Archive for December, 2008
Serious security flaw found in IE 7 use alternative
by Tom on Dec.16, 2008, under Windows Software
Serious security flaw found in IE 7, also known as zero-day exploit.
With the web browser being the main application that many people use the majority of the time while being on a computer, hackers are always trying to find new vulnerabilities that can exploit, and they found a big one recently.
Internet explorer, which is shipped with Microsoft windows, has the largest user audience of all web browsers, steaming ahead with 46% (this November from W3Schools) which is a great surprise to me, as I still thought IE still owned 80% of the browser market!
Now, this is scary since this security flaw is pretty harsh, as it allows hackers/ criminals to take control of people’s computers stealing there passwords and login credentials.
Other browsers are safe from this exploit, including Firefox, opera, safari and chrome, you are advised to switch as soon as possible, how about now?
Firefox is a very secure and an amazing web browser, plus it’s FREE, also being supported by 44% of the world’s web accessing people, which is pretty neat.
Just click this button to get going!
For more information reguarding this security issue you can visit:
Make your computer faster and reclaim vital storage with Ccleaner
by Tom on Dec.13, 2008, under Windows Software
Ccleaner; also known as crap cleaner, does exactly what it say’s on the tin, it deletes all that unused junk that accumulates in the hidden back end of your computer system, its the best, safest completely free cleanup software available for windows.
from internet explorer, windows explorer, system files, Firefox, many many other applications, multimedia, internet, utilities and the operating system itself, cleaning that unused junk from all this software frees up hundreds of megabytes of data on your HDD.
This temporary data is usually created from a mash up of all these programs and utilities, just running, performing updates downloading whatever, but it all adds up to clogging your system up.
Now, i have been using Ccleaner for well over two years now, There are tonnes of reasons that i still love it for one; its so easy and quick to use, you can right click on your recycle bin and there’s a link to the program! in a couple of seconds you can load the program and run it! seconds later that’s everything cleared “just like that”, i normally do this once every two weeks to keep things tidy, and it really does make a difference in your system, the first time a ran this program cleared a whopping 2gb crap off my system, i was dead chuffed.
The dawn of a new technology blog
by Tom on Dec.13, 2008, under News, Tom Lewis
Well after having this domain for years and years, i have finally decided on an idea for it.. Kind of…
So to get the ball rolling, I’m welcoming Wordpress 2.7 with open arms! My first blog, surprisingly really, since that i have been a webmaster for coming up to.. 5 years now?
I will be publishing articles on new technologies and how-to’s from around the globe, mostly computer based.
Your comments are welcome; I hope you enjoy your stay at Life Burner.
