Several years ago I wrote but did not publish an “How to” on My Space security. About 3 months ago I began one on Facebook security. It turns out that others have written excellent articles with great screenshots on exactly what to do. Instead of repeating what they did I will put the PDF files on line here for you.
Privacy Settings – by the U.S. Navy
Download them, print them and pass them along.
Until we meet again, have a virus free week.
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Many articles have been written about SSD hard drives, Intel recently put out a review of the speeds of these drives new compared to well used and thus fragmented. I would just like to throw my results in to the piles of articles.
A year ago this week I built a test Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate machine with a 40 GB SSD drive from Intel. I have all the same security and misc. software that I use on my other computers so it is a fairly easy one-to-one comparison. Well, talk about fast boot times. From “power on” to ready(and I mean ready, not just at the Windows desktop but still loading background “stuff”) takes 38 seconds. Yes, you read that right, 38 seconds. My next fastest machine takes just shy of 2 minutes. [Read more →]
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Well, last week I finally started a FaceBook account, today I find out about this, though it is no big surprise and why I try very hard to be careful when using a computer period.
Sonicwall Research team has discovered a new malicious Worm spreading in the wild. The Worm spreads via Facebook profiles and as part of its post-infection activity, it installs Fake AVG antivirus security software.
Upon installation the Worm informs the user that it needs to perform a “Scan” of the system:
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As an owner of IFix Computers I am occasionally asked why we sell the specific brands that we sell, in response I would like to provide this overview of Intel and why we only use them.
Intel provides chipsets, motherboards and processors (CPUs). Chipsets can be on motherboards made by someone other than Intel. [Read more →]
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User Account Control (UAC) was introduced in Windows Vista. However, it soon became an annoyance due to the number of notifications it presented to the end users.
In my opinion, the UAC in Windows 7 has been improved. It displays fewer warnings and you have some control over the frequency of the notifications. However, even with such improvements, some users may still choose to disable it. [Read more →]
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