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April Fools Day Preparation – You MUST Act Today!

March 31st, 2009 By pelokee

UPDATE - This website offers a test of your system to verify whether or not you are susceptible to Conficker. It's simple - if you see all six pictures, you are golden. If not, well, you may have some cleanup to do. Alas, tomorrow is the big joke day. It is also a big day of concern for IT folks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home PC, News, Technology Tagged With: april fools day, confiker, free security, protect from confiker, secure my pc, virus

FTC Stimulus Scam Alert / Avoid Job Offer Scams

March 31st, 2009 By pelokee

I get no less than ten e-mails a day about jobs. Granted, I do independent contracting and have my credentials posted at most of the major sites, but with the current state of unemployment, I have to imagine a lot of people have their resume's out there. I do know for a fact that scammers are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: avoid online scams, ftc alert scam

Pelokee Acquired by The Appia Group – Our Domain Name Has Changed

March 23rd, 2009 By pelokee

Pelokee has been migrated from WordPress.com to a hosted WordPress.org account owned and operated by The Appia Group. The Appia Group provides support and services primarily to home and small business users which is in the spirit of the content historically published to Pelokee. WordPress.org … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: new pelokee site

AVG Antivirus Free 8.5 Released

March 20th, 2009 By pelokee

A new version of the popular AVG Free antivirus was recently released. Version 8.5 build 283 hit the market this month and is now available for download. I think the major improvements to AVG 8.5 are personal identity protection elements that are not part of the free version. So for us cheapskates, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: FREE Stuff, Home PC, News, Reviews, Technology Tagged With: AVG 8.5, AVG Antivirus Free 8.5 Released, AVG Free, AVG review, free antivirus, Windows 7, windows 7 antivirus

March Madness has started!

March 19th, 2009 By pelokee

March Madness is underway! Watch Games Now! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: FREE Stuff, News Tagged With: march madness, ncaa tourney, watch free, watch march madness

Trojan Horse Generic 10.OOY – Identified by AVG Free

March 4th, 2009 By pelokee

I was importing a Gmail email account into my local MS Live Mail client and AVG promptly identified a threat known as, "Trojan Horse Generic 10.OOY". I didn't have much luck with a Google search of the threat name, so I went about my own merry way of getting to the bottom of it. I was able to track … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home PC, News Tagged With: AVG virus, Trojan Horse Generic 10.OOY

Heur.Pck.MEW (UPDATE)- Comodo Internet Security Updated Today

February 26th, 2009 By pelokee

Comodo released an update today. Per their release notes, the areas addressed are as follows: Comodo Internet Security - Release Notes Version 3.8.65951.477 : 26th Feb, 2009 FIXED! Applications do not run when CIS is installed in Vista 64 FIXED! BSOD in Windows XP 64 when NWLink protocol is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: FREE Stuff, Home PC, News, Technology Tagged With: comodo 3.8.65951.477, comodo false positive fixed, comodo update, Heur.Pck.MEW, Heur.Pck.MEW update

Watch an Incredible Re-creation of the US Airways Hudson River Landing

February 24th, 2009 By pelokee

Scene Systems (http://www.scenesystems.com/) prepared a fantastic animated recreation of the U.S. Airways Flight 1549 landing. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: flight 1549 landing, Hudon River Landing, plane emergency landing, US Airways 1549 landing, US Airways landing

Heur.Pck.MEW – Comodo False Positive!

February 21st, 2009 By pelokee

UPDATE: 2/26/09 - Comodo released an update today that has fixed the issue that I was experiencing. Details here! ------------------------------------------------------------ UPDATE: I have heard back from Comodo tech support and they are aware of the issue and are investigating it: Hi, Thanks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3.8.64739.471, CIS 3.8.64739.471, CIS alert, Comodo 3.8.64739.471, comodo alert, comodo false positive, comodo glary virus, Fix, Heur.Pck.MEW

GoToMyPC – Discounts on the monthly fee!

February 5th, 2009 By pelokee

I absolutely love GoToMyPC. I have been searching for a RELIABLE method for connecting to remote systems and GoToMyPC is in my experience the best. I installed it on a laptop that I sent to France and once the guys over there turned it on and got it on the network, I used it for 30 days and never … [Read more...]

Filed Under: FREE Stuff, Home PC, News, Technology Tagged With: GoToMyPC coupon, GoToMyPC discount, half off, save money

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