Welcome back!Technically I suppose this could be considered two tips but I combined them because either one by itself would make for a really short post.
Antivirus
Simply put, you need to have a good antivirus program and you need to keep it updated so that you’re protected from new variations of malware. I’ve tried several [...]
Powered by Max Banner Ads I was recently asked how could a suspicious email be deleted safely. The question arose of of the fact that when an email is clicked on to delete it, the email in question opens up and the user was concerned that if that happens anything in it could start executing [...]
So the Windows 7 Beta is now out “in the wild” and people are using it. Naturally, since it’s a Beta version, it’s practically guaranteed to have an assortment of bugs that need to be squashed before Microsoft releases the final version. Well, one of those bugs involves that wondrously annoying feature introduced in Vista, the UAC (User Account Control).
There’s a new round of malware spreading tactics going on. This one involves using fake YouTube pages. Here’s how it works and how to avoid it.
One of the things that’s bugged me for a long time is the fact that Windows operating systems have this thing to them about autoplaying any CD-ROM that’s inserted.
Do you trust electronic voting machines? If so, there is some good reason why you should reconsider. The Security Group at the University of California in Santa Barbara has released video that demonstrates a very probable method of tampering with these things.
Yesterday I got an email that was a very believable threat. It claimed that the person sending it was receiving virus laden emails from my address. They claimed to have gotten logs from their ISP and were even so kind as to include a copy of said logs.
