I got the following inquiry from a client today, “ Can you tell if anyone is using your wireless router who does not live in your house?”
The answer is – yes you can, but it takes a little detective work. First you need to log on to your wireless router. Usually you can do this by opening a browser window and entering the router IP address. This is commonly http://192.168.1.1. Then you will need the user ID and password, and ...
Continue Reading →I am an usually early adopter, which should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me. I may not be the first on my block to adopt a new technology, but I will be the second or third. I have a frugal streak which keeps me out of version 1 of anything, because version 2 is the one where they fix all the bugs. The frugal streak has also kept me away from anything Apple. My son gave me ...
Continue Reading →Online social networks and communities have been another important online tool for companies to consider when creating an overall online marketing strategy. This extends the reach and effectiveness of your basic web site by adding connected accounts on LinkedIn, Facebook, and depending on your business, MySpace. You can create a LinkedIn Group as well, if your business would benefit from an interactive space for your customers or user’s group. LinkedIn also provides an easy way ...
Continue Reading →There is an important article on ITworld Today that impacts Facebooks users. The link is: http://www.itworld.com/security/63126/facebook-system-error-check-malware?source=nlt_today. Basically, this is another entry in the long list of bogus security downloads that you do not what to get. Please read the entire article if you are on Facebook. It is a short article.
Conficker is the new Storm worm variant that can be spread by a USB flash drive, amoung other vectors of attack. Microsoft has posted an excellent article that explains who the worm spreads, and more importantly, how to remove it if you become inflected. The link to the article is here. This came to me from Microsoft in their “Security for Home Computer Users” newsletter, which I recommend for my clients who are interested ...
Continue Reading →Microsoft has released, via Windows Update, a newer version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool that finally finds and removes the Srizbi spam sending botnet code. Almost all spam is sent from compromised PCs like yours (and maybe you are actually infected!!), and this free Microsoft tool will find this malicious code on your PC and remove it.
So … maybe you should be absolutely certain to run Windows Update. For more details you can read the article on ...
Continue Reading →I just finished removing “Antispyware360” and a second rogue program from a client computer using PC Tools Spyware Doctor, one of my favorite products for this sort of work . Then this morning I read an article in TechRepublic about how to identify the rogue anti-malware programs from te real thing. Here is a link to the article.
The author, Michael Kassner, listed some of his favorite sites ...
An alert client of mine called me in to “fix” a problem with their browser. IE7 was indicating in the status bar at the bottom of the window that Protected Mode was off. (see illustration)
Going to the Tools menu, I opened Internet Options and clicked the Security tab. Protected mode was showing as enabled!! What gives??