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Again!?? According to Microsoft's July issue newsletter (Security for home computer users), it seems that we've got more scareware products on the horizon. We've probably all seen them before in one version or another while browsing the web, you get a pop up warning that some form of malicious...

I have used Secunia without incident for years and it alerts me to any programs that are a threat, end of life, or need patching. I think it woud solve many of the problems I have read on this page. Peter

Hi, I have set W7 firewall to block inbound / outbound connections by default. For inbound connections, if there's no matching rule, I see a firewall alert asking what to do. But outbound connection attempts for which there's no matching rule that allows the connection are just silently...

Hello - As part of our predictable monthly update process, we have released our Advance Notification Service (ANS) for the October Security Bulletins, which are scheduled for release Tuesday, October 12, 2010. ANS is a service that only Microsoft provides to assist customers in planning for...

Hello - Today we're releasing our Advance Notification Service (ANS) for the September Security Bulletins, which are scheduled for release Tuesday, September 14, 2010. This is a service we provide to help enterprises plan and prepare for the upcoming security bulletin release. This month we...

Tonight we are holding a lan party, but everything is going wrong with our Server, Switches, routers and computers. it's all so slow and everyones antivirus and malware programs are popping up saying theres threats. What is going on? :mad:

I often , of late, get this popup from my "notifications" Is there any way I can stop it. It doesn't seem to have any purpose?? Link Removed due to 404 Error

Get away from the browser wars: How to uninstall IE6 in XP, which has become obsolete, and update to the latest Internet Explorer or Firefox. Hello there, this is Mike from Windows 7 Forums. I am just here to notify you about a problem we've identified with Internet Explorer 6 when browsing...

Hello, I recently upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 Home Premium... I have an Outlook 2007 to send and receive my Hotmail emails. The problem I have is that it's very slow receiving emails. I have to press the send/receive button in order to receive emails... Because of this, I'm currently...

Normally, whenever I get an instant message, the program in the taskbar flashes orange. In Windows 7, I noticed a problem after I had gone through and changed several things from the defaults. Link Removed due to 404 Error Namely, only the tab within the small pop-up menu when you hover over...

Hi. I have checked the Mcafee forums but the solution seems to be a pain. I have McAfee Security Centre that is now not recognised by Windows Security Centre. Can anyone help? It seems to be an issue with Vista machines.