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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...

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Check 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...

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Shocking – 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...

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Getting 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...

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New 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...

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IE7 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...

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Secunia 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...

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Senior 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...

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Play 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...

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ANOTHER 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...

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Fundamental 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...

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Internet 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...

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Secunia 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...

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Essential 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...

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If 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,...

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How 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...

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Planning 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...

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Secunia 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...

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Not 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...

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Security 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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