Category Archives: net admin
Microsoft Security Essentials version 2.0 is out
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) version 2.0 is out of Beta after about 4 months. It is a big upgrade and it is free to folks with a legitimate copy of Windows 7, Vista or Windows XP. Micr......
Anti-virus is a Poor Substitute for Common Sense — Krebs on Security
via Anti-virus is a Poor Substitute for Common Sense — Krebs on Security.
I have seen this for years.
Symantec and McAfee offer different opinions but then they make billions of dollars while no......
A Guide to Facebook’s New, Simpler Privacy Controls
Facebook simplified privacy this week.
Last week I ran the bookmarklet from http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/facebook to fix my privacy settings. When I ran it again today it showed that Facebook ......
OpenDNS Basic free for better home network security
OpenDNS is one of the more innovative solutions that I’ve seen for Internet security. It is a solution that fits home Internet use. OpenDNS provides your family with an extra layer of In......
Do not leave your Wifi unsecured
You changed the administrative password for your WiFi router, right?
Everyone knows the factory default password so it doesn’t take a hacker to get it and lock you out of your own router. ......
Is Firefox version 3.6.3 causing Gmail problems?
I hesitated before updating when version 3.6.3 of Firefox was available because the LogMeIn addin was not compatible. After a few days I figured since I didn’t use LogMeIn much I wouldn&#......
google spreadsheet export failed – Google Search
google spreadsheet export failed – Google Search.
Now this is a speed bump in the road to Cloud computing. Google fails to export your spreadsheets to any format except maybe HTML.
The fo......
Google’s Authentication Code Stolen in Attacks – Passwords – Lifehacker
Everyone should have heard by now about the Chinese hacking Google. Among the hackers’ targets was the source code for Google users’ logins (Gmail, Docs, etc.). That enables the ha......
Upgrading your FIOS router’s wireless security to WPA2
Verizon configures their wireless routers with WEP by default. WEP is incredibly easy to crack. Networking or security skills are not really needed. A simple Google search sets would be hacke......
Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Windows 7 Feature Focus: Backup and Restore
For folks with Windows 7 Paul Thurrott’s article on using the much improved built-in Backup features of Windows 7.
Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Windows 7 Feature Focus: Bac......
