Malware is a generic term for all types of software that the bad guys use to attack your computer for their nefarious purposes. Some of these yo-yos are just pimply faced guys living in their mother’s basements trying to get creds with other hackers by bragging on their bulletin boards. Others want to take over…
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A Recent Event
by Joe Wood •
Recently a customer came to me with a laptop running Vista. Neither the keyboard nor the touchpad worked. That was the simple part. I plugged in an external USB keyboard and mouse, then, after they had been discovered and installed, I went to the Device Manager and removed the keyboard and touchpad. After a reboot…
How Malware Propagates
by Joe Wood •
“Joe, How did I get this thing? What did I do wrong?” The answer to that can sometimes be nothing. One of the problems with Windows XP and all previous versions of Windows is that the default is to operate at all times at the highest level of administrative privilege. with Windows Vista and 7…
