06/08/2017



Why Setting Your Homepage Matters

Why Setting Your Homepage Matters Among the most underappreciated things in all of Internet security is the homepage. In fact, it's importance goes beyond security. It affects three things: Security Speed Sanity In this video, we discuss why setting your homepage to one specific thing is the only way to go. (And, most people have... Read more

Posted by Kevin R. Smith at 11:11 AM in Antivirus , Firefox , Google Chrome , Internet Explorer , Internet Security , Microsoft , Microsoft Windows , Online Safety , PC Optimization , PC Security , Scam , Spyware , Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments ( 0 )

06/02/2017



When Antivirus Software Fails You: How to Stop (and Defeat!) a Real-World Trojan & Social Engineering Attack

It isn't every day you get to see what a real Trojan or Social Engineering attack looks like. When you do, there's seldom time to even take screenshots: you just want to get the heck out of Dodge. But, this time, in putting together material for our upcoming free workshop,... Read more

Posted by Kevin R. Smith at 1:31 PM in Announcements , Antivirus , Antivirus Testing , Comparison , Flash , Internet Explorer , Internet Security , Mac Antivirus , Malware , Microsoft , Microsoft Antivirus , Microsoft Windows , Online Safety , PC Security , Scam , Social Engeering , Trojan , VIPRE , Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments ( 0 )

04/13/2017



Mac OSX Fake Installer / Malware Spotted in the Wild

Mac OSX Fake Installer / Malware Spotted in the Wild Whilst traversing The Tubes yesterday doing some research on credit card processing across a host of different sites, I was hit with an old school malware installer technique with a couple of new twists at one of them. (That's what it looks like above.) What's old school about it, is... Read more

Posted by Kevin R. Smith at 9:08 AM in Antivirus , Apple Antivirus , BitDefender , Malware , Social Engeering , Webroot | Permalink | Comments ( 0 )

03/13/2017



A Preview of What's Next

A Preview of What's Next THREE short days ago, I promised you we were working on something big. (If you missed that blog / email, here's a one sentence recap: My dear friend Mike's recent, sudden passing gave me the impetus to help our subscribers more than we are.) HERE'S WHERE WE ARE NOW... We... Read more

Posted by Kevin R. Smith at 2:43 PM in Announcements , Antivirus , PC Optimization | Permalink | Comments ( 0 )

03/10/2017



A Personal Story: How a Small Mistake Nearly Had Catastrophic Consequences

A Personal Story: How a Small Mistake Nearly Had Catastrophic Consequences Mike was an extraordinarily talented programmer--we're talking a top 1/10 of 1% kind of a guy. He'd had been sick for some time, but his passing was a shock to us all. After he died, his business partner contacted me. "Kevin," she began, "You were the only one Mike trusted... Read more

Posted by Kevin R. Smith at 1:13 PM in Passwords | Permalink | Comments ( 2 )

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