Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Does your antispyware software really work? With security experts warning of "rogue" antispyware products that sometimes do more harm than good, two security researchers have decided to take matters into their own hands.They're working on a new software product, called Spycar, that will test the effectiveness of antispyware applications. "We ...
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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 1. Thou shalt not buy merchandise found in pop-up ads or spam.
2. Thou shalt not post thy email address, phone number, address or social security number to the internet, nor shalt thou post anyone else's.
3. Thou shalt not forget to update thy Windows every second Tuesday.
4. Thou shalt not connect ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008 In the last newsletter, I suggested creating a limited user account on your computer and using that to surf the internet. As a limited user, it becomes very difficult for malware to attack the browser and install itself. As it turns out, there is an even simpler way to do ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Hackers are likely to release more than 6000 keylogging programs this year--up 65 percent from the number in 2004--according to Reston, Virginia, security vendor iDefense. Such software illegally records every keystroke pressed on a victim's PC and then transmits the data to the hacker, making it an effective way to ...
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