Initially, when your computer is new and you have a fresh Windows 7 installation, Windows Update works perfectly. You see no errors, everything is set to automatic and you need not lift a finger. Then, as you actually use your PC for awhile and utilize its capabilities, one day you see the error messages. Windows [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

I have seen several reports on the Internet that users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 have troubles playing Flash videos, Java apples, games and other contents powered by plugins such as Java or Adobe Flash. The reports have emerged after the release of the IE9 Release Candidate and it seems that they are linked to [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

Sometimes when you visit websites in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer you may be prompted to install an ActiveX Control to use some functionality on the site. It is usually described in the appearing prompt. ActiveX Controls are little add-on programs for Internet Explorer that add capabilities to the browser. Many ActiveX Controls add plugin-like features to [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

Trend Micro have published another excellent article on their malware blog entitled A Tangled Web … of Malware. It describes how hackers use popular media websites to spread malware and how their methods become more sophisticated by each passing week. The one published on the Trend Micro blog is interesting because of two aspects. The [...]

Categories: Hacking, Security, The Web