Malware

Another speaker at the MVP Summit last week was Ray Ozzie. He spoke to us about how MVPs are vital to the company. He stated “Who do you listen to if you’ve got a scale issue? You listen to the people who care about what you’re building the most, people who have a stake in [...]

On Friday, I received an email from Microsoft… asking me to be a Staff member for TechEd 2008. I am so far beyond excited and humbled by this, I can’t even explain. This is a huge honor. TechEd is one of the largest IT conventions in the World afaik. To even attend it would be [...]

I am so excited. I registered today for the 2008 MVP Summit!! I will be in Seattle from April 13th through the 18th or so. I will get to spend time with MVP friends I’ve met over the years, and am also going out to dinner with Chris and Ponzi while I”m there.
I had [...]

There are dangers everywhere online. Far too many people don’t take the threats seriously. They feel that simply not opening attachments or keeping away from adult websites is all it takes to keep your computer safe. That is absolutely false. The most harmless looking sites can and do install what is known as “drive-by” Malware. [...]

This has gotten out of hand. First, we had the case of substitute teacher Julie Amero. Now we have former hospital employee David Farr. David was fired after the small privately owned hospital he worked for discovered pornography bookmarks on a shared computer. David attempted to explain to his employers that he never visited those [...]

According to research conducted by CBC News, only 3 out of 10 technicians who may come to your home actually know what they are doing. This is not just sad, it’s downright scary.
Not only do companies such as GeekSquad charge you an arm and a leg, their Techs aren’t really “TECHS”. In many instances, they [...]

I get asked on a daily basis what software I recommend to help protect Windows computers. I decided to compile a category-sorted list that I can point people towards. I always try to recommend free software. However, when asked, I will tell you my opinion on the best paid software, as well. (Eset / Nod32 [...]

Earlier this year, my friend Merijn Bellekom sold his HijackThis tool to TrendMicro. Due to other projects, school and ‘real life’, Merijn simply didn’t have have the time to update HijackThis any longer.
Most of us in the Malware world were quite skeptical of Trend at first. Thankfully, one of their top brass joined the Staff [...]

While helping to moderate the chat room for Chris Pirillo, I often see people telling users to use HijackThis to fix virtually every problem that can exist on a computer. I can’t help but want to scream or bang my head on the desk when this happens. After using HijackThis on various computer help forums [...]

Hello, world. Many of you may recognize me from such places as GeeksToGo, which is a huge free computer help site that I help run. I joined the fight against Malware back in the Fall of 2004. Since that time, I have become an Expert on many Security Sites, as well as being an Admin [...]