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“Free” antivirus software packages
6 November 2008The word “free” is always dicey when you talk about computer software. Usually, free software is a loss-leader for the software company, and such software often comes bundled with stuff which tries to separate you from your money later on. And, in the worst cases, this “stuff” is spyware, which spies on you, [...]
LogMeIn: good stuff
3 December 2007Thought I’d give a shout-out to the makers of LogMeIn (http://logmein.com), who have come up with a useful free version of a product which turns out to be more handy than my previous option (a combination of DynDNS, VNC, and fiddling with routers). Â In the span of 3 months, I went from not using [...]
Malicious website advertisements: new trends
19 November 2007A client of mine ran into an odd event last week: the computer seemed to be infected either with a virus or with an anti-virus program which wouldn’t shut up.
After looking at it a bit, I had to shut down the web browser, and though I couldn’t find any malware, I made sure her workspace [...]