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Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report for May 2011 showed that the malware infection rate for Windows XP is five times higher than for Windows 7. Read CNET’s article here:
Rootkits are malware programs that gain administrative access to computers and hide themselves while messing with your computer. A new report from Avast says three fourths of all rootkits found in its latest study are on computers running Windows XP. The most commonly found rootkit was TDL3 or TDL4. Rootkits are hard to find and [...]
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Your computer loads a lot of drivers when it first starts up, there are some you probably don’t use. Check the Device Manager by clicking the Start Menu’s search box and type “Device Manager”, click on the link and look for anything you aren’t using like modems, and virtual Wi-Fi adapters & Bluetooth controllers as [...]
Have you used a computer that has a SSD drive in it? Have you updated your computer by adding a SSD? If you have, I think you’ll agree with my one word comment – Wow! Adding a SSD drive is the most impressive upgrade I can think of for any computer and really amazing with [...]
Clicking on an IM or e-mail link could send you to a website with a malicious image — which would likely result in an infected PC. The flaw lies in the Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) system. Rated critical, this patch affects all supported versions of Windows, and that forecasts a likelihood of attacks [...]
In Windows XP, if you select the Thumbnail view for folders in Windows Explorer, Windows will put up to four of the pictures inside the folder on the folder icon. If a folder contains music, it will put the album art on the folder icon. But you can also put a picture you choose on [...]
Have you recently downloaded IE9 only to discover your menu bar was gone and you couldn’t find your favourites anymore? Go here to get a quick fix to this problem:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/111483-internet-explorer-turn-menu-bar-always-off.html
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1983 Peach Fest Tri Video
Untitled 1 Click here to see the video from the very first Peach Festival Triathlon held in Penticton, BC July 1983. I'd love to hear from you, send me an email mike@mvanert.com.
