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2024-10-25 eBay Account Hijacked
The true story of a friend trying to answer questions for an item he was selling on eBay and became a victim of Cross Site Scripting. In this article we take a deeper look at this vulnerability and what you can do to prevent getting your cookies stolen. If you sell anything on eBay, you'll want to read this article.
2024-11-20 Does a home user need a router for added security?
I have read all of your reviews on
the virus software companies. My question is; does a home user need a
router for added security? I have been told by many who use computers
that it's a good idea. The only one who said that I should "take it
back to the store", was a tech support worker at my ISP. Well what is
your opinion?
Thank You, Mr. Ford
To Have or Not to Have... that is the question.
To
answer the question, should you install a router, we need to address
what functions the router adds, and which of these functions are
security related. Then, look if these services and functions are being
supplies elsewhere.
2024-11-13 Internet Child Safety
I feel on my heart to educate readers about an extremely important subject if you have children. Protecting your children against the obscene and graphic pornography that is so easily accessible on the Internet. On average, pornography is only four clicks away from any given website. The majority of children are surfing the Internet with little or no protection preventing them from harmful material.
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2006 Antivirus Review
We unleashed ten of the most potent viruses we could find on the top antivirus products of 2006. Detailed in this review are which products prevented contamination, and which products became septic.
2007 Antivirus Review
Like a steel brush on a skin rash, we painfully expose which top antivirus products clean the wound and stop infections as we pour ten contaminated viruses over our exposed computers. When we injected the Bacterio61 virus into the leading antivirus products of 2007, not all of them made it.
2007 Anti-Spyware Review
We were torn on how to properly and effectively test the slew of antispyware applications on the market. We checked other review sites to see how they performed their reviews, and they were out of date. So we decided to jump in, no holds barred with evilest of evils... a rook kit!
2007 Firewall Review
What are you going to do when he comes a knockin? The big bad wolf is back, and hundred of attacks are proof enough he's developed some technical skills. Will you get blown away, or is your firewall secure as bricks? Our 2007 Firewall test aims to examine the ability of the leading software firewalls.
2007 Computer Security Software Reviews
Here is the official Alcatraz Security computer security reviews of 2007. As the year progresses we will continue to add products and applications. This list reviews the products on their own service level. For example, we review Agnitum Outpost Pro on it's ability to provide firewall and antispyware protection. If you need antivirus protection, or firewall protection we recommend you look those specific reviews.