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FYIJSYK: Internet Explorer Hole…

Written by The Digitante on February 5, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: FYIJSYK, Firefox, Google, security

I’ve got a brand new FYI: Just So You Know. It seems that Internet Explore (you know, the little blue ‘e’ that is used to browse the internet) has a massive security hole and the worst part is: it can’t be patched. This means that any time you browse the internet using Internet Explorer (any [...]

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File Hippo…

Written by The Digitante on February 4, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: productivity, security, software

If you’ve been following The Digitante and installing every piece of software I’ve recommended along the way, you probably have over 25 new programs installed on your computer. You could probably spend one night a week trying to update all these programs to the newest version available, but that wouldn’t be The Digitante way. Programs [...]

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MalwareBytes Anti-Malware…

Written by The Digitante on January 28, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: computer, internet, security

As you can tell, I’ve been on an anti-virus and anti-malware kick recently. This is mostly due to the fact that I’ve seen a flare up in the amount of people having issues with it. As a result, I’m going to share another tool that I’ve used to clean up computers: MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (aka MBAM). [...]

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Nasty Viruses Going Around…

Written by The Digitante on January 26, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Uncategorized, computer, internet, security

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve heard about some nasty computer viruses that have been popping up on people’s systems. These are the normal “run some anti-virus software” type of infections; they are the “boot into safe-mode or nuke your hard drive” type. So what can you do to prevent these types of things? [...]

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The Digitante’s Password System…

Written by The Digitante on January 14, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: cell phones, computer, internet, productivity, security

After taking my sweet time in implementing some stronger passwords, I wanted to make sure I could develop a system that I would stick with and wouldn’t be so cumbersome that I would want to stab myself in the foot. Here are the tools that I ended up using to get things going: KeePass – [...]

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