Category Archives: Windows
Security is important!
I am guilty of an unforgiveable crime. I deployed an unsecured webserver and in IT that is THE ULTIMATE IN STUPIDITY! I am sorry and will not let it happen again. As a result the server was infected and became a zombie covertly attacking other servers.
The machine was infected with the Downandup/Conficker trojan. This attacks [...]
Computer Security: Learning about botnets
TechRepublic had an interesting article on Botnets and Hosts file pharming. This is something that most people are unaware of while their computers are being silently used by remote attackers.
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=738&tag=nl.e036
There are a few tools that I would recommend getting Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 which is a pretty comprehensive threat protection suite.
Windows XP Professional does not load explorer.exe
As one of two technical people at my company I am one of the people who gets called on whenever there is a hardware or software issue of any kind. We have tried to school our users on the dangers of attachments and have implemented software to attempt to prevent viruses entering the network but [...]
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How to use 2 internet connections on 1 network/lan
At my day job I have assume the role of general IT lacky, which means that any thing that is IT related gets pushed in my direction. One of the things I realise really quickly after moving to the UK was that the internet access here sucks in comparison to what I got in the [...]
Folder permission not inherited by uploaded file in PHP/IIS