A new approach to virus removal?
Over the past six years a lot of changes have happened in the world of virus removal and computer security. Basically with the advent of Microsofts most secure operating system ever (Windows XP) the...
View ArticleIE7 icon missing On WinXP Desktop
My poor technician must have freaked out earlier today when his boss (me) suddenly burst into fits of hysterical laughter and couldn't stop giggling for at least 5 minutes. The thing that provoked such...
View ArticleFurther Cause To approach Virii With White Lists not Just Black Lists
Ironically, soon after finishing my previous post around the idea of going down the whitelist route for hunting viruses (lists of known good software and programs so only unknowns will be checked for...
View ArticleEver wondered how the Pope, Stewart island and plague victims can be in the...
Basically this is a rehash of a comment I wrote in repsonse to the review of Microsofts free security / av software. ( http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?ContentId=8005 ) I include it here as it...
View ArticleHow I would write a perfect virus
As someone who deals with virii / viruses / crapware every day I try to keep abreast of new developments. Recently I ran into the work of Joanna Rutkowska who had created a 'Blue Pill' (...
View ArticleI'm glad I'm mad - it is better than being dperessed.....
Some one once said depression is just suppressed rage so for me better angry than depressed. To answer a comment or two:[David]>It's got to be better to them than thealternative of people switching...
View ArticleBurn all books - out with free thought.
Kinsten:>write a sci-fi book, please =) I thought about it but the only people who would read it would be other geeks and we all know that p2p is the best way to get books we like - no money in it...
View ArticleWould you trust these people with your money?
Tonight I set down with a simple goal in mind - to fill out a couple of forms on line to see if my money and I can be seperated in the noble persuit of getting a bank loan to increase my business. Does...
View ArticleKnitting with tinfoil.
I have decided to get out a roll of tin foil and start knitting myself a tinfoil hat - mostly to wear while sitting in my Faraday cage, with the window vibrators on, speaking via voice changer and...
View ArticleIndependence in a corporate age
<!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> Independence in a corporate age....As a neutral provider of IT support and help we get to see IT life from all...
View ArticleBlacklists, black holes and and staying in the black
A customer called - they couldn't get emails from their ISP provided email (hmm lets call the the ISP Catapult ) to another ISP (lets call them VulcanPhones) On investigation it turns out VulcanPhones...
View ArticlePenny wise, Pound Foolish - The Google Trap.
I've been thinking - which is never a safe thing to do if you are me, about the saying, "Penny wise - pound foolish." and it's applicability to business. I've mostly been thinking about this in...
View ArticleModern Web Trends = Bad business
As someone who develops sites for clients, I am always keeping an eye out for new trends, where is the market going, what new features are available that will benefit my clients - and also what new...
View ArticleCloud services = bad for business
Looking back at some old blog posts I find myself revisiting some of the things I said about cloud services being dangerous or potentially bad for business. A few years later I am more convinced of...
View ArticleWordpress 5.0 - Ideology Trumps Usability
As some people in GZ know I can present as a grumpy old man (GOM) and I've certainly been accused of berating new technologies. This post certainly shouldn't disappoint them. However I will state my...
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