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Entries Tagged as 'Security'

Passwords: Message of the Week

December 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off

Passwords are like toothbrushes, you should change them often and never share them.
Any Questions? Didn’t think so.
Until we meet again, have a virus free week.

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Tags: Security

AOL software at risk and PBS.org hacked

September 21st, 2009 · Comments Off

I was one of the original users AOL, probably back in or beforeĀ  1991, I actually don’t remember the date but it was before the one price all you can use internet, back then you paid by the time used. Since then I have grown to dislike AOL (and I have not used them since [...]

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Tags: Malware · Security

Article on Flash based Cookies

September 10th, 2009 · Comments Off

I have written about internet cookies and my feelings on them. Michael Kassner has written an interesting article at Tech Republic about a type I really knew nothing about until tonight. It is a good read for the geeky and knowledge seeker alike.
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=2299&tag=nl.e019

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Tags: Internet · Security

Security update time again

September 10th, 2009 · Comments Off

Well, Windows has been pumping out the critical updates and so have some other major players.
It is time to run and install all Windows Critical updates and go ahead and upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 while you are at it. Just DO NOT take the default installation. I will cover the install in an article [...]

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Tags: Security

Fake security warnings are on the rise

September 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

Well, it’s that time again. What time you ask? The time for more mal-ware, crap-ware, spy-ware, trojans et al.
In the last 3 weeks we have received more calls per day than we receive in a normal month from people who have pop-ups claiming they are infected or who actually clicked on the pop-up and became [...]

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Tags: Malware · Security · Soap Box · Trojans · Virus · Worms