The Weekly Geek

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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My father is from Oregon and I lived briefly in the beautiful state of Washington. Rumors and legends of a creature commonly known as Bigfoot exist. Local towns and national media have all used these rumors and at times have created hype about the creature, yet all these years later he, she or it still [...]

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Just a quick “blog” to let you all know to watch out for a fake program called AV 2009 that is popping up and appears to be a Windows Security warning. It is a fake and clicking on it installs several pieces of fraud-ware, mal-ware and crap-ware.
This particular program and attempt to get on your [...]

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Howdy one and all and a great big welcome back to this weeks fun filled adventure of The Weekly Geek.
Back in July I started on how to secure you computer (Basic Security Tips) and I have been working on Intermediate and Advanced tips ever since then, today I wanted to release a quick checklist.
Securing Your [...]

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Welcome to this weeks edition of The Weekly Geek. Today we will continue our saga of how a good gator turned out to be a nasty crocodile as we delve into Spyware in its many forms and how to remove it.
Spyware is simply a program that will track your computer activity. It can include everything [...]

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