Crime thrives in the hi tech world. 2008 has seen the amateur days of tempting you to open an unknown email with promises of enlarged body parts, unimaginable sexual delights or cheap mortgage money die away. Now...
Ohio's electronic voting machines, made by don't-call-them-Diebold, are broken, and won't be fixed by Election Day. Does that sound right to you? What do you think of a company that can't fix its software by...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 325 views | 14 recommendations | 6 comments
"Microsoft said Friday that it was going to start testing a subscription service that combines its OneCare anti-virus package, the home version of its Office suite, and some other features in one package, called Albany, to be sold by subscription. Microsoft already sells...
UPDATE with how to protect your computer from viruses. Computer viruses has reached the one million mark from the first day they were born. So far, my computer has been infected by 28 of them. How's about yours?...
created by mclean | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 612 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
Those who would thwart the efforts of the free-Tibet movement have added a new weapon to their arsenal: malware. Indeed, human -rights groups have begun receiving malicious code smuggled in innocent-seeming email...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 250 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Many big-brand security products fail to spot commonly-circulating malware, testing outfit has Virus Bulletin found in its latest tests.
A total of 17 out of 32 of anti-virus products failed the company's...
created by Newspartnergroup | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 476 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Yesterday I uninstalled my anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall software. My computer is now completely naked against pieces of computer code that might do it harm. And yet my PC is probably more secure than ever.Why get rid of anti-virus and allied...
created by Bill Adler | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 3974 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
"The absence of large-scale virus epidemics has, once again, been the most notable characteristic of the year. In fact, the list of frequently detected viruses during 2006 has varied little throughout the year. This does not mean, however, that there is a lower risk of...
created by alaaron | 2 years ago 378 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
A Buffer overflows is a serious security problem. It allows an attacker
to inject executable code of their choice into an already-running
application. This ability to run arbitrary code at certain memory
addresses is dangerous as attacker being able to execute...
created by nixcraft | 3 years ago 261 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"A week after Windows Vista's official launch hackers have devised their first attack, targeting pirates trying to install illegal copies of Microsoft's operating system.
A supposed Windows Vista crack called Windows Vista All Versions Activation 21.11.06 is reportedly doing...
Did you know that SPYWARE is the number one threat to personal computing? Also, 9 out of 10 PCs that are hooked up to the INTERNET are infected with SPYWARE or ADWARE, and in most cases both!Read More Here
created by ebiz96 | 3 years ago 482 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"The most common blunder people make when the topic of a computer virus arises is to refer to a worm or Trojan horse as a virus. While the words Trojan, worm and virus are often used interchangeably, they are not the same. Viruses, worms and Trojan Horses are all malicious...
created by pdesigns | 3 years ago 11583 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
This guy is rarely wrong. Pay attention - pay careful attention:"Jack Kapica, 05/10/06 at 3:09 PM EDT
While I advise everyone to have an anti-virus system in place, I was a little taken aback this morning by a press release I received from GFI, a software company based in...