I’m sure you guys have ran across this or at least heard of it. Malware disguising itself as an anti-malware program and asking for money to fix your computer. Here’s a picture of the most realistic one yet.
Posts Tagged ‘Security’
LastPass
Posted: March 9, 2010 in SecurityTags: LastPass, password, passwords, Security, tip, web, web 2.0, web apps
I’m always saying use good passwords. Use upper and lower case letters and numbers. I do all of this but one has to have an algorithm to remember ones passwords. The problem is in order to use the password algorithm it has to be easy. Something you can do in your head. My algorithm is [...]
An Oldy But Goody
Posted: October 28, 2009 in SecurityTags: mal-ware, Security, Security Now, Steve Gibson, tip, virus
I am re-posting the this because it is a very good lesson. You can’t be sure about the security of your computer once it’s been infected! It does not matter what anti-virus or spy-ware program you have. Here’s Leo Laporte and security expert Steve Gibson on Security Now.
It is well known that no one should be running there computer logged in as an administrator. When you run as administrator you are running a risk of getting infected with something (virus [viri], spyware, others). When you run as a admin (Short for administrator) anything that can access your user-account has the same privileges [...]
It is well known that no one should be running there computer logged in as an administrator. When you run as administrator you are running a risk of getting infected with something (virus [viri], spyware, others). When you run as a admin (Short for administrator) anything that can access your user-account has the same privileges [...]
It is confirmed! What I said about WPA was correct. If you use a very strong password when using WPA-TKIP you are safe from everyone but the most determined hacker. They would have to really want to get in your network pretty bad to set in front of your house for days and may weeks [...]
Security Now on Sandboxie
Posted: December 4, 2008 in SecurityTags: sandbox, Sandboxie, Security, Security Now, Software
I’ve previously posted about Sandboxie. I use and think it works well but I don’t know why or how. Here is an intire Security Now podcast about this free program.
I have actually been incorrect! There has been a problem with WPA wireless encryption. I was misinformed! There is a problem with the variety of WPA called WPA-TKIP. It still would take great effort and time to crack it if the password was good but to be on the safeside change your settings to WPA2-AES. [...]
Truecrypt is a free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux. I installed and used it on thumbdrive and then a partition of a harddrive. It was easy to setup and use. It worked flawlessly! True would be a excellent solution for those who need to carry confidential information on [...]
