Posts Tagged ‘internet security’

Advance notification from Microsoft security dept

It seems that Microsoft will be releasing on Tuesday 14 10:00 am PDT a few security fixes to resolve some issues going around during the month of July. This is what Jerry Bryant has posted on The Microsoft Security Response Center

Advance Notification for the July 2009 Security Bulletin Release
Our Advance Notification was published today [...]

For Mac User: Mac Threat Alert

I know this blog is intended for Windows users but if you happen to have a Mac user friend please share this alert and tell him or her about this threat.
Mac Threat Alert
Know anyone that’s a Mac User?
Then let them know that malware researchers have discovered what appears to be the first Mac OSX botnet, [...]

Security Updates for Adobe 9 and Adobe Reader

Adobe has issued a security advisory because it found a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader 9, Adobe 9 and earlier Adobe versions. The critical security problem can cause the program to crash and make your system vulnerable to attackers.

So what do next? Go to http://get.adobe.com/reader/ and download the latest update to protect your computer from [...]

Alert! Facebook Spam around

A new Facebook spam is rising like a rocket in the Facebook community, this is threat notifies users that has violate Facebook Terms of Service which includes a link to an application “facebook closing down“. Once the user install this application it it spams the user friend with the same message.
Note: This is not a [...]

Faster and easier Internet Explorer 8

Well at least that is what Microsoft claims about the new Internet Explorer 8 version and who knows maybe it’s true I have to give a test drive and see how it works. In the meantime  I will tell you what this new version offers.
Internet Explorer 8 Features:

Accelerators – This could benefit dial-up connections
Increased Performance
Improve [...]

Get free PC Tools Internet Security License Key

Good news for those who doesn’t have a good Anti virus software installed in their computers because PC Tools Internet Security is offering a 1yr license key free for everyone.

PC Tools Internet Security 2009 features are:

PC Tools Internet Security Suite offers powerful anti-spyware, anti-virus, firewall and spam protection in one application.
Detects, removes and blocks all [...]

MSN Messenger Virus Cleaner

Did you know your computer can get infected with a virus via MSN chat? yep that’s right and if your kid likes to chat a lot I’m very sure your computer will become infected sooner or later. So to prepare you first of all you have to make sure your computer has an antivirus software [...]

Protect your Kids Online with Windows Vista!

Protecting our kids online is getting harder and harder, with to many chats, and social networks it is difficult to keep track of our children’s. The problem with social networking is that young kids tend to leave to much information, and that it’s a problem. We have heard cases of missing child’s because of this, [...]