Lately we’ve been recommending that you to download our new free antivirus and antispyware software called Microsoft Security Essentials. Read what others are saying about it. The Lifehacker blog recently called Microsoft Security Essentials “a great antivirus application” and told readers that they could stop paying for other antivirus software suites and download the free Microsoft Security Essentials instead. Read the full article. In their Microsoft Blog, the Seattle PI cited a report that said that Microsoft Security Essentials ran faster and tested better than Symantec and McAfee. Read the full article. For more information and to download the software, go to Microsoft Security Essentials. Share this post : Continue Reading »

I’m looking for a couple authors that are also interested in contributing back to the community. We all receive a lion-share of input, utilities and resource from the online community and this blog is designed to be a forum to allow us to give back.

It’s not mandatory that the posts be long and since this is wordpress, we’re happy to take posts from a wide array of topics as tagging and categorizing are built in. The requirements are minimal. Of course, we ask that you have a technical background so that the posts are related to technology. Within that scope, we are open to desktop support, programming, new technological advances, articles on resolving worms/virus issues. security alerts, etc.

If you’re interested, reply to this post or send an email to shaun-at-olebox-com. I am excited to open this up to a broader forum and look forward to reading the articles that our community contributes.

Of course, we are a free forum of volunteers with the focus of being an open resource for end users. Unfortunately we do have expenses (hosting/broadcasting) we ask that you visit our ad sponsors to help us cover these re-occuring fees.

- Shaun

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A new worm has been found to affect 20Million + computers so far. It is set to execute on April 1, but nobody knows what it’s going to do yet. It blocks access to major anti-virus and system update sites. To determiner if you are affected. Try accessing www.mcafee.com/. If you are unable to access that site, make sure you can access other sites.

If McAfee seem’s to be the only one you can’t access, you may be affected. This is not an April Fools Joke. For further information or removal of the Conficker worm, the US Government has released an alert with details as follows:
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html.

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I’ve had quite a bit of experience writing web applications over the past few years and I’ve come to realize that the most important attribute of a good programmer isn’t the ability to incorporate new flashy designs or build using the latest technologies. At the root of it all, the core, the foundation, it’s imperative that the programmer best understand the logic behind what they are programming.

If the developer you are selecting doesn’t have a good foundation to learn on, they will inevitably miss all too important, yet basic requirements and/or techniques. By understanding the logic behind what your programming, you are able to build more secure and efficient applications, which is key. Anybody can find a tutorial on how to build a basic web page.

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