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		<title>AOL Email Hacking Epidemic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Email hackings where someone gains unauthorized access to one&#8217;s email account and then send spam to the whole contact list has been going on for about 2 years now. While other email providers evidently took action to curb this tendency AOL seems to be lagging behind.In the last few months all the cases that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PCMatic: Is it as great as they advertise it on TV?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got two inquiries about this software in the last few days. They must have a tremendous ad campaign! I&#8217;ve looked into this and this is what I&#8217;ve found: I would not recommend it. I found some &#8220;red flag&#8221; (warning signs) with this product: - Dishonest marketing practices: - The free trial doesn&#8217;t do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Windows Recovery&#8221; / &#8220;System Restore&#8221; Scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last week or so we saw this new scam emerging. It&#8217;s the same old fake antivirus/fake security/fake tune-up kind of scam with a little bit different look and mode of operation. The last case was particularly nasty and took a while to remove.One thing that was odd about this one was that when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Removing Mysterious Infections</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our recent cases of infected computers show that more and more of them use hidden components to escape from detection. These hidden components are called Rootkits. A Rootkit enables the attacker to have privileged access to your computer which he/she can use to control your computer or load more unwanted software. Conventional anti-viruses are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Conventional Virus Protection &#8211; Without Antivirus!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malicious Software (Malware) makers and Antivirus software makers are &#8220;playing&#8221; a cat-and-mouse game at the expense of the computer users. Malware keeps getting past the defenses of the Antivirus software, no matter which brand one uses. Antivirus makers make a handsome living from this arrangement. The main victim is the computer user whose computer is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chain Letters About Virus Threats</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last couple of days I got two copies of a chain letter about a supposedly very dangerous virus for two completely different source. However, the content matched word-by-word. I&#8217;ve seen this and many other ones circulating and so far they all proved to be false alarms. Let me first include the above mentioned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AVG 2011, Upgrade or Not</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AVG 2011 was released around end of September, beginning of October 2010. It looks like they switched to a different numbering system. The previous version of AVG was AVG 9.0 &#8211; this one is equivalent of version 10.0. Many users of AVG 9.0 got a notification to upgrade to this one and I&#8217;ve been asked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Backup: What&#8217;s really getting backed up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online backup is a great invention. It can save you a lot of grief in case of a hard drive crash, stolen laptop, etc. However there are some drawbacks and limitation that I think it&#8217;s important to know about so that you don&#8217;t get a bad surprise. Speed First thing to know about online backups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Type of Scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last couple of weeks I got some questions about strange phone calls people received. It turned out that it&#8217;s a new type of scam that just getting started. Here&#8217;s how the scam seems to work: - Mr. X gets called by someone with very heavy accent (people told me that they usually had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Sure that the System Restore Works</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, let me tell in nutshell what System Restore is (I&#8217;ll just abbreviate is as SR from now on). It&#8217;s a function that all Windows versions have starting from Windows XP (XP, Vista, Windows 7), and what it does is it makes &#8220;snapshots&#8221; of the state of the operating system. In Vista, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dissecting an Email Scam #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 22:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I did an analysis on an email scam that came my way. Today I got one forwarded to me. I printed this out and annotated to show the little red flags that were the indications that it was a scam, not a legitimate email. This particular scam was masquerading as a note [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Programs Are Vital to Be Kept Updated</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 20:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the recent waves of fake antivirus infections we dug deeper and found out what are the common loopholes that the malicious software peddlers utilize. I&#8217;ve included some of this information in other articles but though that it&#8217;d be worthwhile to summarize what are the important things to keep updated on your computer. By far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes on Switching From Internet Explorer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 18:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been advocating people switch from Internet Explorer to more secure browsers such as Firefox or Google Chrome. There are some questions that came up in regards to this which I&#8217;d like to address. The most common misconception people has is that whenever another browser is installed they will not be able to use Internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Email Hackings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past month or two I&#8217;ve seen an increase in email hackings. A few groups seems to be mainly effected: - Those who use Yahoo email services (emails ending in @yahoo.com, @sbcglobal.net, @att.net, etc) - Those who use MSN email services (emails ending in @msn.com, @hotmail.com). - Those who use AOL email services(emails ending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do Fake Antiviruses Spread?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have seen quite a bit of the fake antiviruses in the last month of so. Fake AV was a relatively unusual occurrence until lately.  Then it took off like a rocket. The most likely reason is that it&#8217;s a very profitable scam. And because of that, unfortunately, it&#8217;s highly likely that it&#8217;s going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HP DV9000 &#8211; A Possible Lemon?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I had the 4th HP DV9000 laptop in my shop with a hardware failure. This is within about 2 months! So far this is the highest incidence of hardware failure in a single computer model that I&#8217;ve seen. Here&#8217;s how this laptop looks: Sleek looking. And it works nice until it crashes (usually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updates: What To Do With Them?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are common questions that people have: - What to do with these update notifications I&#8217;m getting? - Should I install them, or ignore them? - Will it mess up my computer? While I can&#8217;t give you an all inclusive answer to this but I can give you some guidelines. First of all what are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recognizing Fake Antivirus Websites</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I had the &#8220;luck&#8221; of running into a cleverly crafted website which could have easily infected my computer if I hadn&#8217;t been knowledgeable enough to know what to do. I took screen shots of this event because I believe this provides data to analyze the methods of these malicious attacks and how to equip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Really Need Office 2007?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people, including myself, find Office 2007 not to their liking. I especially dislike the user interface changes they made with Word 2007. However, for some time Office 2007 is the only thing that you can get in the stores, or online. And on top of these, Office 2007 has come with a whole new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch out! Internet Explorer 8 Is Now Part Of Windows&#8217; Automatic Updates!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today (April 29, 2009) I have noticed during running the updates on two Windows XP machines that the automatic updates tried to download and install Internet Explorer 8. I&#8217;ve opted out on both computers. Why? The reason I don&#8217;t recommend installing Internet Explorer 8 just yet is because it has just grown out out the [...]]]></description>
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