Spybot Evalutation
Here’s an evaluation of Spybot Search and Destroy. I’ve also found the tool useful, but not as one’s sole protection.
Here’s an evaluation of Spybot Search and Destroy. I’ve also found the tool useful, but not as one’s sole protection.
You don’t want to just do a search for security software. It’s quite possible that you’ll find a tool that is useless, or even is malware itself. Thus this excellent list of security software at Gizmo’s Freeware. Several of these tools are ones I use and recommend. There are, however, a number I haven’t used,…
I was reading this article from TechRepublic today and at first I thought it had little to do with me, because I manage such small networks. But it wasn’t many paragraphs until it was ringing too true to me to ignore. It matches my experience. Now the largest network I manage has 12 pieces of…
Equifax, while dealing with a data breach, has managed to send people to a fake site. This is one of the problems with both big business and government. They’re big, they have us by the short and curlies, and they therefore don’t have enough incentive to caution and diligent efforts. If I, as a small…
It’s a bit popular to wait on updates due to the fact that some updates bring problems with them. I tend to wait a day or two so that the worst bugs can be found before I submit myself to the suffering. But waiting a significant period of time, or just ignoring updates, is very…
To maintain information you need to regularly remind yourself and your employees to be attentive in their use of tools. We learn to follow certain safety rules with power tools, but often we forget to be similarly attentive with the devices that store and (hopefully) protect our information Some (but by no means all) things…
Cory Doctorow is a very well known science fiction writer, journalist, and a commentator on technology and social issues. He is interviewed in about the first 15 minutes of the Canadian (CBC) program Spark 170. I think what he’s saying is both prescient and very important. It would be worthwhile for American readers to listen…
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