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  • The Best 5 Tips to Prevent Malware on Your Windows System

    The Best 5 Tips to Prevent Malware on Your Windows System

    Windows has always been synonymous with malware. To this day, Windows systems are being targeted by malware developers because of the number of Windows systems online, as well as how many exploitable security holes are available. Much of the malware can easily be prevented if users just took the time to implement some security measures on their Windows systems.

    Below I provide 5 of the best tips that I utilize on my Windows system. Since implementing these tips, I haven’t had to worry about any malware on my computer in any shape or form.

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  • Java – A Huge Security Problem in Your Computer

    Java – A Huge Security Problem in Your Computer

    Many of the attacks on a computer system involves exploiting weaknesses in installed software. Everything from the operating system, Web browsers, office software, and software that just connects to the Internet, may have weaknesses that hackers can exploit to install malicious software. Most of the time malicious software that targets a particular application exploit is limited to a particular type of computer, such as Windows or Apple. This is why it is always important to ensure you keep the applications installed on your computer updated with the latest patches.

    There is one piece of software that is exploited on a regular basis, and the exploits aren’t limited to a particular system. This software is designed to work on many different systems, so it is an extremely easy target for hackers. The software is Java.

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  • 3 Applications You Must Keep Updated at All Times

    3 Applications You Must Keep Updated at All Times

    It seems that each week we are constantly interrupted by popup windows on our computers instructing us to update an application. If you are like me, these popup windows can be quite annoying. As annoying as I might find them, they appear for a good reason – to ensure that the software we have on our computer is the latest, and hopefully, the most secure version available.

    While you can have any number of applications installed, there are three popular applications that you most definitely must keep as updated as possible. While you may not use all three described below, if you do use any of these, ensure you perform the updated when requested.

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  • Facebook Screams to Zero-Day Java Exploit: Is Your Account Compromised?

    Facebook Screams to Zero-Day Java Exploit: Is Your Account Compromised?

    Facebook recently discovered a zero-day java attack roaming the internet which it happened to be one of the targets. According to Facebook officials, this attack was discovered on victimized computers belonging to Facebook engineers. The zero-day java attack was designed to download and installed a collection of unseen malware programs in victimized computers but was deciphered when a suspicious domain was found in Facebook’s Domain Name Server request log.

    The perpetrators of this attack injected the code on the HTML of popular Mobile Developer web forum which tends to victimize any visitor that has java enabled on their browser.

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