraw the cash, so it can take awhile before you discover it’s a scam. By that time, you’ve already invested a lot of time and effort in carrying out the surveys and they’ve got your email address and personally information.

One such scam is Start Survey, which promises to pay out $14 for each survey you take. It only takes about two minutes to complete each survey and less than ten minutes per day. This is supposed to make you $42 Plus more if you sign up friends and family. You can take three surveys every day, which adds up to $42. You can then earn additional cash by referring friends to the site – $15 per sign up, plus 20% of what your referrals earn. If you have a lot of online friends this can add up to a descent amount of money for online work.

If only it was true:

While signing up to Start Survey or up-Survey is easy – you must give them your Paypal or Payza email address and a password. If you must sign up don’t give them any password you would normally use for PayPal or any other site!

Up-survey is similar in that it is supposedly easy to earn money, however you never get paid even after you’ve reached the threshold of earnings necessary to withdraw the money.

These are just scams to collect your email address – which are then added to a spam database. If they ask you for a password it’s common for people to use the same password for everything. In which case they have both your Paypal ID and your password!

Don’t bother with paid surveys. Most are a scam and the ones that are legitimate pay very little.

If you have an experience to share regarding online surveys please share in the comments below.

A Comprehensive List of Malware Types and What they Do

What are the Various Types of Malware and What do they Do?

Malware is a term used to refer to a wide range of hostile or intrusive software which can take the form of scripts, executable code, active content, or rogue security software. They vary in their purpose, how they infect a computer, how they replicate and the damage or security risk they pose. Here is a list of commmon Malware types:

Virus

Viruses are very varied and there are over 1 million viruses in existence. All attach themselves to an existing program and either replicate themselves when that program is run or modify a program in some way. The main purpose of a computer virus is to corrupt the system or destroy data. They can infect data files, or even the boot sector of the hard drive

Spyware

These are programs that can covertly record what you do on your computer. Some spyware is legitimate and is used to help a user. For example gaining access and viewing another person’s computer screen. Even controlling the curser. However the majority of Spyware is malicious and usually used to capture logins and passwords or even bank or credit card details.

Worms

A computer worm is an independent, self-contained computer program that can replicate itself in order to spread to other files on a computer or other computers within a network. Unlike a virus, a worm does not need to attach itself to an existing program.

Adware

While the least dangerous malware it’s one of the most common. It is also one of the most lucrative in that it downloads and displays unwanted ads that redirect the user to advertiser websites. Benign Adware requests the Users permission before displaying ads while malicious adware does not notify the user or obtain his or her consent.

There are two ways that Adware can infect your computer. This can be via Freeware or shareware and can involve a legitimate way of generating advertising revenue from a program you have downloaded. A second way is from an infected website which can result in unauthorized installation of adware on your machine whereby a hacker can gain access to a browser vulnerability, even placing a Trojan on your computer. These are usually cased Browser Hijackers.

Trojan

A computer Trojan is one of the most dangerous forms of malware due to its ability to deceive users of its true intent, often disguising itself as legitimate software. After a Trojan has infected a computer, they can then be activated and in some cases be used by cyber-criminals to gain backdoor access to a computer and steal sensitive data.

A denial of service attack can also occur when sending multiple requests from your computer and several other infected computers, overwhelming the target address.

Rootkit

These are one of the hardest to detect and remove as they are designed to conceal certain activities or programs on your computer with the main purpose of preventing malicious programs from being detected – thereby extending the time by which a program can run on an infected computer. A rootkit can enable an unauthorized user to gain control of a computer without being detected and can be hard to remove even when using anti-virus software.

Keyloggers

Keyloggers are used to record every keystroke made on a computer, often with the intent of gaining access to logins and passwords or other confidential information. However they are sometimes legitimately used by companies to record an employee’s activity or by parental software.

Ransomware

Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to lock the system or block access while online. It will often display a message until a sum of money is paid, sometimes appearing as a notification from the police or FBI, or demand money for the removal of a non-existent virus. More advanced Ransomware may encrypt a victims files and make them inaccessible until the user provides a ransom payment to decrypt them.

Browser Hijacker

A Browser Hijacker is malware that changes your browser’s settings, often redirecting you to a different website. Usually this involves changing your homepage or search engine without permission. The purpose is usually to force traffic to a particular website, thereby generating revenue. Some Browser Hijackers can install a software keylogger to gather unauthorised information or they can damage the Windows registry.

Rogue security software

This is software designed to appear like legitimate security software and misleads users into believing their computer is infected with a virus, with the intent of tricking them into paying money for a fake malware removal tool. The fake malware removal tool can even introduce real malware onto the computer

Dating Sites Similar to Plenty of Fish

What are some Dating Sites Similar to Plenty of Fish?

