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...]
March Madness has started!
March Madness is underway! Watch Games Now! … [Read more...]
Trojan Horse Generic 10.OOY – Identified by AVG Free
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...]
Heur.Pck.MEW (UPDATE)- Comodo Internet Security Updated Today
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...]
Free Antivirus Application Roundup
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...]
Watch an Incredible Re-creation of the US Airways Hudson River Landing
Scene Systems (http://www.scenesystems.com/) prepared a fantastic animated recreation of the U.S. Airways Flight 1549 landing. … [Read more...]
Testing Your Firewall For Outbound Connections, and Why You Should Do It
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...]
Heur.Pck.MEW – Comodo False Positive!
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...]
REVIEW: AusLogics Disk Defrag
(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...]
GoToMyPC – Discounts on the monthly fee!
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...]
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