Security Category

Virus Attack On Pro-Tibet Internet Users

23Apr2008 Filed under: Others, Security

With the torch relay event just graced us last Monday, the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 is seems to be what people are talking nowadays. It is a hot topic in the kopitiam, on the television news, in the newspapers and of course, the ever reliable Internet. But the games is hardly what’s on everyone’s mind. [...]

Terminator: P2P elimination

11Apr2008 Filed under: Computing, Security

It seemed like the era of P2P might come to an end after all, in the near future. The Japanese ISPs have apparently agreed to disconnect any users that they detected to be using any P2P (peer-to-peer) program such as BitTorrent, BearShare, and Japan’s very own Winny. They did have a go with an attack [...]

Privacy is an unresolved issue on the web. The fact that web activity metrics can be used to target individuals makes the internet all the more alluring for advertising and a lot more annoying to users. Essentially the very basic IP address of a user can be used to extract quite a lot of information. [...]

Will Malaysia block YouTube website?

25Feb2008 Filed under: Best of the Internet, Security

News came in yesterday that Pakistan has blocked access to the popular video sharing website, YouTube because of objectionable video content. Reports said the content deemed offensive to Islam which resulted in the ban, included Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, and a trailer for a forthcoming film by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, which portrays [...]

Here is a piece of really good news for 2008. Let me tell you how you can download and use the latest version of Webroot Spy Sweeper for free. The software costs US$29.95. Spy Sweeper is an anti-spyware software specializing in detecting and safely removing spyware and adware from your PC. Spy Sweeper protects you [...]