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You Could Lose Everything

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

I’m not bullshitting you. If you don’t protect your PC you could easily lose all your work, software and whatever you got. I see this over and over. People say “well I don’t surf sites where you can get a virus” and that is bullshit. You would be surprised if you knew which sites are using nasty software. Here’s a short list of what I’m using to keep people away from my PC so they don’t steal my money on my credit card, use it for DoS attacks, ect.

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Movie Download Service Facing Lawsuit

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

Some of you might remember how I warned you about the piece of “software” named MoviePass recently. Now it looks like various people have had it with those kind of service who only scam people and fuck them over so they have to reinstall everything on their PCs.

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Firefox 2.0

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

If you’re waiting for Firefox 2.0 then you’ll have to wait a week or 2 longer than you might have expected in the first place.

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Update Your Windows XP or 2000 NOW!

Friday, August 11th, 2006

This is important so please pay attention. You have to update your PC if you’re running Windows XP or 2000.

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Warning: MoviePass

Friday, August 11th, 2006

This one is nasty. I know some of you guys already installed this in the past or even recently and it can/will make your life on the internet a living hell. It’s called MoviePass and some places you might see it mentioned as “moviepass.tv” and “MediaPipe”. Please read this and understand that this is to protect you from malicious programs.

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200 Million Firefox

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

Firefox has now been downloaded 200 million times and is also taking bigger bites of the markets from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. And why am I bringing this up?

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Wether You Like It Or Not

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

 

Just a small note in case you haven’t heard. Microsoft will make sure you get Internet Explorer 7 when it’s ready. Wether you like it or not.

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Firefox Going Strong

Monday, July 17th, 2006

Firefox

I have often talked about security on the internet and it makes me very happy to see the browser, Firefox, is doing better than ever. It’s a great browser with lots of great features.

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Phishing Security

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

Phishing is getting a bigger and bigger problem. Many people don’t know exactly what it is but many have tried to get scammed and lost lots of money. I’ve made a few security tips you might be able to use.

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No More Windows Support

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Windows 98 support ends 

July 11th is the last day where over 70 million Windows users running Windows 98, Windows 98 Special Edition and Windows Millennium Edition can get security updates.

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Microsoft Security Update (june)

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

If you haven’t downloaded Microsoft’s security update yet you really should consider doing so. The update addresses a vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows 2003, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, Powerpoint and Word and other things.

You will also find an update to Microsoft Windows Defender if you use their update page to revise the definition files used to detect spyware and other potentially unwanted software.

Security Update

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Internet Explorer 7

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

Just a quick note to those who are tired of IE6 and the many security problems that piece of software came with. Internet Explorer 7 is out in a Beta 2 version and Microsoft claim it’s more secure.

Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2

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