From the monthly archives:
There is a new Facebook worm which will direct you to a link containing pornography. The following are the details of the worm:
The hook to the new Facebook worm appears in a friend’s profile as the racy image at left.
Click the image, and you are brought to a Web page with the same image.
Analysis [...]
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Scareware is a type of malware designed to trick victims into purchasing and downloading useless and potentially dangerous software.
Scareware, which generates pop-ups that resemble Windows system messages, usually purports to be antivirus or antispyware software, a firewall application or a registry cleaner. The messages typically say that a large number of problems — such as [...]
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I love Amazon and I love my Kindle.
I do a lot of reading and traveling. Schlepping around a mountain of books in my luggage is problematic. Bringing my Kindle is very convenient.
I have already read four books on my Kindle. It’s easy on the eyes and hands. Yes, easy on the [...]
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We are huge MAC fans. However, engadget.com is reporting on two problems with Apple’s new Core i7-based iMac:
Apple’s new Core i7-based iMac might be a performance monster, but it looks like the whole family’s having some problems getting out of the gate: in addition to the previously-noted performance issues with the Core 2 Duo [...]
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New attack fells Internet Explorer
A hacker has posted attack code that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.
The code was posted Friday to the Bugtraq mailing list by an unidentified hacker. According to security vendor Symantec, the code does not always work properly, but it [...]
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You should always have an up-to-date virus scanner installed on your computers.
If, however, you find your computer has a virus with no virus scanner installed, please use one or more of the following free online scanners.
Norton Security Scan, Free Virus Scan
BitDefender Online Scanner
Kaspersky Free Virus Scan
Trend Micro HouseCall
Panda ActiveScan 2.0 – Free Antivirus
CA Online Threat [...]
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