Monthly Archives: November 2010
The shortcut virus
Did you ever wonder how powerful is a shortcut ? Or if the computer viruses can be spreaded via shortcuts ? No, this article is not about viruses who are playing with shortcuts on your desktop, making them to run away when you want to click one of them and driving you crazy, this article is about simple shortcuts. For example somebody send you via email as attachment or you download from somewhere a folder with two files in it, a text file and a shortcut to the text file, what are you thinking ? I mean, something like this : The first impulse is to double click the file …
An questionable Task Manager
Always I have a feeling of safety when a computer program ask for my authorization to update itself and absolutely always I have a deception and I’m concerning when I log some connections made by a program without my knowledge. It does not matter the purposes of these “hidden” connections or of some supposed “hidden” processes, in my opinion, all of the actions invisible to the user performed by a program are a potential threat, a potentially violation of the user privacy and in any case an abuse against the user. All of the people feel comfortable in their house when they know all what is happening there and in digital …
7 zip for Windows 7
7z is a new and open architecture archive format developed by Igor Pavlov and based on LZMA compression algorithm. Both LZMA and the utility for handling 7z archives, 7-Zip utility are released under GNU LGPL license which mean is free for commercial or personal use on any computer. A few of the most important features of 7z format are: High compression ratio Strong AES-256 encryption Open architecture Unicode file names Supporting files with sizes up to 16000000000 GB The utility created for handling 7z archives, 7-Zip is an open source software created aswell by Igor Pavlov assuring a high compression ratio for processed files and supporting many archive formats: Packing …
Exposing a fake antivirus
Today somebody asked me to write a good testimonial about his software, Spyware Sterilizer. Well, the things does not work this way, I can write a good testimonial only after rigorous tests and if the software deserve it, otherwise I have a feeling of bad faith regarding my readers, or this is definitely not acceptable, furthermore is the opposite of the meaning of this site. But, I will use this article to say ” sorry”, to the “author” of this software for the next honest review. You will understand later why the word “author” is within quotation marks. The software, Spyware Sterilizer by UnbeatableSoft, with subtitle ” Your perfect Spyware & …
