Bright House Security Center

The Bright House Networks Security Center provides methods for securing personal computers from Internet threats.

The Security and Abuse Team encourages you to browse around the website to learn more about ridding your computers of viruses, worms, Trojan horses and spam. On this site, you can also discover methods for defending against hackers and Denial Of Service (DOS) attacks. There are no sure one-size fits all solutions for today's security threats. Bookmark the site, and return often to catch up on the latest news about securing your personal computers.

Bright House Networks takes computer security seriously. This site is designed to provide you with pertinent information about safe computing, keep you up-to-date on the latest threats and scams and enable you to address security-related issues that can otherwise damage your computer. We've compiled the best resources around and conveniently placed them on this site allow you to quickly and easily access them. If you do not find what you're looking for or have suggestions, we welcome them and ask that you simply click the link below to contact us. Thanks for visiting!

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Security alerts
Road Runner Phishing Scam

Road Runner phishing emails are currently circulating. These emails try to trick users into providing (verifying) their Road Runner account information such as their username and password. Please be aware that Road Runner will NEVER ask you for any account information in an email!

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Common threats
Virus Hoaxes

There are a lot of viruses out there, yet some aren't really out there at all. Virus hoaxes are most often received as email messages with strong and frightful warnings that urge the recipient to forward them to as many people as they can. The tactic is used to...

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Security terms
Phishing -

A type of email fraud where the perpetrator sends out legitimate-looking email that appears to come from well-known or trustworthy website.  It's an attempt to gather personal and/or financial information from the email recipient.

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Disclaimer: These tools have been provided for your convenience as a courtesy of the owner free of charge to the public for personal use only. All rights have been reserved by the producer of the software. Bright House Networks, Road Runner, and the software owner assumes no responsibility or liability for their use. Also, we do not offer technical support for these tools, but it can be obtained from the software owner. The products are offered by the software owner to be used free of charge and "as is" with no warranty, and no guarantee of success in preventing malicious software (malware) of any type from entering your computer, or in trying to remove it. However, Bright House Networks security departments have been able to use these tools with some success. We wanted to make you aware of their existence to provide you with additional options in the fight against malware.