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Patch Tuesday, not just for Windows…

Posted on November 10, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Patch Tuesday, not just for Windows…

Today is the monthly Patch Tuesday for Windows users. We know to expect it once a month. This month though, its important for Mac users also. Apple has released 58 critical security patches for OS X. It goes to show that even Mac is a vulnerable operating system. Any operating system can be hacked or…

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Malware Cleaning tricks

Posted on November 6, 2009May 17, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Malware Cleaning tricks

So, its been one of those weeks for me. I have had 3 machines so far infected with various malware. I would love to find some of these people who get of on writing malware and just stick a nuclear warhead in their pants and detonate it, but that isn’t happening. So being the IT…

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Patch Tuesday for July

Posted on July 15, 2009July 15, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Patch Tuesday for July

Yep, that’s right, its that time of month where Microsoft’s servers get slammed. Its patch week. This month some patches for holes that have Zero Day Exploits out for them already. Included in this is the Active X Video Hole, The Direct X Quicktime Hole, and the Open Type Font hole. The first two I…

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