Malware is just an accepted part of today’s computing but it is getting more aggressive and is even targeting non-traditional areas such as routers and DSL modems.  Thankfully router manufactures are starting to catch up and update their security.

D-Link has announced that they are adding CAPTCHA‘s to their routers to try and help reduce the automated probing done by botnets in an attempt to find a router with the default Username and Passwords.  Thankfully this is being added to all firmware so even if you have an older D-Link you can get the new firmware and help protect your router.   The router models that will include this feature by default are DIR-615, DIR-625, DIR-628, DIR-655, DIR-825, DIR-855, DIR-685 and DGL-4500.

Check It Out> D-Link via Slashgear

One of the worst sounds in the world for a computer user is the “Click Of Death”.  For those that don’t know, it is a very metallic clicking sound that comes from a computers hard drive when it is about to meet the grim reaper.  This is a sound that when it happens in a computer repair shop everyone stops moving and listens to hear which computer the sound is coming from.

While many geeks know the end result of a drive with this problem many do not know why it is happening.  Thanks to the guys over at Techware Labs we get an excellent description of why it happens and why some of our crazy methods such as freezing a hard drive work to help get that data off.

Check It Out> Techware Labs via Sync