Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Internet Explorer is also susceptible to the attack but is less likely to be tricked because it does a more thorough job in checking to see where a log-in form is coming from before it automatically submits password and user information.A flaw in Firefox allows you to steal user information ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Stop cleaning your glasses - you read that title right. There is a way now to surf the web with absolute, unbreakable safety. It is very simple to do.A few months ago, VMware Inc. decided to release a free virtual machine player. What this program does is pretend to be ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Unfortunately, ActiveX controls are ideal tools for those who would attack your computer. Over the years, Internet Explorer has been their favored vehicle. It was built to take advantage of ActiveX controls.These controls pose a serious security threat that outweighs their benefits. So it's important to take steps to protect ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008 If you use an alternative browser--Firefox, Opera, Mozilla, or anything not named Internet Explorer--you may be feeling pretty smug these days. Every time you hear about another patch for IE or about another way hackers use that browser to attack unsuspecting Web users, you think to yourself, "I don't have ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Quick! Run for the hills! Firefox spyware is running rampant and infecting every computer in sight!*sigh*Sometimes I just want to bang my head on the desk and keep doing it until the desk surrenders unconditionally. If you were to believe several online news sites, there is an epidemic ...
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