Nice to see some predictions come true. From my own blog here in 2009- With today’s news of Snow Leopard including some sort of anti-spyware/malware (i doubt antivirus.) I decided I should compile a list of my favorite mac holes for the macholes that seem to say there aren’t any. The culture will shift once [...]
A few people over the last few years have asked me why spiceworks doesnt show ads when I show them my interface. The hosts file from MVPS.org will block spiceworks ads. I don’t recommend doing this in order to block their ads. It is how they make money to build the product. If you use [...]
Watching the TLC show Extreme Couponing immediately leaves a computer nerd with a skeptical feeling. Coupons today are driven by an incredible data mining corporate machine, it is hard to understand the $/hour cost of couponing and selling your soul vs getting a job. A little googling shows the illegal status of bar code fraud [...]
Content filtering firewall was my problem. I run an untangle firewall, shut the components down, ran the patches, worked fine. All of this functioned correctly while still running the windows firewall and MS Security Essentials for AV.
I forgot to publish this from Mexico after my birthday when it hit the press. One guy in Russia named Kirllos owns 1 in 300 facebook accounts and has them for sale. A close source today tells me he has a lead on a guy who is selling more accounts than that, and cheaper than [...]
If you are setting up an Untangle firewall and want to use it at your house or business but might not know common ports to allow, here is a list. I have things a bit tighter at work but at the house I like to have instant messengers etc working. Skype TCP ports 13861, 34954, [...]
Yup, people ask me if they need it, I’m saying get it now. Time to provide the antivirus vendors with a little cash to develop your AV just before you need it more. Which is later this week to next year.
Well Virginia went and lost their prescription drug data. 8.2million people worth of records are being held ransom by some idiot who I’m guessing is young, American and maybe drunk. Here is the link to wikileaks who broke the story. Maybe this will be the new tax needed to make companies/govt agencies provide resources to [...]
Firefox ad blocker – Adblock plus – easy install. Works well. Google Chrome ad blocker -Adsweep.org – follow the instructions, it will only take a minute or two to copy and paste what you need. IE – download and run IE8, turn on the “in private” browsing thinger. For all 3 – download and install [...]
Antivirus boot cds are the easiest way to clean a virus. Download an .iso, burn it to a cd with a tool like iso recorder which is free thanks to Alex Feinman, the brilliant author. The magic of an antivirus boot cd comes from booting off a device other than your hard drive. If a [...]