A very nasty type of virus — The Rootkit Virus!

So, a new client came to me with their laptop that was having some issues. The issue was whenever they tried to go to www.google.com, the website would not show up. Yet, Bing worked and so did Yahoo. Another random thing that happened was when I was showing her some...

Adobe Reader Security Vulnerability – How to Patch It!

Earlier this month, Adobe warned us of several critical vulnerabilities in it’s Reader and Acrobat PDF viewers. According to Adobe, these vulnerabilities are already actively being exploited by hackers and other cyber criminals. Basically, any user who opens an...

Java May Be Too Risky: What should I do now?

Java has had a lot of issues in the recent past and you may be asking yourself what you should be doing about it — should you: disable; patch; enable; no no no disable again. All of this may leave you feeling confused and unsure as to where you should go from...

Oracle Fixes Zero Day Java Flaws: Patch Now

Oracle released an out-of-band patch Sunday to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities in Java that are being actively exploited by attackers. All Java users should apply the update as soon as possible, according to the Oracle security advisory. What this means is that if...