Recent content by Corrine

Hi, Randy. Unfortunately, the Security Zone is fairly quiet here so not much for me to help with.

Hi, acme. Personally, I do not recommend "tune up" tools or registry cleaners. Windows is a closed source system. Developers of registry cleaners do not have the core code of Windows 7 and are not working on definitive information, but rather they are going on past knowledge and experience...

Without reviewing a log, I'm using guesswork to suggest a solution. If the computer is infected with what many people refer to as the "Google redirect virus", TDSSKiller should be able to pick it up: Please download the TDSSKiller.exe by Kaspersky... save it to your Desktop. <-Important...

That implies to me that your computer is infected. See if the following solves the problem. Please download Link Removed - Invalid URL to your desktop. Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program. At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update...

According to The Register article (Oracle updates Java to stop SSL-chewing BEAST), the Java SE update solved the vulnerability of the BEAST and Firefox will continue working with Java. That said, do you really need Java? As I've mentioned in more than one blog article, when it comes to Oracle...

Personally, I'm now more of a stay-at-home type person so have no need for a smart phone. However, there are those who think the American Express slogan, "Don't Leave Home Without It", applies to their iPhone or other smart phone, not the credit card. There is a security issue users of the...

Thank you for the welcome, Mitchell_A. Unfortunately, vendors such as Ask, pay very well for each toolbar install -- more depending on the country, which is often why we have seen software vendors including a toolbar in the version for the U.S. but not other countries. The pay-per-install is...

Users of the free version of SUPERAntiSpyware are now being offered the Ask Toolbar. The difference, however, is that, unlike other inclusions of the toolbar, it is an opt-in rather than a pre-checked (opt-out) option. I don't believe it was widely advertised, but SAS was acquired by...

Hi, Fallen. I don't know if this will solve your problem but it is worth a try if Firefox is slow to respond or hangs. This can occur if multiple copies of the Firefox Session Restore file have been created: Open your profile folder: At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox...

Let's hope the Oracle Java SE update to be released today addresses this vulnerability. The update is reported to include 20 new security fixes for Oracle Java SE. (Pre-release Announcement: Oracle Java Critical Patch Update - October 2011).