Category Archives: security

Hello, I’m calling from Microsoft …

Posted on December 9, 2011 by admin

“Hello, I’m calling from the Microsoft Anti-virus team. We have detected that your computer is infected with a virus.” Continue reading →

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10 security problems you might not realize you have

Posted on October 15, 2011 by admin

It’s easy to get distracted by high profile security threats and let more subtle — but equally destructive — risks fall through the cracks. Continue reading →

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Create Strong Passwords

Posted on October 15, 2011 by admin

Strong passwords are important protections to help you have safer online transactions. Keys to password strength: length and complexity An ideal password is long and has letters, punctuation, symbols, and numbers. • Whenever possible, use eight characters or more. • … Continue reading →

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How does your anti-virus measure up?

Posted on February 17, 2011 by admin

I recently received the Virus Bulletin Reactive And Proactive (RAP) test results and thought I’d share them with you. Virus Bulletin measures antivirus products’ reactive and proactive detection abilities against the most recent malware that has emerged around the world. … Continue reading →

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IE9 and Privacy: Introducing Tracking Protection

Posted on December 8, 2010 by admin

Microsoft has revealed that Internet Explorer 9 will include features to combat the tracking of online user behaviour by web sites, following the endorsement of some form of ‘Do Not Track’ mechanism by the US Federal Trade Commission. An excerpt … Continue reading →

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