Oct 13, 2009 | Adobe, Microsoft, security, Vista, WinXP
Your computer should restart tonight after installing this month’s critical updates for Windows and Office. It’s a particularly large batch of updates and some of them are for the kind of vulnerabilities that the bad guys will quickly be attempting to exploit. Adobe...
Oct 12, 2009 | bruceb, computers, security, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
I’m happy to announce a new service available to anyone looking for some help maintaining a Windows XP or Vista PC – office users, home users, my clients, your parents, anyone who could use a hand, anywhere. My colleague Mike Cook of MC Solutions and I will tune up...
Sep 30, 2009 | security, spam
Desperation leads to scams. Here’s one that turned up today after an investigation by my loyal staff. The “Google Biz Kit” has been around for a while, promising money for working at home. Other names turn up sometimes – “Google Money Market,” “Google Home...
Sep 29, 2009 | Microsoft, security, software
Microsoft Security Essentials, free antivirus and anti-malware security software from Microsoft, is now available from the MSE web site. Click here for the Microsoft press release, or click here for more information about Microsoft Security Essentials.If you want to...
Sep 22, 2009 | Microsoft, security, software, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Microsoft will soon release Microsoft Security Essentials, free antivirus and anti-malware software for computers running Windows 7, Vista, or Windows XP. It is simple to install, effective, requires no attention, and uses almost no system resources. It is completely...
Sep 2, 2009 | Internet, security, web_services
There are already too many passwords in your life, but you’ve got to sigh and get over it. You’re going to have to pick better passwords and you’re going to have to remember them. The next generation of devices and web services, arriving within the next six months,...
