user awareness

  1. Internet Explorer 9 Doubles Web Privacy Control

    Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) supports two separate technologies for restricting access to information related to a user's online activity. One of the privacy features was recently prompted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Both technologies involve the way...
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    Windows 7 New Facebook Exploit Hits The Web

    Source: Neowin.net - Exclusive: New Facebook exploit hits the web Update: If your account has been hijacked, take the following steps: 1) Visit the Facebook "Upload via Email" page 2) Click "Send me my upload email" 3) Click the "refresh your upload email" link. This will reset your...
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    Windows 7 Scammers Can Hide Fake URLs on the iPhone

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  4. Windows 7 World of Warcraft users get another worry

    World of Warcraft users get another worry Sexy girls are not always what they seem By Link Removed - Invalid URL Friday, 27 November 2009, 12:15 INSECURITY FIRM Sophos is warning World of Warcraft users to be on the look out for sexy strangers bearing dangerous gifts. According to the...
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    Windows 7 Installing Software on Dual Boot systems

    I haven't seen this posted anyplace. I just updated my Nvidia Driver and noticed on file path it selects C drive by default but my Windows 7 is on the M drive. I have noticed this on a couple of other things I installed. So pay attention where things install instead of just clicking OK...
  6. Windows 7 Microsoft to Launch Free Antivirus Software Amid User Safety Concerns in 2009

    This is from a magazine called PC Utilities. It states Microsoft is announcing plans to replace it's subscription-based Windows Live OneCare anti-virus service.. It will offer protection against viruses, spyware, Trojans and rootkits.. It will not include the extra features such as printer...
  7. New Trojan horse for the mac

    http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/06/new_trojan_leverages_unpatched.html?nav=rss_blog I think this just proves that Macs aren't any safer than Windows... Probably the same for Windows. This command post by robert sums it up nicely: