Adobe: Beware of fake Flash downloads

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Amidst confirmed reports that malicious hackers are starting to use fake Flash Player downloads as social engineering lures for malware, Adobe has issued a call-to-arms for users to validate installers before downloading software updates.The company’s notice comes on the heels of malware attacks on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter that attempt ...

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How Much Is Antivirus Slowing Down Your PC?

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Most of the major security suite vendors release their new editions in the fall, but some run ahead or behind the rest of the pack. With the release of Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 the fall flood of security suites has officially begun. I'm working on two other suites right now, ...

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Attack code imminent for DNS flaw

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

One day after a security company accidentally posted details of a serious flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), hackers are saying that software that exploits this flaw is sure to pop up soon.Several hackers are almost certainly already developing attack code for the bug, and it will most ...

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How to install an SSH Server in Windows Server 2008

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

SSH is the secure shell, a standard defined in RFC 4251. It is a network protocol that opens up a secure channel between two devices using TCP port 22. This channel can also be used for SFTP and SCP (secure FTP and secure copy, respectively). To make this work, you ...

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How To Get Refunded on Prepackaged Vista

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Buying a PC can come along with some unwanted preinstalls. And now with Microsoft mandating that third party hardware manufacturers bundle Vista (not XP), that unwanted preinstall can include an entire OS. Given that a portion of any commercial PC's purchase price includes funds allotted to software, XP users may ...

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