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Blackworm. Only a few days left

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

On this Friday, February 3rd, Blackworm, an extremely dangerous and rapidly spreading Internet parasite will delete millions of various documents, databases, images and archives stored on hundreds of thousands of computers around the globe. It is not a joke. Blackworm is real, and over 300,000 machines are already infected with it.
The worm, which is also […]

New exploit compromises fully patched Windows machines

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

It seems that 2005 will not end up without another major parasite outbreak. Thanks to the latest Windows exploit. A few days ago, on December 26, a totally new threat was discovered. The WMF exploit, that’s how it was called, penetrates into the system through a serious security flaw found in essential Microsoft Windows component. […]

Beware of malicious e-greetings and fraudulent seasonal e-mails

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

A time period between December and early January is traditionally the most suitable for getting spyware or virus infection. As the holiday season draws closer, Internet users begin greeting one another, and various marketing companies as well as small merchants intensify their advertising campaigns. There is nothing wrong in such a flurry, but yearly statistics […]

The importance of EULA

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

With the advent of very first stable enough releases of Windows operating system, the installation of various programs have reached nearly the most basic level ever. The necessity of editing numerous configuration files, altering system settings or installing specific memory drivers in order to properly setup a favorite text editor or computer game have irreversibly […]

Scrapers

Tuesday, September 6th, 2005

Content theft is a big problem in internet space. Sometimes its impossible to maintain original content, search engines doesn’t know who is the author of the one or another article if the same content is published in various websites. We DO NOT ALLOW others to publish our content without our consent. If we will find […]

Is software providing your security is safe?

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

This article deals with dangers the software programs ensuring your security are exposed to. These are your media encryption programs.
Let’s assume you have purchased media encryption software, encrypted all your files and having an easy quiet night sleep since the idea of yours is that the information on your PC is safe. Actually that’s not […]

Avoiding keystroke capture

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

Keyloggers are one of the most dangerous spyware parasites. Activity of these usually small malicious programs is really catastrophic. Although keyloggers do not destroy the operating system or installed software and don’t corrupt files, they steal the most valuable user information, including all the passwords, login names, everything written in priceless documents, every letter in […]

Avoiding spyware infections

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

Even today, when spyware threat becomes more and more frightening, most computer users simply do not know how to avoid spyware infections. The web is filled with different anti-spyware sites, Internet privacy resources and various security centers. There are many spyware removal applications that can be purchased online. However, the Internet lacks information and tips […]

What you need to know about Internet pornography

Wednesday, August 10th, 2005

An old proverb says that forbidden fruit is the sweetest. It is in the people’s nature. Facile and ordinary things do not bring as much delight as something completely new, mysterious and hardly reachable can offer. People always strived for forbidden pleasure. However, it never was so easy to take than now. The Internet is […]

What you need to know about warez

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

Everyone knows that a computer without software is just a useless pile of metal. Needless to say that software must be purchased as any other product. The time when a personal computer was an expensive pipe-dream has passed irreversibly. Today equipping the system with all necessary programs costs much more than a PC itself. Naturally […]





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