All Posts Tagged With: "Security"
Virus Warning! Don't Open Emails Entitled "You've received a greeting from a family member!"
I just received an email entitled “You’ve received a greeting from a family member!” which contained a virus. I was suspicious from the outset, but given that it is almost Christmas I opened it with my virus scanner running at maximum, just in case it was from a friend.
I’m just putting a warning out [...]
Xbox360 Will Never Support DivX According to Major Nelson
Major Nelson of Xbox Live fame, who is also a Microsoft employee, recently stated that the Xbox360 will never support DivX. And the reason why? Because DivX is primarily used to “backup” DVDs and Microsoft don’t want to get involved in this contentious area.
If this is the official view from Microsoft it’s complete [...]
Thousands Sign-Up For Self-Destruct SMSs In A Couple Of Days
The self-destruct sms service launched by Staellium over the weekend is proving to be popular with thousands of people subscribing so far. I find this very impressive considering that each message costs 50p and a user has to sign-up for a minimum of ten messages.
To use the service a small application has to be [...]
Pimpmyip.com - Browse Through Firewalls And Browse Privately
Most proxy sites don’t have easy to remember names. If you find remembering the url of a proxy site too hard to do then check out Pimpmyip.com. which not only has a catchy title, but is also well laid out and easy to use.
Proxy sites are great for browsing blocked sites both at work [...]
10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP
Update: If you are using Windows Vista then check out 10 Simple Ways To SpeedUp Windows Vista. If are feeling more adventurous I have also posted 10 Intermediate Ways To Speed Up Windows and also More Ways to Speed Up Windows XP
I’ve just finished setting up a new PC for a friend and I [...]
3Dec2005 | Everton | 132 comments | Continued
Security Advice For Beginners - Don't Run A Firewall
One of my partners has put together a fairly comprehensive Beginners Guide To Securing A PC. However, Martin has one piece of advice which I don't personally think is a good tip for beginners. He argues that a software firewall gives a false sense of security, as trojans and worms can still exploit other vulnerabilities.
Although, [...]
When Is Spyware Not Spyware?
TWI has written an interesting piece about Anti-Spyware service providers such as ZoneLabs being sued by ‘legitimate’ companies for treating their programs and services as spyware. TWI asks what I think is a very interesting question:
If a business model is based on hiding pieces of software in users’ computers, to delivers advertisements and track [...]
Gmail Adds Anti-Virus Tool….Not In The UK Though
fosfor gadgets reports that in the US Gmail has added an anti-virus scanner. Unfortunately this isn't available in the UK, because I think the UK service is running on a different server because of the all troubles surrounding the gmail.co.uk domain.
Hopefully the UK will catchup soon.
SETI@home Hacked By Aliens!
Well it hasn’t happened yet, but The Guardian Unlimited reports that particle physicist Richard Carrigan has warned that ET and his buddies could use SETI@home to infect Earth’s computers with malicious code.
If ET is out there I’m sure he’s got better things to do with his time like getting his spaceship kitted out with [...]
Browse The Net Freely At Work And At School - Use A Proxy
The corporate firewall at my workplace is very draconian. I remember frantically trying to find a Sony logo before I had to give a presentation to Sony on network gaming, but having to give up as all Sony sites were blocked because they had links to Sony Playstations.
I used to get around this by [...]
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