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Virus Hunting — Avast + Unlocker

March 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

After a somewhat brief Aikido class tonight I was enlisted by Crow to help rid a Vista machine of the Vundo trojan which found it’s way onto the machine (prior to Avast being installed).
Avast did a great job of finding most things and cleaning them up.  What it had trouble with was a few DLLs [...]

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Tags: Admin Tools · Security · Utilities · Windows

Easter Eggs — Software style

March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

There’s a quick list of Easter Eggs over on LifeHacker… Some of them are pretty sweet (Google Earth Flight Sim!).  Some are old classics.
Have a look at the LifeHacker post, and then check out these other two sites for a few more:

Mac OS X Easter Eggs
Windows Easter Eggs

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Tags: Geeky · Mac OS X · Tech Tips · Windows

4.5 Ways to Pimp Out Windows Vista

March 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

As some of you may already know, I run Windows Vista on my Macbook.  Not full time, mind you, I’m a fan of virtualization.  :)  I’ve been trying to give my ol’ Vista install a bit more of a “wow” factor recently, and I’ve come across some great tips to help make your PC unique.
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Tags: Downloads · Geeky · Microsoft · Tech Tips · Windows

Updates: Windows vs. Apple

November 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

I realize that many of you reading this are well aware of the tediousness of regularly performing your windows updates.  Hopefully it’s not as bad as this guy… I mean hell we’ve all done it.  Reload your Windows PC and spend 30-60 minutes running Windows Update multiple times to make sure you’ve covered everything.
So why, [...]

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Tags: Apple · Mac OS X · MacBook · Microsoft · Windows

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