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Apple: Fanatics and Malware

Posted on May 19, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Apple: Fanatics and Malware

Ed Bott (@edbott Twitter) at ZDNet has been feeling the wrath for the MacFanatics after he reported, “According to a report from a Danish IT security company, an underground group has completed work on a fully operational kit specifically designed to build malware aimed at the Mac OS platform. ” Lets get some things straight….

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Computers, Rants, Security

Can’t see a website… OOOPS thanks Kaspersky

Posted on May 18, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Can’t see a website… OOOPS thanks Kaspersky

Don’t you hate it when you can’t see a website? I know it drove me crazy for a few days. Then I checked my security software settings. I was trying to check a couple of websites recommended to me out, and couldn’t see them on one of my machines. Laptop was fine, but my desktop…

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Internet/Music, Rants, Security

Here we go again with virus hunting

Posted on January 5, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Here we go again with virus hunting

Viruses are everywhere in this day. They slip past the defenses we put up, mess with our system, and even steal our information. Its a billion dollar black market for some, a set of hi-jinx for others. For me, its a thorn in my side. 75 to 90 percent of the SMB calls I go…

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