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Entries Tagged as 'Virus'

Digital Photo frames coming with a virus!

January 26th, 2008 · Comments Off

Apparently Insignia photo frames magically caught a virus. Since this appears to be an older virus I have a conspiracy theory that this was intentionally done. Not by Insignia but by someone.
Anyway if you purchased a digital photo frame (Specifically the 10.4″ NS-DPF10A) when you connect the USB cable to your computer the virus will [...]

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Tags: Malware · Security · Virus

Top Internet Security “things to do”

September 27th, 2007 · Comments Off

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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Tags: Internet · Malware · Security · Trojans · Virus · Worms

Worms: Prevented, not fried thank you.

January 19th, 2007 · Comments Off

Welcome back to all our readers. In this weeks exciting and fun-filled edition of The Weekly Geek we are going to continue on our quest to find out more about the malicious side of the internet and how to protect your computer.
This week we are going to delve into “worms”. No, not night crawlers, that [...]

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Tags: Internet · Malware · Security · Trojans · Virus · Worms

Choosing an Anti-Virus program

January 14th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Howdy and welcome to one and all to The Weekly Geek!
In this fun filled edition, I want to cover a question that I frequently receive. “How do you choose which security products to use and recommend?” Well the answer is not simple. In this edition we will go over how I pick, choose and then [...]

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Tags: Malware · Security · Software · Trojans · Virus

Microsoft Outlook Security

August 23rd, 2004 · Comments Off

Howdy one and all and welcome back to this weeks fun filled and exciting edition of The Weekly Geek.
In this week’s low carb, low sugar and high energy article we are going to go over a few ways to secure Microsoft Outlook. In the last article we went over Outlook Express and its helpful settings.
Now [...]

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Tags: E-Mail Issues · Internet · Security · Software · Virus · Worms