http://hireoliver.com Help has arrived! Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:03:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://hireoliver.com http://hireoliver.com//wp-content/plugins/favicon.ico http://hireoliver.com/2010/03/25/firefox-security-my-way/ http://hireoliver.com/2010/03/25/firefox-security-my-way/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:03:03 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=1136 http://hireoliver.com/2010/03/25/firefox-security-my-way/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2010/02/22/1126/ http://hireoliver.com/2010/02/22/1126/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:13:44 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=1126 Plagued with Google Update Error 0×8004071c on a fresh Chrome installation? Last week I decided I would finally take the Google Chrome plunge, and ran into an error screen upon installation on my Windows 7 Ultimate system. If you are seeing Google Update Error 0×8004071c after you run the chrome installer, follow the steps below and [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2010/02/22/1126/feed/ 1 http://hireoliver.com/2010/02/13/weather-geek/ http://hireoliver.com/2010/02/13/weather-geek/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:26:59 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=1120 http://hireoliver.com/2010/02/13/weather-geek/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/10/05/do-you-think-you-have-a-virus/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/10/05/do-you-think-you-have-a-virus/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:18:21 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=966 http://hireoliver.com/2009/10/05/do-you-think-you-have-a-virus/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/08/13/wireless-router/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/08/13/wireless-router/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:30:56 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=956 When Billy Bob from the cable company comes over to your house to hook up your modem and wireless router, there is one thing he leaves out. Security! Every time I go on site to a clients home for PC work, it seems like the cable guys left their wireless network insecure. How did they do [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/08/13/wireless-router/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/06/17/gmail-security/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/06/17/gmail-security/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:58:44 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=884 It looks like Google needs to close a gap in its security for several of its online services, including Gmail. Currently, when you spend that 30mins getting an email ready for your boss and attach that special file, the email is transmitted in plain text to Gmail’s servers, and thats a big no-no. If you [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/06/17/gmail-security/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/05/19/google-yahoo-microsoft/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/05/19/google-yahoo-microsoft/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 15:40:36 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=866 Google alone retrieved more than half of the world search queries last month, gaining more ground on their biggest rival Yahoo. Microsoft still trails in 3rd, which doesn’t sound too bad but when you look at the numbers its sad – Yahoo’s searches add up to more than double of what Microsoft is currently luring [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/05/19/google-yahoo-microsoft/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/05/19/expired-protection/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/05/19/expired-protection/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 14:48:44 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=860 Yesterday evening I recieved a call from a client who has recently purchased a new Netbook PC only to find their PC is now plauged with malware of all sorts. The call originated at pop-ups, but quickly ventured to poor system performance and a lack of virus protection. I remoted into their system to take a [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/05/19/expired-protection/feed/ 1 http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/30/dont-be-fooled-conficker/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/30/dont-be-fooled-conficker/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:17:34 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=812 As of now, no one really knows what potential the Conficker worm is, and just how much damage it could do… Hopefully on April 1st it will all be a big joke. If you are running Windows and want to do a free Virus scan of your computer, head on over to live.com, as Microsoft is [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/30/dont-be-fooled-conficker/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/20/new-gmail-feature-unsend/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/20/new-gmail-feature-unsend/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:23:01 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=664 Gmail released a new feature today called Send Undo – which basically allows you to retrieve an email right after you sent it if you realized ‘no…. that was my secretary, not my wife’. If you wish to activate this feature, log into your Gmail and go to the settings page, from there just click [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/20/new-gmail-feature-unsend/feed/ 0