When it's your responsibility to keep your nearest and dearest's computers free from spyware and other minacious garbage, getting them to ditch Internet Explorer should be your number one priority. This is easier said than done if one of the sites they visit most frequently happens to be the official, UK job centre home page - because the search engine only works with Internet Explorer. I wouldn't...
Thursday, 30 June 2005
Thursday, 16 June 2005
Disposable email take two
Not so long ago I recommended submitting a 'throw-away' email address whenever you suspect that the recipient of your contact information may use it to foist adverts for blue, diamond-shaped pills and other organ-enhancing doodars upon you.
I hereby take back my advice. Not because pumping up your delicate parts with legally dubious devices and pills has all of a sudden become a great idea, but because...
Rootkits; another day, another security threat
A rootkit is a piece of software used to gain privileged access to a system for the purpose of camouflaging malicious code such as viruses, Trojans and spyware, allowing them to wreak havoc upon the host system undetected.
Once a hacker gains a foothold in this way, it is perfectly feasible for them to steal your login details, log key strokes, monitor traffic, open the floodgates to further attack...
Wednesday, 15 June 2005
Read Word (and other text) docs with your eyes shut!
Despite first appearances my latest party trick involves no risky eyelid surgery or telepathy of any kind. Rather, this feat can be achieved by running your documents through a text to speech synthesis tool capable of saving the output to an audio file (MP3 being the optimal format for maximum compatibility). These MP3s can be transferred to your portable player allowing you to 'read' web site articles,...
Tuesday, 14 June 2005
Too posh to push
In my home suburb of Manchester I'm used to seeing hair-brained, it'll-never-work enterprises spring from nowhere, only to vanish again as quickly as they arrived. People get fed up with kowtowing to their superiors and decide to become their own boss. Rather than research the market to find out what goods and services the local community really need, or at least really want, they set up shops that...
Sunday, 12 June 2005
WhenDidSpaces BecomeSoUnfashionable?
With so many blogs, forums and web sites all linking to and discussing the same online content, annoying fads permeate the intehweb (see, there's one right there) like wildfire. "All your base are belong to us", that's another one. Enough said.
How about, "Google is your friend"? I'm fond of it to, but stop parroting that asinine, goofy line!
Goatse - I'm certainly not linking to that one! My poor,...
A medley of bookmarkworthy miscellaneous links
Note that dead links have been removed as services kick the bucket over the years.
Agnitum is home to Tauscan, one of the best Trojan detection and removal tools available. Its lightweight engine runs in the background to protect your system from all manner of dangerous backdoor nasties. Definitely a must-install if you're a Windows user.
Ditto.com - Excellent, minimalist, image search engine much...
Saturday, 11 June 2005
Attention: strictly no phishing!
The term 'phishing' describes any attempt to trick you into entering your login or bank details into a fake web site for fraudulent purposes. A web site may look identical to ebay.com, paypal.com or yourbank.com, and even display an official, 'trusted' web site address in your internet browser's address bar, and still be a clone.
One such browser vulnerability which perpetuates this deception is...
Friday, 10 June 2005
Abandonware links
Remember the good old days? You thought your top of the range PC would live forever and still be able to run the latest games, 3D graphics cards didn't exist and you never needed to check the minimum specifications before purchasing a game. You could have a day out at the cinema and still have change left over from half a sixpence for your bus ride home... I've gone too far, haven't I? OK, I'll shut...
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