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/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/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/2009/03/25/niceer-than-vista/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/25/niceer-than-vista/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:02:45 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=783 I have had Windows 7 installed on an older laptop of mine for a short while now. I decided that I would put it on my newest laptop and see how its driver support was. Turns out, it worked flawlessly, and I couldn’t be happier. This laptop shipped with XP SP2 on it from the factory [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/03/25/niceer-than-vista/feed/ 0 http://hireoliver.com/2009/02/10/poor-kaspersky/ http://hireoliver.com/2009/02/10/poor-kaspersky/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:33:09 +0000 Oliver http://hireoliver.com/?p=483 Kaspersky Security, an anti-virus software company has been the victim of a slight security breach. Their website was hacked and it left their customer database exposed for over a week. how embarassing would that be? They have recently been getting on banking companies saying they need to be more secure with their own websites… and [...]]]> http://hireoliver.com/2009/02/10/poor-kaspersky/feed/ 0