Why Windows is a Security Nightmare

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Security in all mainstream operating systems is non-existent; however, things are especially bad for Windows. Windows happens to be the favourite target of worm and virus writers. Conventional wisdom suggests that the huge installed base of Windows helps spread the worms and viruses, and also makes it a highly attractive ...

How Computer Viruses Work

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Reported by Lockergnome TNT Computers President Tim D. Ingrum writes: After all this is said and read, I know that there'll be a few of you who just have to open that e-mail attachment to see what it is! You're the "clickers" that have just gotta see what's behind that Paper Clip. ...

Beginners Guides: Spyware Protection and Removal

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Fresh from penning our Firewall and Virus Alert article, PCStats would like to present the second part of our beginners guide to the less savoury aspects of the internet experience; dealing with the subject of "Spyware." If you've installed a peer-to-peer sharing program such as 'Kazaa Media Desktop' or 'Morpheus', ...

Please Stop Bouncing Infected Emails

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

If the antivirus software installed on your mail server is set up to bounce emails with viruses attached, please turn that feature off. Unless you've been in a cave for the past week, you know that tens of millions -possibly hundreds of millions- of emails carrying the sobig.f virus have ...

Messenger Plus Bundling Lop.com

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

"Many of you may have heard of a program called Patchou's "Messenger Plus". I used it myself once, before I discovered Trillian. Similar to the many front end programs for Internet Explorer (Avant browser, MyIE2, etc), Messenger Plus adds a user interface to Microsoft's MSN Messenger that contains extra features. ...