http://fadingwhispers.org/home/2008/09/25/dont-cha-wanna-know-how-i-stay-secure-on-my-laptop/ A chronicle of my passions in life Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:52:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://fadingwhispers.org/home/2008/09/25/dont-cha-wanna-know-how-i-stay-secure-on-my-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1334 Jane Talks Tech! » An ongoing conversation on information security Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:12:36 +0000 http://fadingwhispers.org/home/?p=543#comment-1334 [...] Keeping myself and my data secure online is a topic that I never tire of talking about. If I could take a class about information security for free, I would commit to learning all I could stand about information security. Until you get your computer hacked into, your credit card fraudulently used, you still won’t fully understand the urgence about this matter. Thankfully, neither of those scenarios has been my portion, but I’m exceedingly careful about my habits online. For starters, McAfee released a pdf document about top search terms that led to malware infections. Guess what those top keywords were? Searches for lyrics keywords and search phrases that include the word, “free”. Now, since getting my first laptop in August 2008, I haven’t sustained a single successful infection of my laptop. How do I do it? [...] [...] Keeping myself and my data secure online is a topic that I never tire of talking about. If I could take a class about information security for free, I would commit to learning all I could stand about information security. Until you get your computer hacked into, your credit card fraudulently used, you still won’t fully understand the urgence about this matter. Thankfully, neither of those scenarios has been my portion, but I’m exceedingly careful about my habits online. For starters, McAfee released a pdf document about top search terms that led to malware infections. Guess what those top keywords were? Searches for lyrics keywords and search phrases that include the word, “free”. Now, since getting my first laptop in August 2008, I haven’t sustained a single successful infection of my laptop. How do I do it? [...]

]]> http://fadingwhispers.org/home/2008/09/25/dont-cha-wanna-know-how-i-stay-secure-on-my-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Jane Talks Tech! » My Workarounds in Ubuntu and Getting Weaned Off Windows. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:41:37 +0000 http://fadingwhispers.org/home/?p=543#comment-774 [...] Security on Linux: This is the biggest scare for me because I was reasonably adept at staying secure on my laptop when it had Vista on it. Now, I’m learning things like the Linux filesystem does not need [...] [...] Security on Linux: This is the biggest scare for me because I was reasonably adept at staying secure on my laptop when it had Vista on it. Now, I’m learning things like the Linux filesystem does not need [...]

]]> http://fadingwhispers.org/home/2008/09/25/dont-cha-wanna-know-how-i-stay-secure-on-my-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Shady business practices | Jane Talks Tech! Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:26:13 +0000 http://fadingwhispers.org/home/?p=543#comment-582 [...] Internet Security 2009:- I had heard good things about the high detection rate of this program and about their awful customer support. I decided [...] [...] Internet Security 2009:- I had heard good things about the high detection rate of this program and about their awful customer support. I decided [...]

]]> http://fadingwhispers.org/home/2008/09/25/dont-cha-wanna-know-how-i-stay-secure-on-my-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-525 My official HP giveaway declaration. :) | Jane Talks Tech! Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:15:38 +0000 http://fadingwhispers.org/home/?p=543#comment-525 [...] Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate/Home Premium or Microsoft Windows XP pre-installed on all units (Mini 1000 runs XP), Microsoft [...] [...] Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate/Home Premium or Microsoft Windows XP pre-installed on all units (Mini 1000 runs XP), Microsoft [...]

]]> http://fadingwhispers.org/home/2008/09/25/dont-cha-wanna-know-how-i-stay-secure-on-my-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-519 My official HP giveaway declaration. :) | Fading Whispers: The Chronicles Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:18:42 +0000 http://fadingwhispers.org/home/?p=543#comment-519 [...] Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate/Home Premium or Microsoft Windows XP pre-installed on all units (Mini 1000 runs XP), Microsoft [...] [...] Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate/Home Premium or Microsoft Windows XP pre-installed on all units (Mini 1000 runs XP), Microsoft [...]

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