Southern writes:  

While I have a near-perfect fix for your PC virus problems -- switch to Linux -- I know most of you aren't going to take me up on it. Some of you, though, could probably be talked into going Mac, but while Macs are still a good deal safer than Windows, Mac malware, like the BlackHole RAT Trojan horse are beginning to show up. What's a user to do!?

Well, if you're not going to switch operating systems, you should take a look at the free antivirus programs that are available. Yes, there are lots of paid antivirus programs out there such as Norton AntiVirus; Kaspersky Anti-Virus, and McAfee AntiVirus Plus, but there are lots of good, free antivirus programs out there as well. So why spend money when you don't have to?

Now, if you really don't know the first thing about protecting yourself online, then it probably is worth paying the money for a security program. But, I don't mean just an antivirus program. I mean a full security suite like BitDefender Total Security 2011; Kaspersky Internet Security 2011; or ZoneAlarm Extreme Technology. These days there are endless threats on the Internet, and if you're not technically adept it's all too easy for them to mangle your computer and possibly your life as well.
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From the ZDNET Technology Blog, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Reports:

We know you can take down Web sites with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. We know that a country, like Egypt, can knock down a country’s entire Internet infrastructure. And, we thought we knew that you couldn’t take down the entire Internet. It turns out we could be wrong.

In a report from New Scientist, Max Schuchard a computer science graduate student and his buddies claim they’ve found a way to launch DDoS attacks on Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) network routers that could crash the Internet.

Read the Full article How To Crash The Internet

papamike writes:  

I noticed a few of the banners I designed sometime ago on community websites and decided to create some more. Members of my site can[ Get Yours ] in my Downloads area.

Thanks,
Mike (papamike)

nuken writes:  

I have released Tricked Out New (TON) 2.6 at Tricked Out News where you can download and preview this new and improved module. This release features many changes and enhancements over previous versions. Compatible with RavenNuke 2.4 and up. Get your free copy today. Registration is required to download TON 2.6. I would like to thank the community members for their feedback and input on this release.

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SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA43021

VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/43021/

CRITICALITY: Highly Critical

RELEASE DATE: 2011-02-11

DESCRIPTION: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome, where some have an unknown impact and others can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 9.0.597.94 Read More...

kenetix writes:  

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