If you’re sick of POF, here are some Free alternatives similar to Plenty of Fish. They all have their pros and cons and you will have a higher chance of meeting someone on some more so than others, the most important factor being the ratio of males to females.

Couplelizer

An easy to use site designed to encourage users to go on actual dates rather than spend hours chatting online. It also prevents fake photos and photo edits by only permitting selfies.

Users indicate their private information, name, surname and date of birth, gender and the place of living. Just a brief description of yourself and a selfie is enough. You will get to know the person in real-life
Click here to visit Couplelizer

FREE

Inner Circle

This dating app is not for everyone and not everyone can become a member. As the name suggests it’s more for high-end, exclusive members.

You don’t just join – you must be invited based on a strict screening process upon registration to ensure eligible singles with similar lifestyles. Members provide plenty of details about themselves and are selected based on their profession, education, age, interests and more according to the CEO.

If you’re a man, the greatest advantage of Inner Circle is that unlike POF and other dating sites there isn’t a disproportionate ratio of women to men. In fact, It’s so popular among women that the site owners had to have a one month ban on allowing new female members signing up. Also the Inner Circle hosts plenty of “exclusive parties” — held at some of London’s “most glamorous” venues. The Inner Circle currently hosts offline events on a regular basis for users located in Amsterdam, London, Paris, Milan, Barcelona and Stockholm.
Click here to visit theinnercircle

FREE

Tinder

This dating app is not recommended unless you’ve got a thick skin or very good looking. The disproportionate number of men to women mean you’ll have a hard time finding a date, even if you meet their criteria. Also some of the profiles will be spammers such as call girls. It caters more to guys than gals whereby and superficiality matters more than substance.

You signup through facebook and add a photo of yourself with just a few characters for the description. You swipe left to pass or swipe right to like when viewing other users profiles. If the other user swipes the same way then you’re a match. It’s somewhat similar to the Plenty of Fishe like function. Don’t expect to get a positive response soon as women are inundated by men trying to contact them.

One advantage of the app is the number of users. You should find people just about anywhere with the app and the live chat feature means you can talk straight away.

The paid version for $9.99 / month includes unlimited swiping, GPS spoof,a super like function and the ability to undo an accidental swipe.
Click here to visit Tinder

Free to Join but limited Swiping for non paying members

Bumble

Similar to Tinder in that Bubble’s main platform is a hot or not-style swiping game, in which you swipe left to pass or right to like. Also like Tinder the app requires facebook to signup but unlike Tinder communication is in the hands of females and is only available for 24 hours after a mutual match is made. This encourages females to be more active and initiate conversation. It also means men waist less time typing out a message to someone who is unlikely to respond.

It’s free to join and if you want extra functionality you can pay $9.99 a month. This will enable you to see people who have already liked you so you don’t have to swipe and wait for matches. It will also enable you to reconnect with expired matches, extend beyond 24 hours and provide an undo accidental swipe feature like tinder.
Click here to visit Bumble
Free to Join but limited Swiping for non paying members

OKCupid

OkCupid is more detail orientated than Tinder in that users tend to fill out a lot more information about themselves, so you can avoid those who aren’t looking for a serious relationship. However just like Tinder, men significantly outnumber women. Unlike Tinder and Bumble anyone can contact you without matching first. This can lead to women receiving too much unwanted attention.

It used to be a very popular site but has decline in popularity due to the rise of Tinder and Bumble which offers a more geo-specific experience.

I noticed from a number of reviews that customer service isn’t always that great – even if you’re a paying member – with some members claiming it was difficult to contact customer service and how they’ve been scammed by some users. Also some users claimed they got blocked for no apparent reason after using the site for a number of months.
Click here to visit OKCupid

FREE

Happn

Happns is quite a sophisticated app created by computer engineers who came up with the idea of finding people you’ve crossed paths with (within a 250meter radius). The app is designed to save you from missed connections, “boosting luck again”.

If you’re shy about approaching that person who gave you the look, maybe you can contact them via happn. Happn’s popularity has skyrocketed with 100,000 people signing up for the app within the first five weeks.

Just like Tinder it anonymously creates your dating profile using facebook. It will then use GPS tracking to present you with a list of people near you. How many times you’ve crossed paths with them and a map of roughly where you crossed paths, their photos, name, age and profession and what you may have in common.

If you like what you see, you can hit the red love heart and if it’s mutual you can start messaging straight away. Even without a mutual like you can send a charm, which they’ll see.

The majority of those using this app are under 40 and conversations can be hard to come by.
Click here to visit Happn

FREE

If you know of any dating sites similar to Plenty of Fish which you’ve tried yourself and liked, please mention them in a comment below.
[author-details=Simon Hough]