Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Virus writers have unleashed the first program that infects 64-bit Windows files, antivirus firm Symantec said Monday.
The virus, dubbed W64.Shruggle by Symantec, seems mainly to be an experiment to test the concept of a 64-bit infecter and is not actively spread, said Alfred Huger, senior director of security ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Some say Win XP SP2 enhancements cause conflicts, don't protect as claimed.
Security experts and vendors this week welcomed the introduction of Windows Firewall, part of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), as a valuable way of protecting PCs. But while the firewall is an improvement, it falls short of the ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
There's a handy guide over at PC Stats which outlines about 99 ways to speed up your Windows installation. While some of them are elementary, quite a few listed are adjustments that probably wouldn't come to the forefront for many out there.
The guide covers the following areas:
* Preparing Your System
* ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
There are many, many programs for cleaning out temporary files and other junk that Windows lets build up on the hard drive. Sometimes though, you just want to do things like this yourself. It seems simple enough to open the temp folder and delete everything in it, until you actually ...
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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 ...
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