Virtual PC - Slicker Than Oil by Don Watkins
When I was younger and worked on mainframes I was always working with pretty mundane stuff; batch processing for the most part with what little online work being done with smaller computers (Buker-Ramo if you must know) with the mainframes running DOS/VSE. ... In fact you're so isolated your virtual machine will need to have all patches, anti-virus software, etc. ... Sadly they haven't made any changes to the desktop software license. ... Other than the obvious benefits to developers there's also the legacy aspect of all that great (okay, maybe not so great) DOS software that's still out...

DVD Decrypter Software - Ethical Or Industry Breaker? by Mike Smythe
As every day goes by, the security and creation processes make it increasingly complex to successfully duplicate and replicate popular media such as DVD movies and music Cd's. This is to protect industry, and stop the illegal production and distribution of these products, and urgent issue that... It is also recommended that you have recently conducted separate adware and anti-virus checks to ensure nothing goes wrong with your computer, adversely affecting the DVD decryption process. ... However, with recent software developments, there is a large range of software titles that will...

Email Fight Club - Avoiding Spam, Spyware, Scams and Cookie Hunters by Barney Barnes
Email Fight Club Rules Follow these 10 common sense suggestions to avoid email trouble. 1. Suspect Everyone: Most unsolicited email is harmless junk from someone just hoping to make a sale or generate a list. However, there are some unscrupulous players out there ( You know...the one with the... Keep your anti virus software updated. ... Messaging software filtering tools will reject mail from your frequent spammers' email addresses, or with certain words ("sex", "porn", or "free meds", for example) in the subject line.

Search Technologies to Solve the Problem of Information Security by Alena Semeshko
Lately the problem of securing the information contained in the enterprise’s data space becomes more and more critical. It’s the information hidden from common access that is most valuable. Specialists in the field of information security distinguish two types of potential threats: external and... The danger lies in the fact that most employees have access to the organization’s repositories of information and are exempt from such network defenses as anti-virus programs, firewalls, even e-mail filters.

Explore the Internet in a Whole New Way by Daniel Punch
For a long time now Microsoft's Internet Explorer has ruled as 'King of Internet browsers'. Like many of Microsoft's products an initially brutal marketing campaign pushed Internet Explorer into the mainstream's consciousness and from then on it was the logical, default choice. ... He went on at great lengths about the security aspects, the in-built popup blockers, download managers and so on, but I'd spent a fairly large amount of time and money on anti-virus programs, firewalls, spyware removers, and my browser was secure enough.

Security and Internet Browsers – Firefox vs Internet Explorer by Igor Pankov
Introduction The Internet is becoming a more and more dangerous place to be, due in no small part to the inherent security risks posed by viruses and spyware. Additionally, applications that access the Internet as part of their normal operations may have errors in their code that allows... Specific actions will be able to be defined following the completion of a download, and users can check the newly-downloaded file with their anti-virus before running it. ... Restriction of executable Web content In the current version of IE, suspect websites have been free to install almost any...