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Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC) in Windows Server 2008 R2

12/18/2013

| Antivirus & Security, Windows 2008

This article explains how to disable Internet Explorer enhanced security in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 by turning off IE ESC in Server Manager. One of the first things I usually do when I install a new Windows Server in a test environment, is to turn off Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC). I am talking about this little prompts that get on your nerves whenever you open a website in Internet Explorer on a…

Scam Alert – New Domain Appraisal Scam: cheap-web-hosting-search.com

09/26/2012

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| Antivirus & Security, General Information, Security

Few days ago a scammer trying to use one of the oldest and most effective scams in the book, the Domain Appraisal Scam. This scam works when the scammer sends you an email indicating they would like to buy your domain name. You get all excited and send back a price, magically they agree, but first they want to see an appraisal from a “trusted” source. The scammer wanted to buy www.myw0.com and he did not care the price….

DNSChanger Virus – Fixes and Resources

07/09/2012

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| Antivirus & Security, Information Tools, PC Maintenance, Security

Your computer may have been modified by criminals to redirect your Internet traffic to their websites or track your Internet Activities. Here some resources where you can check and fix DNSChanger virus: http://www.siteadvisor.com/dns_checker.html (Check to see if the computer is affected) http://www.dcwg.org/ (Detect – Fix – Protect) <<<– Good one!!! http://dns-ok.us/ (GREEN Your computer appears to be looking up IP addresses correctly!) The FBI is snipping a cyber safety net on Monday that kept thousands of computer users online…

How to Fix Firefox New Tab Defaulting to AVG Secure Search

10/05/2011

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| Antivirus & Security

AVG is the most trusted free antivirus and anti-spyware security software for Windows. For home users are free but lately they have been adding add-ons to browsers that was driving me crazy. One of them is making you default search engine or you home page to AVG Secure Search: Typically as tech guy I don’t like software changing my preferences so I found how to remove that option from fire fox. It may just work well with other…

Spybot Search and Destroy Now Available as a Portable App (PortableApps.com)

01/12/2011

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| Antivirus & Security

Spybot Search and Destroy Now Available as a Portable App (PortableApps.com)

Instructions to Clean Malware From Most Computers

12/15/2010

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| Antivirus & Security

Instructions to Clean Malware From Most Computers

How to Password-Protect a Printer

12/10/2010

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| Antivirus & Security

Printlock lets you protect your printer with a password, so that no print job will complete without first providing the right credentials. Printlock works with any printer connected to a Windows PC and will prompt for a password whenever a document is sent to the printer 1. Go to your browser and download the software from the Printlock Website. 2. Install the software on the machine connected to the printer you wish to protect. 3. When you’re prompted, input…