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Microsoft Windows Explorer Maltreated???!!

In a twist of fate that had one of the leading computer virus developers has mistakenly quarantined components of Microsoft Windows Explorer recognizing it as malware. The company spokesman of Kaspersky labs has released a statement that the problem lasted for only two hours and was quickly corrected once it was detected. Explorer is the [...]

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Social Security to go High Tech

Even the Social Security has begun to beef up security in the area of its disability and claims checks. The government announced that it is undergoing implementation of the use of debit cards instead of the standard checks that are mailed out monthly due to several incidents of people using other people’s checks and claiming [...]

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Firewalls (Part 1)

Firewalls are software that prevents intrusion of certain information from entering your computer. A personal firewall protects you from suspicious access from outside such as hacking cases and filtering of addresses that prevents information from sites you block from getting in and bugging you. The name was given for as with a physical firewall, which [...]

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Cookies with no Milk (Part 3)

Ever wonder how your user name and passwords are entered automatically as you go to a site, cookies too, and what about those pop up messages that keep bugging you about something you just searched for, them too. All of these pesky and annoying stuff just because of them, in a never ending battle for [...]

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Cookies with no Milk (Part 2)

The problem is in their nasty ability to record everything you do and then send the information they gather to other people. If you are using windows, set the security settings to medium and you’d be amazed to see just how much of these cookies run as you jump from site to site. Another problem [...]

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Cookies with no Milk (Part 1)

The security risks of cookies are quite hard to fathom but for most of us who simply know them as the type you dunk in milk, loaded with chocolate chips, they really pose a big threat. They have been around for a long time and have allowed internet companies to gather personal information from us [...]

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The Dangers of FTP Services (Part 3)

Access to such information can give them access to the whole system compromising most if not all the information that is stored within, say customer files, employee records and more. FTP can be easily secured between systems for the only benefit is that it allows the transfer of files that are too large to email [...]

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The Dangers of FTP Services (Part 2)

Any user who wants to intercept a file being sent needs no special tools to open and read the file straight off the wire so to speak. Next, it is not subject to the exclusion and rights management of most operating systems which simply means it gets used anyway however strong the security of your [...]

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Web Security for the Whole Family (Part 2)

To make the home computer safe for all to use, get all of those who need and want to use the computer their own personal account for which they would be responsible for. Say one for you and your wife and others for your children. Give them their rules and regulations as to when and [...]

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Web Security for the Whole Family (Part 1)

The internet is truly a dangerous place however innocent the intent may be. From your financial records and shopping preferences to your children’s browsing, they should all be treated with respect and supervision whenever possible. The internet has gone a long way and many of the previously deemed as dangerous sites have been restricted to [...]

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