Software & Downloads

Trend Micro has released an update to HijackThis. The current version is now 2.0.2.
HijackThis™ is a free utility which quickly scans your Windows computer to find settings that may have been changed by spyware, malware or other unwanted programs. HijackThis creates a report, or log file, with the results of the scan.
IMPORTANT: HijackThis does not [...]

RealNetworks RealPlayer and Helix Player should be upgraded immediately as publicly available exploit code for a buffer overflow vulnerability that exists in them is being used to compromise computers.
The vulnerability requires that the user open a media file or stream that that has been crafted by an attacker. It could execute arbitrary code or cause [...]

Amazon is now accepting pre-orders for Mac OS X 10.5 Lepoard and the Lepoard Family Pack.
It looks like a lot of people are ordering Leopard as it is currently the number one most popular software title on Amazon and the Lepoard Family Pack is number three.
Amazon apparently started offering Leopard on June 12th which was [...]

A lot of people have been saying, “HUH” or “WTF” in response to Steve Jobs’ announcement earlier today that Apple was making a version of Safari available to Windows users.
The most logical reason behind this move is so that developers can use this version of Safari to test their Web sites and Web 2.0 applications [...]

Nearly every anti-virus program takes hours to do a complete scan of a system. With some anti-virus products, much of that time is wasted scanning files that are not even virus carriers.
A lot of anti-virus scanners do this as a “feel good” for the customer, but I believe they’re actually doing these customers a [...]

I can never remember the codes for HTML Entities and I’m sure I’m not alone.
HTML entities have to be used to create valid designs. Typically the worst offenders are the & or ampersand in URLs and the cents ¢ symbol. You might also need the entity for the copyright © symbol or registered ® symbol.
Finding [...]

Beware of files embedded inside .RTF files. The embeded files will appear to be a .DOC, .PDF, .TXT or some other type of typically harmless file but it’s actually an executable file that contains malware. If opened yoursystem with be infected
Virus authors are using this old method of infection as MANY anti-virus programs are unable [...]

According to reports, since Friday, millions of computers have been crashing with Blue Screens Of Death after downloading an update to Norton Anti Virus.
The latest virus Norton database was upgraded on May 17. According to some PC experts, this software, after the upgrade, would regard two essential system files (netapi32.dll, lsasrv.dll) as viruses by mistake [...]

I’ve had my first Mac for just about a month now and I’m absolutely not missing Microsoft Windows in the slightest. However, I am missing some applications that are native to Windows.
I’m using the following programs in Parallels Desktop for Mac but I wish there were native Mac OS X versions of them so [...]

Mahjongg is typically a game that is played with other people as a way to socialize but perhaps you’re interested in playing the game by yourself.
This free 2d and 3d version can be played on Windows and Mac and it’s pretty addictive.
The purpose of the game is to clear the screen of tiles by clicking [...]