Corporate America to Microsoft: We'll Pass on Windows 8

I can certainly understand why corporate America would feel this way. It is an incredibly large undertaking to convert thousands upon thousands of computers from one operating system to another, and many companies are just deciding or have already decided, and perhaps even started or finished their conversions, to go to Windows 7 from their rock steady Windows XP machines.
 

Corp. America to Microsoft: We'll Pass on Windows 8

Keep your PC clean with Microsoft Security Essentials

Regular readers of this blog know that I recommend Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). It is an excellent and free anti-virus program. There is no need to spend money on Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro, or any other, and I can assure you MSE is as good as or better than most all of the other free anti-viruses. Who knows more about Microsoft operating systems than Microsoft itself? I'd suggest "no one" is a good guess at the answer, so it stands to reason, to me anyway, that I'd want the people who know the system I am using to be my anti-virus program provider, and did I already say MSE is FREE? :-)

My recommended security baseline includes all free programs including MSE. Check it out at PC Doc's Security Baseline.

from worldstart.com by Yogesh Bakshi: Keep your PC clean with Microsoft Security Essentials

September HOSTS file available now

I hope you are using the MVPS HOSTS file on your system(s). The latest version is now available.




The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [September-05-2011]
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Download: hosts.zip (148 kb)
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.zip

How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS file
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts2.htm

HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hostsfaq.htm
Note: the "text" version makes a great resource for determining possible unwanted connections ...
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt (600 kb)

Get notified when the MVPS HOSTS file is updated
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/updates.htm

Published Mon, Sep 5 2011 13:56 by winhelp2002

Rethinking the ‘Never Unsubscribe’ Rule for Spam

Happy Labor Day!

David Pogue of the New York Times is worth reading and following. This post may be of some interest to some of you. Personally I find that the junk (spam) mail filters in Gmail and those in my host sevices webmail offerings do a very good job. However, I present this here for those of you who may find your spam filter inadequate. Be sure to read the whole post. This only really applies in certain situations.

"When it comes to junk mail, the rule, for 15 years, has been: Never respond. Don’t even try to unsubscribe, even if they give you instructions for doing so. You’re just letting the spammer know that your e-mail address is “live,” and that you’re a dummy who actually opens those messages and reads them. You’ll wind up getting put on even more spam lists as a result.

Well, I think it’s time to revisit that advice."

Rethinking the ‘Never Unsubscribe’ Rule for Spam