March 2008
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By Giedrius on March 28, 2008
This will be a short review of some of the leading anti-spyware solutions. Mostly the talk will be about good or bad things and things they should improve. Nor will I touch some of subjects that might be important for some of the users. So, what constitutes good spyware remover? In my opinion, the most [...]
Posted in Reviews | Tagged review, spywareremovers |
By Giedrius on March 17, 2008
SpyMaxx is a new, desperate wave of fake spyware removal tools that try to upkeep legitimate software image. This branch of them is marketed by pandora software, and includes such scams like WinlFixer And Infestop. The websites look appearently normal, the payment is processed by their parent company… One has to wonder why there is [...]
Posted in Security | Tagged pandora software, spymaxx, spyware |
By Giedrius on March 14, 2008
Spyware sweeper is a legitimate spyware remover and quite good one too. This was not unnoticed by scammers and they released a rogue skinned similarly to spyware sweeper – SpywareSweeperPro. It was released in the hopes that the users would believe that SpywareSweeperPro is an advanced version of legitimate remover. Of couse, nothing is advanced [...]
Posted in Security | Tagged rogue, spyware, spywaresweeperpro |
By Giedrius on March 11, 2008
1. Upgrade software you use. Stop using IE 5.5, 6. Get IE7 fast! FireFox or Opera are even better. Older software has more known exploits and is less than safe, as some versions are already not supported anymore. Don’t risk. That’s one of the most important steps for safe browsing. 2. Keep your windows updated. [...]
Posted in Security |
By Giedrius on March 7, 2008
I am using mywot for couple of days, and I would say I kind of like it, though its not something unexpected. Sure, I am happy, that most of sites belonging to firms I work with do well. My main concern was that community-driven opinions might be incorrect regards some of the product vendors due to [...]
Posted in Reviews | Tagged mywot, Security |
By Giedrius on March 5, 2008
WOT (Web of trust) is firefox add-on for voting on security of sites and getting warnings. It was recommended in one blog, and I wanted to give it a try. The idea of the software is quite nice, a community based votes on sites and warning system. The single fear is that it might happen [...]
Posted in Reviews | Tagged firefox, mywot, Security |
By Giedrius on March 3, 2008
Today took time to upgrade wordpress to version 2.3.3. It was not seamless process, as somehow new tables were not created and thus lost all the categories. Had to re-create missing tables by hand and same goes for categories. At the moment everything is working, but will have to check the logs later on.
Posted in General | Tagged wordpress |
By Giedrius on March 3, 2008
Although Facebook.com is not popular in Lithuania, there are still Lithuanians that use it. Not many, though, but even I got an account and couple of friends there. So, whats the problem…. Recently I got an email to another box that friend is looking for me on facebook. The name is even Lithuanian, however… I [...]
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