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Privacy's a Joke Security Technology

Introduction to Privacy’s a Joke

Privacy’s a joke. Security is not. After dealing with online harassment for the first time on a third-party site, and with a person whose IP and other information I didn’t readily have available as the Administrator of the site, I learned a lot from how they operate to how one should respond. At the end […]

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How To Security Servers Technology

Astaro SG “Joining domain failed”

I just spent the last 2 business days working on trying to get my Astaro SG 120 v7.507 to re-join the domain, after I deleted the “computer” entry from our Windows 2003 SBS AD. After deleting the computer entry, I rebooted the Astaro box and attempted to join it to the domain (with the same […]

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How To Reviews Security Spyware Technology

5 easy ways to clean up your computer

I get asked a lot by coworkers and friends about how to clean up a computer (either because it’s running slow, has spyware, or because they just can’t do anything on it any more). Below are 5 of the major cleanup methods I use to get their computer up and running again. Depending on the […]

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Security Technology

Please contact blacklistmgr@yahoo.com” – wtf?

I came into work today, and was met with some people telling me that our site had been blacklisted. It took a lot of runaround, and everyone denying involvement, but it sorta worked itself out. So what exactly happened?

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Security Spyware Technology

[UPDATEDx2] Free KFC Coupon […with a side of Spyware]

UPDATE #2: Apparently they switched it back to the spyware method. I thought they learned their lesson. I guess not. It looked like they replaced the download link that went to coupons.com with a pdf file. However, I think someone defaced the site and put that link on there because they were sending people to […]