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The Ultimate Guide To Passwords – What You Need To Know

August 1, 2011 By

Passwords – What Everyone and Your Mother Needs to Know About Passwords

Passwords were once something most people only heard used in maybe movies, nearly a kind of science fiction.

Furthermore, just 5-10 years ago, many people might have only one password to deal with in their lives. Things have changed drastically. Nowadays, you may need passwords for your computer, several credit cards, email addresses, your bank account, and countless websites or social networks.
Do you remember your password

Not only that, but what defines an acceptable password has changed drastically in the few years since we started to use them.

What I would have recommended to you with confidence 3-4 years ago, would be a terrible idea in today’s environment. Only the most complex password recommendations from a few years ago still stand today. Chances are you need to change some of your passwords even if you think you chose good ones for them a few years ago. I know I personally have had to change mine.

What you need to know about choosing passwords (and tell your mother too):

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Patch Tuesday July 2011

July 15, 2011 By

What you need to know about this July’s Microsoft updates.

This month has a very important update for laptop users in particular. There have been some other interesting things happening over the last month as well. Also, I am very late with the Patch Tuesday post this month, I have a very good excuse that I’ll tell you about.

First, Patch Tuesday’s updates. [Read more...]

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Patch Tuesday June 2011

June 15, 2011 By

Yep, it’s time for Microsoft’s official monthly release of updates and patches to protect your computer from malware.

However, there are some updates that may be more important than the Windows update. Adobe also released updates to several products and as these updates are needed to stop some current malware on the internet infecting computers, I’ll be covering those first. But wait! There’s still more to cover this month too!

Let’s look at what Adobe has for us first. [Read more...]

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Patch Tuesday May 2011 – More For Mac Than Windows

May 10, 2011 By

Well, it’s another Microsoft Patch Tuesday but lately there seems to be more happening involving malware for Mac users to worry about.

First Microsoft’s monthly update. [Read more...]

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Patch Tuesday April 2011

April 13, 2011 By

For Patch Tuesday April 2011 Microsoft seems to be making another record breaking attempt at releasing a large number of patches.

Also, there is yet another Adobe Flash exploit out that is already in use (a 0-day exploit). First, the Microsoft updates:

Window Update

This is what Window Update looks like in the start menu

This month Microsoft has 17 bulletins covering 64 vulnerabilites.

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Important! Browser Updates For Everyone March 2011

March 24, 2011 By

Important updates for Windows operating systems and for browsers on all computers this week of March 2011.

First, you need to make sure your browser has been updated no matter what type of computer you use!

If your computer runs Windows, Microsoft has released an out of band emergency update. It is possible that other operating systems may have updates also. No matter what, you should also make sure your browser is updated. Mozilla after releasing Firefox 4 also released updates for the older versions of Firefox. Google has updated Chrome automatically also.

Again, make sure your browser is updated and if you have a Windows computer, make sure it has updated! To make sure Windows is updated run Windows Update from the Start Menu. You only need to make sure there are no critical updates. This update was released late Wednesday.

Why all this fuss about updating? It may be an international incident. It may have to do with an attempt by a government to spy on people. Keep reading and I’ll try to explain what happened. [Read more...]

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Patch Tuesday March 2011

March 10, 2011 By

It’s that time of month again – time to update your computer, that is.

What does Microsoft have for Patch Tuesday March 2011?

Compared to some of the last few patches, this month’s release of fixes by Microsoft is fairly small. Just 3-4 updates for XP with a few more in Windows 7. For those running Windows 7 there may be an extra surprise in the updates this month. [Read more...]

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Patch Tuesday February 2011

February 8, 2011 By

Lots of updates this Patch Tuesday and not just from Microsoft!

It’s Microsoft’s monthly patch release day already. I got caught off guard a bit thinking it would be next week, but no, it was today.

Microsoft, Adobe, and Firefox all have important updates released today.

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5 Steps To Fixing Your Hacked Email Account

January 21, 2011 By

How to regain control (and security) of your hacked email account.

Are you thinking your email account has been hacked?

Perhaps some of your contacts are complaining that you are sending emails with spammy links. Maybe you keep getting logged out of your account with a message that you are logged in on another computer. These are some things that I have had happen to several people I know recently.

You use your email for a lot of other important accounts.

You may use it to log into your bank account. You use it to create almost any social media account like Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. Once someone gets control of your email address, they can find out what accounts it is used for and then request new passwords for them. Worse, many people use the same password for many of their accounts. You also probably have a lot of personal information in those emails that could really mess up things for you. Your email account is important and needs to be secure.

How can you make sure no one has hacked your email account and it is safe?

Here are 5 steps to securing your email account after it’s been hacked.

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Patch Tuesday January 2011

January 11, 2011 By

It’s the first Microsoft Patch Tuesday for 2011!

Yippee!

Actually, this first batch of updates is not too big. Just a few updates. What worries me a bit more is about what Microsoft didn’t patch this Patch Tuesday. Also, Microsoft is not the only one with updates lately. [Read more...]

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