Minimum Security Precautions for New Internet Users
So you just got a new PC and, I know, you can hardly wait to put it through its paces; see what it can do, and hopefully just burn up the Internet. Before you begin however, there are some fundamental...
View ArticleCheck Software Vulnerabilities – Free Secunia Software Inspector v1.0 Released
If you are a security conscious computer user you are, most likely, generally well armed when it comes to ensuring your system is not open to compromise, or exploitation, by malware in the wild. It is...
View ArticleShocking – 98% of Computers are Insecure
Recently, both I, and fellow Blogger Rick Robinette, over at What’s On My PC, have written on Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI), a free application that ensures all installed applications on...
View ArticleGetting a New Computer for Christmas? – Essential Security Precautions
So you just might get a new PC for Christmas – if you’ve been good this year! Before you test drive this new machine though, there are some fundamental precautions you need to take before you connect...
View ArticleNew Internet User? Security Precautions You Must Take
So you just got a new PC and, I know, you can hardly wait to put it through its paces; see what it can do, and hopefully just burn up the Internet. Before you begin however, there are some fundamental...
View ArticleIE7 Vulnerability Now Being Exploited
A number of Internet security providers, including McAfee, Trend Micro, and F-Secure are reporting that exploit code for the Internet Explorer 7 vulnerability, patched by Microsoft last week, is now...
View ArticleSecunia PSI – Checks for Software Vulnerabilities
Not all of us, it seems, make use of Microsoft’s Windows Update so that we are current with operating system critical updates, and security fixes. More to the point, few of us have given consideration...
View ArticleSenior Computer User? Internet Security Precautions You Need To Know
According to the U.S. Census Bureau 40% of of people 65 and older have a computer at home. Of this total, approximately 25% of these individuals are connected to the Internet. If anything, I’m sure...
View ArticlePlay Russian Roulette – Don’t Update Your Applications
I’m a games player, and I bet you are too. But unlike most computer users, I do not play games with my computer’s security. I don’t play games where the odds are stacked against me, and neither should...
View ArticleANOTHER Firefox Patch – Update Now!
Mozilla likes to advertise Firefox as “The faster, more secure, and fully customizable way to surf the web”. Obviously, Mozilla doesn’t subscribe to the principle of truth in advertising. In the first...
View ArticleFundamental Security Precautions for Older Adult Computer Users
If you are an older computer user, you have lots of company. According to the U.S. Census Bureau 40% of people 65 and older, have a computer at home. Of this total, approximately 25% of these...
View ArticleInternet Security Tips for Seniors
According to the U.S. Census Bureau 40% of of people 65 and older have a computer at home. Of this total, approximately 25% of these individuals are connected to the Internet. If anything, I’m sure...
View ArticleSecunia Personal Software Inspector – Insurance Against Vulnerabilities
Secunia PSI – Checks for Software Vulnerabilities A recent article on IE 6 and the inherent dangers involved in running such an outdated Browser, supports the view that not all of us make use of...
View ArticleEssential Security Precautions for Your New Christmas PC
You’ve been pretty good this year, (haven’t you?), so you just might get a new PC for Christmas But, before you test drive this new machine, there are some fundamental precautions you need to take...
View ArticleIf You Get A Malware Infection Who’s Fault Is It Really?
The security industry, especially security analysts, and for that matter, computer users at large, love to dump on Microsoft when they get a malware infection. If only Microsoft got their act together,...
View ArticleHow Secure Are Your Software Applications – Not Very, It Seems
Most of us, I expect, are familiar with the expression – If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail. If you accept the findings of Veracode’s second edition of their State of Software Security Volume...
View ArticlePlanning On A New Christmas Computer? Security Precautions To Consider
We are now officially in the “Holiday Season”, so along with those visions of sugar plum fairies dancing in your head, you just might have visions of a super hot, quad core beast, that you can rip the...
View ArticleSecunia PSI Updated – Version 2.0 Released
Secunia has just released (December 20, 2010), Version 2.0 of their award winning vulnerability and patch scanning free application – Secunia PSI. As important as it is, that you secure your computer...
View ArticleNot Running Secunia PSI? Why Not?
Despite the fact that burglaries are at an all-time high in my neighborhood, and despite the fact that the Police regularly caution residents to lock both windows and doors when not at home, one of my...
View ArticleSecurity Precautions For Your New Christmas PC
We are now officially in the “Holiday Season”, (the “Christmas Season”, to we traditionalists), so along with those visions of sugar plum fairies dancing in your head, you just might have visions of a...
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