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Online Virus Scanning Service

Online Virus Scanning Service

I have recently found a new, very interesting and useful online service. It is a free, online anti virus that lets you scan files for virues and other malware.
This website is www.virustotal.com.  VirusTotal is a service that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected [...]

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Removing Internet Security 2010

Removing Internet Security 2010

Internet Security 2010 is just one of many fake antivirus applications like Antivirus Live and Advanced Virus Remover that hold your computer hostage until you pay the registration fee. This is a very abusive method to make you pay to clean up viruses that are not really in your system.

Normally these infections start with a [...]

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The most popular passwords

The most popular passwords

Based on the analysis of 32 million passwords obtained from the recent attack to the website rockyou.com, the most popular (and least safe) password is “123456″
Nearly 50% of users used names, slang words, dictionary words or trivial passwords (consecutive digits, adjacent keyboard keys, and so on).  The below is the list of top passwords used [...]

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Turn on or off Secure Desktop in Windows 7

By default, on Windows Vista and Windows 7, whenever you are prompted with a UAC dialog the entire screen turns dark and the computer seems to freeze completely. This is done on purpose (Not a bug) to prioritise the importance of this window. During this period, the rest of the screen is un-usable, meaning that [...]

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5 Reasons Why SMB’s Shouldn’t Ignore Security

I just found a short but very interesting and worth considering article by Amy Babinchak over at her blog. This article briefly explains why during this recession time, companies should not ignore the security of their networks. Click here to read the full article [PDF]

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FREE Network Security Software

FREE Network Security Software

As more and more businesses bear the brunt of the economic downturn and budgets are drastically cut, security is often the first area to suffer. With cybercrime on the increase and threats becoming more dangerous and frequent, businesses can ill-afford to ignore security. If anything, they need to beef up their defenses. This is why [...]

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