Microsoft typically releases updates for Windows on the 2nd Tuesday of each month (aka Patch Tuesday), but this week, they released an important patch outside of their normal schedule.
The security bulletin describes the details. An issue with the “server service,” part of the Windows operating system, could allow your Windows computer to be taken over [...]
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What Every Computer User Must do Now - Round up your data
Corporations have disaster recovery plans, and so should you. If you want to minimize your own computers’ downtime...
Adobe’s Workaround for “Clickjacking” Issue, and What You Can Do Now
UPDATE: Adobe released Flash Player 10.0.12.36. Look-wise, it’s an improvement. Take...
Gmail: Prevent those “Oh no!” moments with Mail Goggles
We’ve all been there. You’ve hastily dashed off an email, then hit the “Send” button,...
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What Every Computer User Must do Now - Round up your data
Corporations have disaster recovery plans, and so should you. If you want to minimize your own computers’ downtime due to hard drive failure, operating system corruption (i.e. the “Blue Screen of Death”), and the like, there are a number of solutions that you can use that can help you get back up and running quickly.
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Adobe’s Workaround for “Clickjacking” Issue, and What You Can Do Now
UPDATE: Adobe released Flash Player 10.0.12.36. Look-wise, it’s an improvement. Take a look at the 3-D effects that Flash Player 10 supports at Alternativa’s demo site.
New versions usually mean new vulnerabilities. Protect yourself with Firefox + the NoScript add-on.
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Adobe recently acknowledged a critical issue with its Flash Player. Named “clickjacking,” this occurs when a user [...]
Gmail: Prevent those “Oh no!” moments with Mail Goggles
We’ve all been there. You’ve hastily dashed off an email, then hit the “Send” button, only to feel the pangs of regret. You wrote something that you really didn’t want to say. But it’s too late–the damage is done. If only you could have a second chance to stop that email from going out… Well, [...]
LunarSoft’s Anti-Malware Toolkit: One-Click Download of Many Utilities
If your family and friends turn to you for help, especially when their computer’s been infected, Lunarsoft can help you.
Their Anti-Malware Toolkit will download the latest versions of a suite of applications, definitions and utilities. Armed with this arsenal, you can be out the door and on your way to helping your friend in just [...]
New PC? Clean up the “Extras” with PC Decrapifier
Have you unboxed a brand new Windows computer and plugged it in, only to find a desktop full of “trial-ware” installed? Perhaps the browser’s home page has been hijacked redirected to the computer vendor’s website?
The situation is getting better. In early 2008, Sony began offering a “Fresh Start” option when you are purchasing a computer [...]
Firefox Add-on|NoScript
Since mid-August 2008, users have been reporting “malvertisements,” maliciously-designed Adobe Flash banner advertisements that copy text to the clipboard in Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
While this “hijacking attack” does not infect computers directly, it copies the URL of a website offering bogus “security software.” Apparently the bad guys’ hope is that you [...]
Before Your Laptop Is Stolen, Check out Adeona
It’s a situation no laptop owner looks forward to–their laptop gets stolen. With a little planning (and hopefully, the thief’s unwitting assistance), the free service Adeona can help track down your laptop.
Currently, Adeona may be used on laptop/desktop/server type computers, but the developers are researching how to make this available for mobile devices, like [...]
Virtual Desktops: Divide and Conquer with “Desktops 1.0″ from Sysinternals
Even with a decent-size screen, if you’re running many applications at the same time, it can be time-consuming toggling through all those windows using Alt-F4 or the taskbar. Wouldn’t things be easier if you have one screen just for email, another for word processing, another for editing graphics, etc.?
Enter Desktops 1.0
Mark Russinovich and [...]
Upgrading to Firefox 3? Backup First with FEBE
If you’re a Firefox browser user, backing up your browser’s settings is a good idea generally. If you plan to upgrade to the current version, Firefox 3.0.1, it’s critical that you have a backup on hand, just in case one or more of your favorite add-ons don’t work properly.
Why Upgrade Firefox?
If everything’s working well, why [...]