Monthly Archives: June 2011
Got A Rootkit Infection? – Find Out With These Four Free Rootkit Detectors
Earlier this week, in my Daily Net News column, I posted the following – Microsoft is telling Windows users that they’ll have to reinstall the operating system if they get infected with a new rootkit that hides in the machine’s … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – June 30, 2011
Gmail Implements New Features to Help Curb Phishing – The company introduced three new features late Tuesday that it claims will inform users of the origins of certain emails so they can protect themselves from social engineering and phishing attacks. … Continue reading
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MachStudio Pro 2 – Price Cut From $4000 To Zero!
A product price reduction is one thing, but reducing the product price from $4000 to zero, zilch, nada – well, that’s a whole other thing. In a rather surprising move, StudioGPU, the developers of MachStudio Pro 2 (which has an … Continue reading
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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – June 29, 2011
Office 365 vs. Google Docs Showdown: Feature by Feature – With Tuesday’s launch of Office 365, Microsoft is ready to go head-to-head with Google on its own turf. How do the Web-based Microsoft tools stack up against Google’s? Eight Tips … Continue reading
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SpringPublisher Free Version – Design And Output Business Cards And More
One of the very first freeware applications that I remember downloading, when the Sun first rose on the Internet, was a business card design application. Now, here I am, many years later, reviewing for the first time exactly that – … Continue reading
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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – June 28, 2011
Rootkit Infection Requires Windows Reinstall, Says Microsoft – Microsoft is telling Windows users that they’ll have to reinstall the operating system if they get infected with a new rootkit that hides in the machine’s boot sector. Lifehacker: Memory Restart Tells … Continue reading
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Returnil System Safe 2011 Free –Virtualization With Added Antimalware Protection
System virtualization is a very cool technology which, if used correctly, has the power to control malware intrusion through the use of a ‘”virtual” environment, rather than operating in a “real” environment. Running virtualized while surfing the Internet makes sense, … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – June 27, 2011
Can You be Cyber-Stalked? The 30-Minute Google Challenge – What traces do you leave on the Web? Two PCWorld editors try to dig up dirt on their coworkers in under 30 minutes. What we uncovered might scare you a bit. … Continue reading
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Close Security Holes In Windows With Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
Intrusion detection systems do a good job in protecting physical environments against desperados, burglars, and trespassers. But, creating an access point by leaving a window or a door open, obviously reduces the efficiency of such a system. Computer intrusion detection … Continue reading
Why Comment Spammers Shouldn’t Use Google Translate
Comment spam has the potential to be dangerous – if it’s allowed to be blindly posted. I’ve written a number of articles dealing with the hows/whys of comment spam in the past, so I won’t belabor the point. If you … Continue reading →
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