When I began my evaluation period of Sunbelt Software’s new VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware program, I was promptly shocked.
I had read several reviews about VIPRE and had read phrases like “high performance” and “low resources.” I had even read comments that where the writer said that VIPRE was virtually unnoticeable on their computer and that [...]
This week, I received a query from a reader about a warning message he was receiving:
Hi Terry , I was wondering if perhaps you can help me , I have this very annoying adware that occurs EVERYTIME at startup …. not-a-virus:Adware.Win32.BHO.cr Now althugh this doesn’t appeato be causing any problem on my PC and I [...]
I received a question from a subscriber who asked:
A number of times I have seen you refer disparagingly of “Active-x controls”.
I have seen downloads that require Active X to run properly. I have read the definition of the program, but, I guess I am just dense. What is this thing, and why do you consider [...]
Spyware is software that enables a third-party to track where you go on the Internet. Usually this does not involves specific tracking cookies and companies that specialize in tracking your visits to advertiser sites.
Although this capability has given cookies a bad name, cookies are not inherently evil. They are used for many good purposes such [...]
I guess it’s been a long time since I’ve gotten on the Firefox versus Internet Explorer subject in my newsletter. For a while last year, I beat it to death…
But, recently, in responding to a reader’s question, I mentioned that I recommended Firefox over IE for web browsing. His response was “You Do?”
The reason [...]
Sunbelt released CounterSpy 2 in early February. The new version features a new antispyware / antiadware engine aimed at providing much enhanced capabilities.
In addition, CounterSpy 2 has much improved memory usage and runs on XP, 2000, and Vista (32-bit only). I’ve already updated my computers to CounterSpy 2, which was a free upgrade [...]
I wrote in my PCRepairSite.info blog on December 10th that Sunbelt Software had some unadvertised coupons for ComputerSpy, iHateSpam and Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall.
These were supposed to expire, but for some reason, the discount codes still seem to be active. I have no idea how long these discount codes will continue to be good.
Here’s [...]
Sunbelt has an unadvertised coupon sale that runs until 12 midnight, Eastern Standard Time, December 31, 2006:
* Get $5 off a CounterSpy license with coupon code CSC5TY.
* Get $5 off a Sunbelt Kerio Personal firewall license with coupon code SPF5TY.
* Get $5 off a license for Sunbelt’s award-winning anti-spam program iHateSpam with coupon code IHS5TY. [...]
Nice little blog entry by a Firefox “newbie” who switched from IE to Firefox for security reasons — after problems with I.E.
Why I Love Firefox — You know, I use Firefox, too. For pretty much the same reasons, too, but Ive been using it since version 0.7.
Security researchers at Secunia have discovered and reported another vulnerability with the newest version of Internet Explorer – IE7, as reported in heise Security’s blog.
On the day of its release, Secunia reported a vulnerability where phishers were able to spy on the content of other open windows. As usual, the recommendation was to disable [...]