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January 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletin
Microsoft has the habit of releasing security patches on one Tuesday each month.
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Computer Virus Effect Remover
Computer Virus Effect Remover is a helpful software program for the Windows operating system that helps you deal with the aftereffects of an infection with a vi
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Windows Registry Protection
Update: Registry Prot is no longer available.
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Hard Drive Data Retrieval
Update: Disk Investigator has not been updated in recent time.
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Google's Browser Security Handbook
Google has publicly released a Browser Security Handbook on Google Code.
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Private Browsing Not So Private After All
The last year or so has been filled with announcements about private browsing, a new option implemented in modern web browsers to improve the privacy of users t
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Ghacks Christmas Giveaway: ESET NOD32 Antivirus
Today is the last day of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway.
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Network Security Software Bothunter
Bot networks are still a huge threat on the Internet.
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Encrypting USB Devices Data With True Crypt
If you do not want to end like British government officials who lose USB devices with unencrypted data in front of pubs you might want to consider encrypting th
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Effective Secure Cookie Management
How would an effective and secure cookie management look like? Most users would probably answer that it would make use of whitelists, blacklists and temporary c
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ePassports Make Terrorist Dreams Come True
Did you notice that many governments who are very keen of introducing new electronic means of identification have virtually no idea of what they are actually in
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Computer Virus Protection Quttera
Quttera is not your usual computer virus protection program.
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Web of Trust: collaborative online security
Most systems which warn of unsafe websites, like OpenDNS and Google, work in mysterious, non-transparent ways and websites are often deemed as unsafe for reason
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New Google Mail Security Vulnerability Emerges
News about domain hijackings came to light in the last weeks.
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PayPal Mobile Security Keys
VeriSign sent me a free PayPal Security Key after I mentioned that an unauthorized payment was done from my PayPal account.
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US Military Bans Removable Media To Stop Computer Worm
The online edition of the computer magazine Wired has published an article three days ago about a ban of removable media by the US Military to stop a computer w
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My Encrypted Tunnel
My Encrypted Tunnel is a basic System Tray application that can be installed as a Windows Service to establish and maintain TCP SSH tunnels.
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Ask The Readers: Recommended Security Software
We have been writing about great free software programs for more than three years now here at Ghacks and it is finally time to create a list of programs that we
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus KAVRemover
Is it a good or a bad sign if a company starts to create specific uninstallers for their software programs to remove them complete from computer systems they ha
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Used Hard Drives Still Haven For Identify Theft
Sellers are currently offering 3807 used hard drives on eBay.
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Of Cracks, Hacks And Jailbreaks
What a day.
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Hacking Horror Story…
Joe’s post today was about the importance of backing up your blog, and it’s something which I now realize can never be tak
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Another USB Stick With Important Data Lost In The UK
Living in the United Kingdom has one major downside which became apparent recently.
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True Crypt 6.1 Released
One of the very first articles that was published here at Ghacks was an article about securing a computer with True Crypt.
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Identify And Analyze Malicious Webpages
Update: Malzilla hs not been updated since 2008 which indicates that the project has been abandoned by its developers.
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Apple Might Be Watching You
What is good customer service? Customers would usually state that good customer service means fast and effective solutions for difficulties with a product of a
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Secure your files: An introduction to GnuPG
GnuPG allows you to encrypt data so only the intended recipient, with a key and a password, can decrypt it.
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Firephorm - the anti-phorm Firefox extension
We have covered Phorm before here on Ghacks.
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Right To Search Laptops To Be Limited On US Borders
The right of US border guards to search the laptops will be limited today according to a news post on the Internet news site Vnunet (article no longer available
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Adobe Flash Player Clickjacking Vulnerability
Dante send me a link to an interesting article that describes the latest Adobe Flash Player vulnerability.
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Comodo Secure Email
Although every user on the Internet is using email to communicate, only few encrypt emails or use digital certificates for authentication and verification purpo
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Time To Look For A Skype Alternative
The voice over IP client Skype never got off of the radar of privacy activists.
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The Brits Surely Know How To Spread Confidential Data
Living in the United Kingdom surely has its bright sides: you got the IT Crowd, Cider and James Bond.
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One Password Management Software To Rule Them All
Choosing secure passwords is important to protect the user accounts from being accessed by unauthorized users.
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PeerGuardian Error Contacting URL
PeerGuardian is an IP (Internet Protocol) blocker for Windows which is highly popular in the file sharing community but also with security and privacy intereste
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Which Programs Should I Run To Scan A Computer For Malicious Software?
The amount of security applications for end users has reached a point where the choice is starting to confuse users more than it is helping.
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The iPhone Home Button Is A Security Risk
Now that makes for an interesting opening.
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Windows Security Updates September 2008
Microsoft has released four Microsoft Security Bulletins for September 2008.
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Encrypt USB Drives
Putting an encrypted partition on an USB drive can be a great way to enhance the safety of data.
