12/27/2000
Mailbag: "Hacking setup; VCache" I heard yesterday from the keeper of the best DOS utilities collection I've seen, Dev Teelucksingh. If you do much DOS stuff these days, you owe it to yourself to check...
View ArticleWindows 8 promises better security–to a point
At the summer hacker conferences, researchers have been talking up Windows 8 and its improved security. They talk a good game, but here’s the end run around it. During a casual search of file sharing...
View ArticleScratch one fake antivirus vendor
The FTC appears to have sued the makers of XP Antivirus, among others, out of business–to the tune of $163 million. There will be no tears from me. I dealt with this thing about a year ago, when a...
View ArticleGive your antivirus software a workout
Via PC Magazine, I found the AMTSO website, which is designed to test your antivirus software for proper operation. I think this is good for two reasons. One, it gives you a chance to see if antivirus...
View ArticleWhen Windows gets a file association with .exe files, get a hammer. This one.
I spent a maddening couple of days with a Windows computer that somehow had gotten a bogus file association with .exe files, which roughly translates to, “Windows quit running any programs.” Microsoft...
View ArticleSystem restore from command prompt
Sometimes a Windows computer is so broken that you have to run system restore from the command prompt. If you’re reading this, I don’t have to elaborate. This works in Windows 7, Windows 10, and any...
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