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05Sep
SUPERAntiSpyware
Recently (well, kind of) SUPERAntiSpyware gave me a free “Lifetime Subscription” which is available from their site, here. A lifetime subscription will run you$ 9.95, which is a decent price. So, I gave it a shot on my PC. (Actually,
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17Jul
Critical Firefox Update
In just about a week or two after Firefox 3.5 was released, Mozilla just published 3.5.1 today in order to address a serious security issue. In a nutshell, the security hole allowed an attacker to compromise the user’s system (by
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19May
Security Freak Test
While security is important, sometimes it’s hilarious to look at how far some geeks go. I put together the following test which checks to see whether you are a security freak. Please note that many of the things on this
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13May
Password Security
password Yep, real secure. I bet many of you are wondering how I just guessed your password. Oh, that’s not it? Okay, then how about letmein? qwerty? abc123? There are hundreds like those, all of them insecure. Pretty much all
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30Apr
Another Day, Another Facebook Hack
While the public is still reeling from Koobface, Facebook has yet anther hack running around. How it works is a friend gets their account compromised (not quite sure how yet, but probably by falling for this hack) and then sends
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22Apr
Virus-proof Macs?
Whenever I’m talking with people about Mac, one of the first things that those in favor of Mac say is something to the effect of, “Macs never get viruses, you know.” While I give a nod to the fact that
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01Apr
Google Installer Virus Removal – Updated!
This post goes through the steps to remove the Google Installer Virus
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01Apr
Conficker Virus Still At Large
I thought it would be wise for me to warn my readers about a disturbing virus that has been making its rounds since November. Conficker. This virus is a great example of how well-engineered viruses operate. The Conficker virus can
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03Mar
Koobface Making It’s Rounds…Again
I thought I would warn my readers that the Koobface worm is back (if it ever left). It’s been enough to attract the attention of CNN and TrendMicro. From my research, it doesn’t appear to be too different from what
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31Jan
Process Explorer
Have you ever gone into task manager and wondered exactly where those processes are running from? Here’s a hint, the answer should be “yes”. The processes list give you a peek into the internals of what your PC is running,
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