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Encrypting email in Claws Mail
YACMA (Yet Another Claws Mail Article).
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Recover Computer System After Malware Infection
Update: The program IClean has last been updated in 2007.
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Password Recovery Questions Make Online Accounts Vulnerable
Password recovery questions are great to recover a forgotten password in a matter of seconds.
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Secure your Google account with your mobile phone number
A Google account offers access to numerous popular and often times important services.
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Download Microsoft Security Essentials
You might have been one of the lucky ones who were able to download the beta of Microsoft antivirus software program Security Essentials.
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Antivirus Software Microsoft Security Essentials Tested
Microsoft has released a public beta of their new antivirus software Security Essentials a few days ago.
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Adobe Fixes Critical Shockwave Vulnerability
Adobe has issues a security patch for the Adobe Shockwave software program that fixes one vulnerability that has been rated critical by Adobe Software.
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Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Now Available
Microsoft has made available a public beta version of their new free antivirus software program Microsoft Security Essentials which was formerly known as Morro.
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KlamAV: Outstanding KDE front-end for Linux anti-virus
You don't usually here that phrase spoken "Linux anti-virus".
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MSN Live Messenger Antivirus Script WLM Safe
Update: Windows Live Messenger has been discontinued by Microsoft and replaced with Skype.
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Microsoft Security Essentials Leaks
Microsoft's own product testing guidelines seem at the same time the major problem why so many Microsoft products leak to the Internet.
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Computer Security Myth: Defeating Keyloggers With Onscreen Keyboards
I recently read a few articles that gave readers the tip to use onscreen keyboards to defeat keyloggers installed on the computer system.
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The Most Dangerous Web Search Terms
Which search terms would make it on the list if you would have to compile a list of the ten most dangerous web search terms? Most users would probably add searc
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Recursively encrypt directories with gpgdir
Recently I wrote an article about Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG.
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Laptop Theft Recovery Software Prey
Prey is a program and service for desktop and mobile operating systems that enables you to keep track of the devices the software runs on.
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Linux tips: Encrypting and decrypting files from command line with gpg
Are you paranoid? Are you afraid that someone is going to get ahold of data they sholdn't have? I am.
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What You Should Do After Buying A New Computer System
Dante send me a link to another "malware found on purchased laptop" story.
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About Relevant Knowledge
Relevant Knowledge came to my attention for the first time when Transcontinental mentioned that the latest version of the popular software updater SUMO containe
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Anti KeyLogger Tester
Anti-KeyLogger Tester is a free program for devices that run Microsoft's Windows operating system to test the PC's anti-keylogging protection.
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How to wipe a dedicated server before you stop renting it
System administrators may not have physical access to dedicated servers, especially when it comes to hosting websites on the Internet using servers.
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Rootkit Detection Software Codewalker
Most computer users may have heard about rootkits for the first time when the Sony BMG rootkit scandal exploded in the news.
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Internet Privacy: Start Panic Tells You Where You Have Been
Start Panic is a free online service designed to highlight privacy issues in browsers by detecting sites visited in the past.
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AVG Antivirus Linkscanner
Update: AVG Linkscanner is no longer available.
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Anti Virus Software Removal Tools Overview
Uninstalling anti virus software on a computer system is sometimes not a trivial task as security software tends to add components deep into the system to provi
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UK. Sensitive Information. Need We Say More?
The massive increase in data collection throughout the world has not led to responsible data storage laws.
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Home Video Surveillance System Utilizing Webcams
Ugolog is a free and commercial online service that turns any webcam installed in your home into a basic home video surveillance system.
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Test Possible Conficker Infection In Your Web Browser
Conficker Eye Chart is a free page on the Internet that helps you determine whether a PC is infected with a variant of the Conficker worm.
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Conficker Worm Detection And Removal
By now you might have heard about the latest worm that is plaguing Internet users world wide.
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Analyse Software In A Remote Secure Environment
Several remote services are available on the Internet that let you analyze submitted software programs or files for malicious content.
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Adobe Flash Security Scan
While Adobe Flash offers many exciting possibilities to web developers and users alike, it also introduces several additional security risks to computer systems.
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Norton Security Scan
It is usually not a good idea to operate more than one security software of the same kind on a computer system.
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Enable Bitlocker On Unsupported Hardware
Bitlocker is an additional software component that got first distributed with Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate and Enterprise, and with professional versions of
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Internet Advertising: Opt-Out Of Behavioral Targeting
There are many forms of Internet advertising that you encounter while you are browsing the Internet.
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Antivirus Firewall Software Leak Test
How good is your antivirus program or firewall? It is hard to tell as a end user.
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Increase USB Security With USB Cop
The Autorun feature is a big security risk on the Windows operating system.
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Kaspersky Application Vulnerability Analysis
We usually do not cover commercial software here at Ghacks.
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Microsoft February Security Updates
Microsoft has released a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer 7 and 8 that fixes several critical vulnerabilities in the web browser.
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Another Story From The Land Where Everything Is Possible
The favorite country of many for funny tech stories has to be the United Kingdom in recent time.
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Fport Maps Ports To Applications
Fport is a portable command line utility that will report all open TCP and UDP ports to the user.
