Posts Tagged ‘ spyware ’

Isn’t it Ironic? Mac OS X Virus arrives

October 27, 2010
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A sesimic shift in the PC word has just happened: A Mac OS X virus is here, coming in the form of a Java script off of social media. The irony? as I was removing a virus off a “real” PC this morning, my client indicated they might buy a Mac, so they...

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We Infect Our Computers Ourselves

October 5, 2010
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Didn’t bookmark it, but a few weeks back, I saw an article that said greater than 50% of computer infections were no user imposed. What does that mean exactly? It means the people who write and manage software are doing a pretty good job of staying ahead of the hacker crowd, but,we the users,...

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Tuesday Tech Tips

August 11, 2009
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It’s not a good idea to go out “unprotected computing” these days. Like just about everything else mankind has invented, there are good uses (nuclear power – Lighting up a city) and bad uses (nuclear power again – Blowing up a city). The bad uses aren’t even to the users behind the...

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Tuesday Tech Tips

July 21, 2009
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Topic for the day:  The bad guys and the battle for your processor time. Slow computer?  Not uncommon these days.  There are many causes, some just because the software you are using is overcoming the capabilites of the computer you have, but more often than not, unless you just decided to become a big time...

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