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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

Free Antivirus Application Roundup

February 24th, 2009 By pelokee

With so many free AntiVirus applications available today, it has become a difficult task to determine which one is "the best". Designating one over another as the best is further complicated because AV needs vary from user to user. For example, industry best practices state that you should never run … [Read more...]

Filed Under: FREE Stuff, Reviews, Technology Tagged With: antivirus, avast!, AVG antivirus, clamwin, comodo, free antivirus, free AV, free comcast antivirus, Free Tools, mcafee free, what is the best free antivirus application

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

Testing Your Firewall For Outbound Connections, and Why You Should Do It

February 23rd, 2009 By pelokee

As part of my ongoing paranoia that my PC's are compromised, I found a free simple little utility to help test the mettle of my current software firewall of choice (Comodo Internet Security). Steve Gibson (GRC.COM) is a well known and respected source of data and security information and he has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: FREE Stuff, Home PC, Reviews, Technology Tagged With: firewall leak test, Firewall test, free test, LeakTest, test my firewall

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

REVIEW: AusLogics Disk Defrag

February 10th, 2009 By pelokee

(click the picture above to download) Its not that I don't believe when Vista tells me the it is routinely defragmenting my hard disk drive, but I am a visual person and have grown up watching the defrag process occur before my eyes. I found a free utility, AusLogics Disk Defrag that gives you a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: FREE Stuff, Home PC, Reviews, Technology Tagged With: aulogics defrag, defrag, free disk defragmenter, Vista defrag, visual defrag for vista

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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