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Microsoft Patch Tuesday September 2010 And An Adobe Warning

September 15, 2010 By

Yesterday was Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Yep, I’m late. Maybe more important than this month’s Patch Tuesday may be Adobe’s warning.

While a couple of the patches this month are for exploits that are currently being used, they don’t seem to be aimed at the typical home user. One of the currently active exploits does target the printing system in Windows and this is at the top of the list in importance. This may affect you if you share a printer on your network.

The other Microsoft updates are a bit [Read more...]

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Facebook Farm Town Malware Ads

April 12, 2010 By

Just a quick warning.

A popular Facebook app game, Farm Town may be serving malware ads.

While not to be confused with Farmville, Farm Town which has over 9 million players, has been getting reports of malware ads from players.

If you ever get a pop-up claiming you are infected with a virus and need to download some anti-virus program – Don’t.

While the recommendation given on the article on Sophos is to close the ad, I recommend you do not. My advice is: [Read more...]

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The Most Important Step To Keeping Malware Off Your Computer

March 19, 2010 By

What is the most important thing you can do to keep malware off your computer?

It’s not using a popular antivirus. It’s not avoiding bad websites. It’s not unplugging your computer from the internet. Although these will help, they are not the first thing you need to think about in order to keep malware viruses and spyware off your computer. Not to mention, unplugging your computer from the internet is kind of inconvenient.

So, where should you start? [Read more...]

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