The Conficker/Downadup worm has proven to be a pretty nasty one that is difficult to remove due to it’s auto-update capability.  Manually removing it can be difficult even if you are using a standard anti-virus.  Thankfully there is now a pretty good removal tool for it that is made by BitDefender. You can download the [...]

One of my all-time favorite operating systems is Windows 2000 and I would continue to use it today if I was not so worried about security.  Many people still use Windows 98, 2k and XP because they swear by it’s performance or other little nuances that they love.  Other people just do not upgrade their [...]

A patch released by Microsoft in October still has not been installed in as many as 35% of all affected machines, the largest portion of which are corporate computers. As a result of shere negligence on the part of IT staff and users a new botnet is growing at an alarming pace.