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| 12-22-04
| The Heavy Equipment Guy
Posted on 12/22/2004 1:06:17 PM PST by backhoe
How Spyware Took The Next-Gen Threat Crown (On The Internet's No #1 Threat Today MUST READ!!!) -- My own opinion is that anything that takes over your private computer without your informed consent should be illegal and that anyone distributing such programs and those paying to have it distributed (the engine that drives this train) should be held criminally responsible. A politician who would undertake such legislation would have an instantaneous, nation-wide following... a political hero (are you listening out there?)
Browser Wars -- Broadband Firefox users should try ForecastFox 0.5.8. It will put the Weather Channel forecast of your choice in the taskbar. Completely customizeable (I selected the three-day, day-and-night forecast for my ZIP) and totally cool.
Now that you have changed to Firefox, go to this thread to help you out.... if you are on a Broadband Internet connection.
Free Help here:
Currently I'm running pretty safely with Adaware, Spybot, Firefox, AVG, Sun Java (people forget this upgrade) Zone Alarm and a router. And I deactivated ActiveX for all but Windows update.
Some recommend Xandros 3.0. Windows like and the easiest Debian Linux distro for newbies to install and maintain. Even all the names have been changed to make getting around the operating system as painless and familiar as possible. In addition, with the Deluxe Version, you can run Windows applications with Crossover Office.
http://www.xandros.com
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: browsers; computers; firefox; internetexplorer; microsoft; security; windows
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"Circuit City warns of online forum attack"
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On all of our computers here at home (and we have a bunch), I have Firefox as the browser, plus Ad Aware SE and Spybot Search & Destroy (both free; available at www.download.com ) on each. Also running Zone Alarm Pro on every one as well (PLUS Symantec AV). Firefox has been a HUGE help.
Speaking the obvious.......but products like Ad Aware, Spybot, antivirus software, etc.....are useless unless you keep them CURRENT. They can only protect you from what they "know" exists. Too many seem to forget that. :)
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(The Silence of the Tom's ( Tired Old Media... ))
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The $100 laptop computer is here (well, a working model anyway, running Red Hat Linux), and boy is it ugly.
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VoIP sounds death knell for home phones--"VoIP will convert the home telephone from analogue to digital and, once digital, the home telephone number will become unfixed," VoIP telephony is attractive to consumers because services are cheap and flexible. The appeal of VOIP is the number is portable. You can take it anywhere with you
just like you can take your e-mail address anywhere with you. Fixed home and business phone numbers are history...
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