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Entries Tagged as 'Worms'

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

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

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

Outlook Express Preview Pane

May 25th, 2004 · Comments Off

Welcome back to another exciting and fun filled edition of The Weekly Geek!
Over the next few weeks we are going to go over the basics of securing Microsoft Outlook Express to help reduce the chance of catching a virus, worm or other nasty thing.
In all versions of Outlook Express (OE) comes with the Preview Pane [...]

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Tags: E-Mail Issues · Security · Trojans · Virus · Worms