More On MS Anti=Spyware
I’ve downloaded the beta of Microsoft’s anti-spyware and had a play with it. My initial reaction is favourable. It’s small, light and appears to work although the 3 ‘threats’ it found were only...
View ArticleDead USB port
So, in building the broadband access machine I’ve found a gift computer (twice as powerful as anything else I owned) that was ‘not working’. After loading XP onto and futzing with it for a while, I...
View ArticleDan’s Adware Adventure
Earlier I wrote about how a Microsoft employee admitted some malware burrowed so deep into Windows the only way to remove the spyware from the computer it was to nuke it from orbit. Now Dan of Dan’s...
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Wrestling with CA Internet Security Suite
I’ve used Vet, the old Aussie favourite, for anti-virus on my primary PC for several years. After the initial investment it’s been A$39.95 per year, so it’s (I guess) reasonably cheap. It also meets my...
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FoxIt Reader’s false eBay icon
OK. This is a worry. I found it on my Start Menu (for All Users) and also on my Desktop. As you can see, it’s got an eBay icon, and the name eBay, but it points to somewhere very different:...
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