2008 a great year for hi-tech crooks

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 Voting Machines Busted, and Won't Be Fixed

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...

How Much Should Microsoft Charge for Its Home Software Subscription?

"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...

Computer viruses hit one million

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?...

Malware and the Battle for Tibet

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...

Big brands slip up in anti-virus tests

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...

Ready to Get Rid of Your Anti-Virus Software? - The Yoggie Pico Reviewed

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...

Top 10 Viruses Of 2006

"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...

Protect Linux application against hackers, together with anti-virus protectio...

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...

Windows Trojan masquerades as Vista hack

"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...

Lock Down Your Pc From Hacker Attacks!

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

The Difference Between a Virus, Worm and Trojan Horse

"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...

My Buddy Jack Kapica is really on to something

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...

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