All Posts Tagged With: "security"
Get Free Anti-Virus Protection With AVG
I’m stunned how many people still pay an arm and a leg for bloated and expensive security programs like Symantec, when there are some great free AV programs out there.
AVG is one such example and is being used successfully by millions of users around the world. AVG Free is available free of charge to home [...]
How To Remove The Skype Worm
There’s a nasty worm burrowing it’s way around Skype. The w32/Ramex.A virus virus sends a message to other skype users containing a picture, which if clicked on will infect the recipients machine, where the virus is sent again.
If you’re running a good AV system then you should be protected. If not, then here’s [...]
Dr. Web: Scan For Viruses Before Downloading
Dr. Web is a contender for Firefox plugin of the year. This great Firefox plugin allows you to scan attachements for viruses before downloading them onto your machine. Brilliant if you’re using a machine like a friends, where you’re not sure how good its protection is.
1Sep2007 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
Monitor Your PC With WinPatrol
I’ve been using Vista since it came out, and I’ve been relying mainly on the inbuilt security to keep me safe. After reading about WinPatrol on the new gHacks site, I decided to install it straight away to give my machine an extra layer of protection.
WinPatrol increases the changes of catching malware [...]
Check Your WordPress Blog For Security Vulnerabilities
It can be hard keeping up with all the numerous WordPress updates. One of the problems of not keeping up is that you can leave your site open to hackers and other nasty people.
A quick way of seeing if you are vulnerable is to use the Wordpress Scanner that will check to see if [...]
Run Programs Automatically As Administrator In Windows Vista
Windows Vista has amazing in-built security, and although I find the number of popup alerts acceptable, what does bug me is that Vista repeatedly asks me the same questions. I haven’t quite worked out how to stop Vista doing this, but I have worked out how to automatically run programs as an administrator.
To do [...]
SpamAid: Spam Filter For Outlook
I use Gmail as my main email client and the spam filters are pretty good. However, I need to use Outlook to synchronise my contacts and my mail with my PDA. I’ve never found Microsoft’s inbuilt spam filters to be any good, so luckily I’ve just been asked to review SpamAid by ReviewMe [...]
19Mar2007 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Emergency Update Of WordPress Released - Version 2.1.2
I guess it had to happen eventually. A cracker manged to gain access to the servers that host the WordPress code and modified 2 files, that would allow them them to do nasty things to your blog. The WordPress team have responded brilliantly since they learned of the breach, and have put a new, [...]
3Mar2007 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Reduce WordPress Spam By Creating Fake Comment Forms For Spam Bots
Last month I gave tips on how to eliminate WordPress Spam forever. Today I’ve got an ever better tip for reducing comment spam on WordPress blogs, but should also work on other sites with comment forms.
My friend Billy came up with a neat mod to trick these spam bots on my site, which [...]
Protect Your Files From Prying Eyes By Locking Folders
If you are using a shared computer then it’s a good idea to protect your confidential information from being accessed by other users.
A simple and free way to do this is to make a few small changes to your registry files, so that you and you alone can access your files:
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