Day two has been pretty uneventful. MSE has not detected any threats (Neither did Avira, as I avoid the nastier parts of the internet), and has been VERY unobtrusive. I have yet to have any virus definition updates, but will try an update tonight. I would imagine the definition update would be rather small in …
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Living With Microsoft Security Essentials: Day 1
Well, I decided to document a week living with MSE, after removing Avira from my systems. All 3 of my machines (2 Windows 7 machines, one Windows XP) used Avira, and all of them suffered the odd boot sequences caused by the software. Avira uninstalled smoothly on all 3 machines, and, after the absurd time …
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Antivirus, Boot times, and more…
Antivirus software. A requirement in the computing world. I don’t care what anyone says, ALL SYSTEMS are vulnerable to SOME form of malware. Anything can be exploited, given enough time, energy, and knowledge. I don’t care if it is MacOS, Linux, or of course, Windows: it CAN be exploited. So, given this circumstance, one would …
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Hello world!
Yes, well, I know what you are thinking: WHAT HAPPENED TO XADARA? Easy. Changed some things out. CMSmadesimple, while good for static pages, etc, honestly did not do what I needed it to for constantly updating, live content. That is what I always intended the site to have.. constantly updating content. So, I decided yesterday …
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Public Wifi Encryption?
So, as I post this blog, I am down the street from my house, at a Subway restaurant. Now, there is a Dunkin Doughnuts 2 doors down that advertises free Wifi. Well, turns out their access point is secured with a WEP key.. which is all to common here in Memphis. Free wifi requires you …
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Thoughts on the Space Shuttle Program
The primary purpose of the STS program (the Space Shuttle) was to build a permanent base in earth orbit, from which we could research, and eventually use as a base for future missions to the Moon, and beyond. The Shuttle was quickly thrust into a changing world. The fall of the Soviet Union changed it’s …
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