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New approach to antivirus security
"I fix people's computer problems for a living," says Jason Bradley, CEO of CCE Computer Solutions in Oxford, Miss., who estimates he handles about 400 computers. "For the last year, the scanning antivirus programs have been just about useless. They just can't keep up with the threats. I had a machine that had 132 pieces of malware on it and it had antivirus and antispyware running."
Read the article HERE.
Why home firewall software is a leaky dike
The configuration of a personal firewall is usually more than most users can handle anyway. To understand the system's warning, the user must understand the meaning of IP addresses, host and client names as well as ports, the BSI reports.
Read the article HERE.
Why SiteKey Can't Save You
SiteKey shows web banking customers a “secret image” – a little icon of a mandolin or a coffee mug or something else – that only the customer and the bank are supposed to know. Customers of SiteKey-using banks are told that if their correct secret image appears a purported bank web page, they can be sure that they are connected to the bank’s real web site, and can safely enter passwords and other secrets. Nobody could guess a person’s secret icon chosen from a pool of hundreds of images, right?
Read the article HERE.
"I fix people's computer problems for a living," says Jason Bradley, CEO of CCE Computer Solutions in Oxford, Miss., who estimates he handles about 400 computers. "For the last year, the scanning antivirus programs have been just about useless. They just can't keep up with the threats. I had a machine that had 132 pieces of malware on it and it had antivirus and antispyware running."
Read the article HERE.
Why home firewall software is a leaky dike
The configuration of a personal firewall is usually more than most users can handle anyway. To understand the system's warning, the user must understand the meaning of IP addresses, host and client names as well as ports, the BSI reports.
Read the article HERE.
Why SiteKey Can't Save You
SiteKey shows web banking customers a “secret image” – a little icon of a mandolin or a coffee mug or something else – that only the customer and the bank are supposed to know. Customers of SiteKey-using banks are told that if their correct secret image appears a purported bank web page, they can be sure that they are connected to the bank’s real web site, and can safely enter passwords and other secrets. Nobody could guess a person’s secret icon chosen from a pool of hundreds of images, right?
Read the article HERE.
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