Smartphones and Tablets Make You Vulnerable Shoping Online @McAfeeConsumer

6:45. Now to some business news. With the holiday shopping season now upon us, a warning this morning about dangerous online scams. Experts say your smartphones and iPads can make you especially vulnerable to criminal activity. McAfee Online Security expert Robert Siciliano has some tips on how you can safeguard your personal information.

If you inadvertently click a link on your device and you haven't properly protected it, then chances are your machine or your device is going to get infected. Immediately shut that thing down, disconnect it from the internet, and once you turn it back on, update your virus definitions and run antivirus on your machine. Make sure that your antivirus says that your machine isn't affected before you actually connect to the internet.

All right, that's Mr. Siciliano with some expert advice this morning. As many as 7 in 10 people will be shopping on Black Friday, and many of them will do that shopping online.