Category Archives: Security

THIS is why you don’t leave your Wi-Fi open

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Nerd

I’ve said this for years.  It finally happened.  Man leaves Wi-Fi open, allowing a pedophile to use his internet to download images.  This prompted an FBI raid on the man’s house, and leaving the man a whole lot of explaining … Continue reading →

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Facebook Security: Bit Defender SafeGo

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Nerd

Facebook security is really hard to achieve with their constant changes in policy and design.  Facebook has become a place for malware and other malicious code to hang out – tempting you by “Click here to see what really happened…” … Continue reading →

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New Copywright Law says it’s OK to Jailbreak!

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Nerd

The US Library of Congress has declared that jailbreaking a phone is legal!  Read more about it here. http://www.neowin.net/news/us-government-makes-jailbreaking-unlocking-and-ripping-dvds-legal?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+neowin-main+%28Neowin+Main+News%29

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Check Facebook Privacy Settings: ReclaimPrivacy.org

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Nerd

Due to recent privacy concerns, it’s a good idea to ensure that you are keeping your Facebook account secure, and private!  Facebook has done a decent job at making this task a rather difficult job – spreading privacy settings across … Continue reading →

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New – Alerts for Facebook Account Login

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Nerd

With Facebook privacy being a concern these days, it was nice of the Facebook folks enabling this new feature.  To enable notifications, go to Account, Account Settings, Account Security, and enable alerts – checking SMS if you wish to receive … Continue reading →

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McAfee killing XP Machines

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Nerd

I’ve never been a big fan of McAfee, and this is just icing on the cake…  Seems that due to a recent update, McAfee is killing svchost.exe – a common Windows XP process.  This causes the machine to reboot constantly. … Continue reading →

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AVG Rescue CD – Clean virus from infected PC

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Nerd

Have you somehow got yourself a virus on your PC?  It can be rather difficult sometimes to remove a virus from an infected computer.  The easiest way is to do it outside of Windows.  AVG has a bootable utility that … Continue reading →

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