Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Mac iVirus

Yes - you too can get viruses for dummies! And its so simple, anyone that can use iPhoto, can get iVirus!!

Good thing these people arent smart - any mac user will notice the illegitimacy of the new fraudulent antivirus for macs right off - they forgot to put an "i" in front of the product name - that would have made it far more convincing.

Well...if you use a mac, you better get familiar with these:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4650

MS Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit

Thats EMET - a new security tool for windows, designed to reduce the foot print of potential vulnerabilities, and prevent viral infections (as if that worked in TJ;).

Sounds pretty interesting, one if these days soon I will try it out. Read more about it here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/05/18/new-version-of-emet-is-now-available.aspx

Friday, May 13, 2011

MS Security Essentials - down the tube

Looks like msse has pushed a new update to tax your resources - nearly 200mb of ram at idle - a reason i abandoned Symantec long ago. -click to enlarge:


Looks like Vipre it is.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Non microsoft users now targeted for malware

Alternative browsers are no longer the answer to viral avoidance - as shown here

And further - alternative operating systems are not either.