The firewall in Windows 7 is a solid software firewall. It is by far not as advanced as third party firewalls but it does a good job at protecting a computer system running Windows 7. The functionality of the firewall has been improved ever since Microsoft starting shipping Windows XP versions with the software firewall. [...]
PayPal Login
PayPal is a widely used financial service that allows people from all over the world to transfer money to other PayPal users by simply specifying an email address the money should be send to. It has become even more popular in recent years with the eBay tie-in which practically made PayPal the preferred payment method [...]
Elevator.exe In Winamp Folder
After dabbling around with several music players in Windows 7 I finally decided to stick with AIMP2. The uninstallation of Winamp turned out to be interesting. The uninstaller noted that not all files in the Winamp folder could be deleted during installation. A quick check revealed that the folder contained the files elevator.exe, elevatorps.dll and [...]
Facebook Phishing Scam In The Wild
Offering a popular website or web service is not always a blessing. This especially becomes apparent when you have to deal with security related issues like phishing attacks. Facebook is without doubt one of the most popular sites on the Internet these days and it therefor comes unsurprisingly that the service is regularly attacked.
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Double Anti-Spy Professional Review And Giveaway
The anti-spyware niche and the security software niche in general are crowded with lots of companies competing with their software programs for market share. It is difficulty to get a foothold in that market even with a good product as other factors than the product’s effectiveness play a role in the market. Double Anti-Spy Professional [...]
SafeOnline Protects PCs Even If They Are Infected
I have been working for one of the biggest financial organizations in Germany. One of our jobs was to deal with customers who had fallen pray to phishing and other malicious attacks. The attacks in the beginning were not sophisticated at all including emails with errors, no personal information and even some from other organizations [...]
BitLocker To Go Reader
Bitlocker is a data encryption technology that Microsoft implemented into Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. The latest version of Bitlocker, which is only available for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users, adds the function to encrypt removable storage devices with Bitlocker. This could however be problematic in situations [...]
