The Weekly Geek

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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Here is another short list of weekly “to do” items. Run a full anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-spyware scan(s) – Those bad guys are constantly getting in. For details on programs and more, just search this site under the categories. Perform a full backup -  You can and will live without those pictures, videos and old tax [...]

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Well, it seems a couple of you caught me, almost. In my last article (on backing up) I referred to scheduling the backup which requires schedules tasks and a password. I just noted “If you don’t have one, look for my article on creating one and how to automatically logon without entering it every time.” [...]

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