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TechLog for the ‘Security’ Category

Expired protection

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 [...]

Don’t be fooled: Conficker

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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 [...]

Nice(er) than Vista

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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 [...]

Poor Kaspersky

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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 [...]