Archive for the ‘Security’ Category
Microsoft Security Essentials 2. 0 Beta Goes Public Now
Written by Kent on July 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Security, Tools | Tags: anti-malware, anti-spyware, anti-virus, Microsoft Security Essentials, MSEWe love Microsoft Security Essentials, and we think it is a great anti-malware product from the software giant with no cost related. It's absolutely free and lightly runs in the ...
A Security Checklist for Windows 7
Written by Kent on June 7th, 2010 | Posted in Security | Tags: action center, checklist, firewall, Security, UACWindows 7 has introduced quite a few new features that helps you fight with all kinds of threats from all kinds of sources. To help you use and understand these ...
How To Temporary Turn Off AVG 9 on Windows 7
Written by Jonathan on May 23rd, 2010 | Posted in How to, Security | Tags: anti-spyware, anti-virus, AVGAVG 9 Free Edition is a great free Anti-Virus and Anti Spyware for your Windows 7. The only thing I don’t like with AVG is that it will prompt you ...
17 Years isn’t old ! But … if it’s a bug YOU Might Want to Take Caution
Written by Jonathan on January 21st, 2010 | Posted in Security | Tags: bug, SecurityYea, the bug we are talking about is of course not a real “bug”. But imagine a security exploit lives for that long in the Windows Kernel and for ...
Microsoft Released A Out-of-Band Security Update for IE
Written by Kent on January 21st, 2010 | Posted in Security | Tags: IE, SecurityMicrosoft finally released this security update to fix the vulnerability in IE that was used to attack Google and other 33 companies last week. This security ...
IE Plays A Big Rule in Chinese Attacks on Google [update]
Written by Kent on January 20th, 2010 | Posted in Security | Tags: IE, SecurityMicrosoft has issued a Security Advisory (979352) last week to respond the hacking attacks on Google and other 33 big corporations. Now its Security Response Center has more landscape on ...
IE Plays A Big Rule in Chinese Attacks on Google
Written by Kent on January 15th, 2010 | Posted in General, Security | Tags: IE, SecurityOne of the biggest things happened this week was the highly-organized hacking attack on Google, Adobe, and among other 33 big firms. And IE seems to be playing a big ...
Official Virus Scanning Recommendations for Windows 7 from Microsoft
Written by Kent on December 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Security | Tags: anti-virusMost of the anti-virus software out there, if not all of them, have the setting that allows you to exclude some of the folders or files from scanning. In some ...
BitLocker in Question, But Don’t Worry, It’s Still A Foolproof Way of Protecting Sensitive Data
Written by Kent on December 12th, 2009 | Posted in Security | Tags: bitlocker, SecurityPassware, a software firm that provides password recovery, decryption, and evidence discovery software for computer forensics, has updated its flagship application to support breaking Microsoft’s BitLocker hard drive encryption, according ...
Updating Microsoft Security Essentials without Using Windows Update [Tips]
Written by Kent on November 27th, 2009 | Posted in Security, Tips & Tricks | Tags: MSE, Security EssentialsMicrosoft Security Essentials is the latest anti-virus and anti-spyware software developed by Microsoft. It’s a pretty good and reliable product that has been adopted widely by the community since ...
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