I am using mywot for couple of days, and I would say I kind of like it, though its not something unexpected. Sure, I am happy, that most of sites belonging to firms I work with do well. My main concern was that community-driven opinions might be incorrect regards some of Read more…
WOT (Web of trust) is firefox add-on for voting on security of sites and getting warnings. It was recommended in one blog, and I wanted to give it a try. The idea of the software is quite nice, a community based votes on sites and warning system. The single fear Read more…
Today took time to upgrade wordpress to version 2.3.3. It was not seamless process, as somehow new tables were not created and thus lost all the categories. Had to re-create missing tables by hand and same goes for categories. At the moment everything is working, but will have to check Read more…
Although Facebook.com is not popular in Lithuania, there are still Lithuanians that use it. Not many, though, but even I got an account and couple of friends there. So, whats the problem…. Recently I got an email to another box that friend is looking for me on facebook. The name Read more…
[ad#ref-spyw]WinReanimator is a new infection, that got epidemic status just after Valentines day this February. Together with SystemDefender, they started succesfully taking place left after Virus Heat infections, although scam is about the same. The symptoms are following: You browse websites, get to infected ones (luckily, these are mostly porn Read more…
Codeigniter is wonderful platform, and i am not planing to question it. Everything they say in the documentation is true, and at the moment I am not planing to switch. After I started using it, I am not planing on developing web without it till something better arrives. However, from Read more…
[ad#ref-spyw]VirusHeat is a new name of our “favourite” scam of 2007 – rogue anti-spyware apps. These applications came in hundreds of names in the past, like SpyAxe, MalwareCrush, VirusHeal and now VirusHeat. Strangely enough, they decided to change only one letter in the name and add some borrowed graphics to Read more…
When you get a membership letter with passwords from a sites you never visited, stay cautious – its a new version of spam virus that sends out greeting cards. Only now the message looks something like this: New Member, Welcome To Website name>. Membership Number: 11424856351 Temorary Login: user4443 Temorary Read more…
Yesterday, I’ve been reading answers.yahoo.com and found a question that seemed pretty ridiculous. Some guy asked where he could download some spyware. Wow, I though, he must be crazy. Everyone is talking about spyware, malware and adware and it seems to be all over the Net. But only then I Read more…
If you have not upgraded to Firefox 2.0.0.5 and you use Internet Explorer together with firefox, Please upgrade ASAP. There is a lot of finger pointing going on, but one thing is clear: I.E allows executing other programs with un-escaped url thus permitting malicious code execution in other applications, including Read more…