Microsoft offers no-charge phone support for virus and spyware problems, and for other security-related questions for consumers. Before you call, make sure to take these four steps to help protect your computer: 1. Keep your firewall turned on. 2. Keep your operating system up-to-date. 3. Useantivirus software. 4. Use antispyware software. If you’re unsure if your antivirus software or anti-spyware …
Read More »Safari exploit gives hackers full control over iPhones
Researchers just unveiled a pretty serious security vulnerability in the iPhone. More specifically, it’s Apple’s Safari web browser which exhibits the vulnerability. Researchers at Independent Security Evaluators have used the vulnerability to take malicious control of the iPhone from rogue websites loaded with the exploit. Once in, researchers have full administrative access over the phone allowing them to listen in …
Read More »Blogger’s Choice Awards
The Blogger’s Choice Awards! which blogs are currently making an impact in the blogosphere. The blogs you see are all nominated and voted on by users like yourself! Not only can you nominate your favorite blogs within a slew of unique categories but you can also vote and comment on others that have already been submitted. In turn, others can also vote …
Read More »iPhone Independence Day
Jon Lech Johansen’s found a way to activate a brand new unactivated iPhone without giving any of your money or personal information to NSA AT&T. The iPhone does not have phone capability, but the iPod and WiFi work. Stay tuned! Update: Magic iTunes 7.3.0.54 numbers: Offset 2048912: 33C0C3 Offset 257074: 28 Offset 257013: 33C9B1 Add “127.0.0.1 albert.apple.com†to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Download …
Read More »Wi-Fi trouble with the iPhone
Network World is reporting that Duke University’s Wi-Fi network is suffering from what appear to be rogue iPhones. Duke’s Kevin Miller told Network World that the iPhone’s Wi-Fi chips are flooding the university’s Cisco access points with requests for MAC (Media Access Control) addresses. This is apparently knocking out dozens of access points as the 150 iPhones on campus wander …
Read More »Antivirus AVG “Palsu”
Diskon adalah hal yang dinanti-nanti penggemar belanja, makin besar diskon yang diberikan maka makin banyak orang yang tertarik. Kalau saja kata diskon dapat menarik perhatian, apalagi kata Gratis !! Rupanya hal ini menjadi perhatian pembuat virus dan memunculkan idenya untuk memanfaatkan kebiasaan pengguna komputer untuk mendapatkan program gratisan. Dan celakanya, program gratisan yang menjadi korban adalah program antivirus yang cukup …
Read More »Windows Vista Parental Controls
If you’re a parent, you know there’s more to guiding your children’s computer use than shielding them from inappropriate content or contact with strangers. It’s also important to ensure that they aren’t on the computer for too long a time or when they’re supposed to be doing something else. With Windows Vista, after you and your family have agreed on …
Read More »Create an XPS document
XPS documents are a new archiving format perfect for preserving content and securely sharing information, no matter which program you’re using. To create an XPS document: Open any document in virtually any application and click Print In the Printer Selection menu, choose MicrosoftXPS Document Writer and save the file. Double-click the file to open it in the XPS Viewer, which …
Read More »Cracking Wifi with Back Track
Ever wondered just how secure your WEP protected important; wireless network is? Well today I’ll show you how to test it. There have been a lot of articles written about this subject already and by now it is common knowledge that WEP is only the barest of security precautions. I’m going to show you how you can test your own …
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