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When Bit.ly Bites Back – Avoiding Bit.ly Malware Links

March 3, 2010

Just about everyone uses Twitter (or one of it’s clones) these days and that number is increasing exponentially everyday.  Since services like Twitter limit each message to 140 characters, shortening URL’s that sometimes are at least 140 characters is an absolute necessity.
Let’s take a look at an example.  The url below is 111 characters.  That’s [...]

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Malvertising on the Rise: How you can Protect your PC’s

March 2, 2010
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Just in case ya didn’t know Malvertising is the #1 way to get infected due to the numerous security holes found in:
Adobe Reader (acrobat)
Adobe Flash Player
Sun’s Java
Those are the top 3 applications being exploited right now.   You may be wondering how you got infected with a fake anti-virus program (for example) without ever clicking [...]

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Common Questions and Answers for the Past 3 Months

February 26, 2010
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In an effort to save some typing (since I suck at it)  I thought I’d answer a few questions.
So what’s your favorite anti-virus right now?
That’s really a 2 part answer.  Microsoft Security Essentials for PC’s with Dual Cores (and above) with at least 1 GB of RAM.  Avira AntiVir for PC’s with slower processors and [...]

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Theme Changing Today

February 24, 2010
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FYI – I’m changing the theme today and it will NOT be final for about 2 weeks.  The new theme gives me a lot of flexibility and will drastically decrease load time and bandwidth consumption.

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Avira 10 beta runs on…

February 23, 2010
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BTW the Avira 10 beta only runs on 32-bit systems right now.

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New Features in Avira’s AntiVir 10 (so far)

February 23, 2010
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Hey guys, check out the new features in Avira’s AntiVir 10 beta.  It’s looking pretty good so far, I hope they keep the RAM utilization to where it is right now:

Avira AntiVir ProActiv
Starting with Version 10, we integrated the new behavior-based detection technology. Read more details under “Avira AntiVir ProActiv”.
Improved User Interface
We have [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-22

February 22, 2010
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don’t call me white #
yippeee…no clients tomorrow…party time #
more sweetness from nofx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE190Dt95Hs #

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Only A Little RAM? Use Avira.

February 21, 2010

I get this question almost daily -
“What Antivirus should I use if I only have 512 MB of RAM?”
Use Avira Anti-Vir.  It’s got one of the best detection rates out there and runs really well on older PC’s with RAM in the 512 – 1000 MB range.

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Twitter Updates for 2010-02-21

February 21, 2010

mmmm…boneless hotwings while I paint my "man cave". #
dear lord…Shanti Wintergate is soooooo hot. #
I've never used twitter sober….it's a drunk tool for sure…. #
ijustine is hawt too…of course…i'm sure the twitter would knows… #
anyway…back to whatever… #
hard to believe I was in the same class with the guy who invented twitter….i'm such a loser…. [...]

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