We recently introduced you to Toolwiz TimeFreeze, which provides an on-demand type virtual environment in which to safely install, run and test software. Trustware’s BufferZone Pro provides similar functionality except on a permanent basis – and despite including “Pro” in the name it is free. […]
BufferZone Pro: Yet another virtual environment software Read More »
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DCT Giveaway: WinPatrol Plus *Lifetime* Read More »
For a period of time yesterday (Tues 2/14/12) Microsoft’s security products, Forefront and Microsoft Security Essentials, reported that www.google.com was infected with the Blacole.BW exploit for users browsing with Internet Explorer. It appears as though the definition updates Microsoft released alongside the other Patch Tuesday
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In terms of computer technology, web standards and software advances, 2011 has certainly been a year to remember. All year it has been a matter of ‘what’s going to happen next week’ never mind ‘next year’. Now, as 2011 draws to an end, I’ve been
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When it comes to computers I’m not much into aesthetics, it’s more about practicalities and productivity for me. I’ve never installed 3rd party screensavers, never even used a screensaver. My desktop background has been an ancient static image until I started using Windows 7, and
Beautiful animated wallpapers – safe and free Read More »
I’m not suggesting you stop drinking coffee – I would never deprive anyone of that life giving nectar! Heck, It’s a known fact that 95% of the tech world runs on Coffee (the other 5% substitutes alternate caffeinated beverages). What I am suggesting is that
You should junk your Java! Read More »
We all share our personal information online daily with multiple parties. Many of us, unwisely, also use the same login information for multiple sites. While most of us pay particular attention to security we have little control over the sites we contact and the practices
Hacked, Cracked, Phished, or Pwned? Read More »
I’ve accumulated a fair few bootable utilities over time; tools to help identify and clean malware from non-bootable systems, diagnostics tools, drive wipers, etc – I’ve also dabbled with various Linux distros. In the past I’ve always burned the downloaded ISO file to CD/DVD and
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There have been a lot of comments over the past couple of weeks lambasting Microsoft for supposedly introducing an element into Windows 8 which is said to prevent users from dual or multi booting different operating systems, and Linux in particular. It is astounding how
Will Windows 8 prevent dual booting with Linux? Read More »
Almost one month ago, the official distribution site for the Linux kernel was shut down following a serious malware incident. The people behind the Linux kernel discovered malware on the PC of at least one kernel maintainer, as well as on the kernel.org servers themselves.
Linux Kernel – now back online Read More »
