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I have a new theme

February 12, 2008

Brian Gardner’s Revolution Pro. Please excuse the construction and use the Blog tab rather than Home for the moment, lots to learn. It will be fun, no really… Update: Blog tab is now “Articles”

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Snips: ASK and Spyware today

February 2, 2008

I have been a bit busy, bashing Malware and all that. Couple of interesting items. EPIC complaint (PDF) filed January 19, 2008 with the FTC against ASK regarding their product ‘AskEraser.’ The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) meeting held in Washington DC has convened. Many well known anti-spyware experts attended, including a fellow forum friend of mine. [...]

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Bill Gates Last day Video

January 8, 2008

The official, full length, high quality version from Channel 10. It’s a clever funny video which made me laugh, although I also felt a twinge of nostalgia at the same time.

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certifiedbug is back

January 3, 2008

My hosting company did something in the wee hours that caused 404 errors. Thank you dgosling and Corrine for notifying me. My gratitude to a friend in the community known as LWM who was able to locate and resolve the problem.

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Script kiddies meet Batman

December 3, 2007

One of my favourite bloggers is Paperghost, aka Christopher Boyd, security researcher and malware basher. After reading his latest entry at Vitalsecurity I thought I’d share this link. Rise Up With Fists, Strike Down With Vengeance For the past week or so, I’ve been following a bunch of supposedly uber-cool hackers getting their kicks from [...]

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Happy Birthday WinPatrol and Scotty!

November 19, 2007

Today is the 10th Anniversary of the public release of WinPatrol. The majority of new features came as suggestions from friends of Scotty. So, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all of you who have encouraged and supported my WinPatrol project. It’s been a rewarding ten years. Reminisce: Bits from Bill

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NutnWorks.com

November 14, 2007

My friends, Larry and Paul at securitycentral.us, have changed the name of their security site and moved to a new domain. They are now Nutnworks.com Please update your bookmarks and pay them a visit!

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WordPress 2.3.1 released

October 26, 2007

2.3.1 fixes over twenty bugs. WordPress 2.3.1 in detail.

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Website Improvement eBook

August 8, 2007

Entrepreneur Magazine offers a free eBook, “I Hate my Website: 10 Easy Ways to Improve Your Website, Plus 9 Things Never to do,” sponsored by Microsoft Office Live. This 54-page pdf includes tips, techniques, and tools to help you design an effective and engaging Web site, generate more Web site traffic, maximize search engine results, [...]

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Vista DVD hologram mystery men revealed

June 13, 2007

Vista Team Blog An astute Windows user was intrigued by the holographic image on the face of the Windows Vista Business DVD and decided to take a much closer look, discovering in the margin a microscopic photograph of three men. Just who they could be? The user posted a blog entry mentioning the discovery, which [...]

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