May 21, 2008
Let’s say you are sitting around your local StarBuck$ interneting on their Wi-Fi on your shiny new overpriced Alienware laptop. You have had three or four coffees and you are eye-balling the bathroom something fierce. You notice some sketchy looking dudes around you. What do you do to secure your precious lappy? Do you shutdown [...]
May 15, 2008
OK you have your top antivirus program to keep your system files virus-free and a firewall software to block hackers from connecting to your computer. You think that’s enough? Think again. Both a firewall and an anti-virus protect your PC from known malware they can identify. But what about programs that look completely normal but [...]
May 12, 2008
Last time we asked for your favorite Antivirus software. About 40% (nearly 300 votes) of voters have choosen AVG FREE Antivirus. Another great finding was that 3 out of top 4 choices were free ones. Today we want to run a similar poll and find out what’s your favorite firewall software. Or whether you have [...]
April 30, 2008
Think you are safe on the internet because you use Firefox? Think again. With the market share of Firefox increasing daily – more malware and virus authors (and websites) are exploiting this browser to spread their wares. Fortunately, the open nature of Firefox typically makes fixes come shortly after a vulnerability is discovered, and also [...]
April 29, 2008
It’s one of the mysteries of the internet that I have never been able to get my head around – why anyone would want to pay through the nose for anti-virus software when there are perfectly good free alternatives out there. For the past five years, I have been using AVG from Grisoft and I [...]
April 28, 2008
It’s time for another poll. Today we are asking you to vote on your favorite antivirus program. Actually the goal is to find out what is the most popular free antivirus program among MUO users. So please vote ! If you don’t have a favorite antivirus program and you’re using the one that came with [...]
April 24, 2008
During my day to day Admin duties I get a lot of people pulling me over to the side to ask me “home networking” or “personal” questions. A normal one I get quite frequently is “how can I find out the IP address of a device on my network?” or “What is my TiVo’s IP?” [...]
April 21, 2008
What is OpenID? According to OpenID.net: OpenID is a free and easy way to use a single digital identity across the Internet. With one OpenID you can login to all your favorite websites and forget about online paperwork! Wow, that sure sounds great. OpenID is a great idea. One place to login! Imagine not having [...]
April 8, 2008
Everyone has certain files that s/he would rather keep private, especially guys. One of the ways to do that is to make such files hidden and bury them deep in the system files. The problem with such approach is that it’s not really conveninet if you need to access those files on a regular basis. [...]
March 6, 2008
About two years ago I gave up trying to memorize all of my online accounts. I used a “three tier” password system for a while – with a low security, medium security, and high security password for the majority of my accounts. However, this still did not leave me at ease – knowing that if [...]
