Is this a phishing scam? I just got some email that looks suspicious with a link to “paypal-labs.com” Is it a scam or phishing attempt? Why can’t they just make it paypal.com?

I just got email from my system administrator saying that my Webmail account is out of space. This is really confusing, though, because I don’t access my email via the Web. Is this legit or some sort of scam or phishing attempt? Dave’s Answer: It’s a phishing attempt. I get these every so often too. [...]

My system administrator is telling me that I need to add a “capcha” [actually, it's "captcha"] system to my site so that I get less spam. What’s a captcha system and why would I want it? Dave’s Answer: Ah, spam, the bane of our collective online existence. It’s a pain and it’s frustrating how much [...]

I’m a German national who lives in the Philippines for more than 17 years. I use Gmail for a long time already and I really like it. No problems so far. Just a couple of days back, though, my brother in Germany who also has a Gmail account told me that he receives more than [...]