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		<title>Mac Users Confused About Spyware</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 21:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://forevergeeks.com/mac-users-confused-about-spyware/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="120" height="120" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/apple-malware_thumb-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="apple-malware" title="apple-malware" /></a>Hey Mac users, just in case you don’t know. Symantec is a software security company that makes millions of dollars a year selling crappy security applications like their Norton and Symantec antivirus to Windows users, and that’s where your pontiff Steve Jobs is sending you now to buy an antivirus when you call AppleCare whining about your Mac computer being &#8230; <a href="http://forevergeeks.com/mac-users-confused-about-spyware/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Mac users, just in case you don’t know. Symantec is a software security company that makes millions of dollars a year selling crappy security applications like their Norton and Symantec antivirus to Windows users, and that’s where your pontiff Steve Jobs is sending you now to buy an antivirus when you call AppleCare whining about your Mac computer being infected with Spyware. and you thought antivirus software was just for Windows, duh.<br />
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didn’t believe that? read <a href="http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/18137/applecare-staff-told-not-to-care-about-mac-malware-infection/">this</a></p>
<p><a href="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/apple-malware.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="apple-malware" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/apple-malware_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="apple-malware" width="404" height="411" align="left" /></a>I’ve been telling Mac users for a long time that Macs are vulnerable to malware just like Windows is, and the reason why macs  don’t get infected that often is because hackers don’t bother to write their malicious code for that platform, there are not too many macs in the market to bother. but that’s changing now as Apple gains market share in the computer world.</p>
<p>of course mac users never paid attention to my words, so now I’m just having fun watching their bubble getting burst with all the malware infecting their computers lately.</p>
<p>I don’t know where the belief that macs are not susceptible to malware came from, but it must have been a PR strategy from Apple itself, and now is backfiring.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure Mac users will stick their heads to their ass and continue believing macs are not susceptible to malware. but that’s understandable, according to a recent research it was found that apple fans are like religion zealots. and you know those are knuckleheads.  don’t believe that? read <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/05/19/apple.religion/">this</a></p>
<p>anyways, that’s my rambling for today.</p>
<p>c ya.</p>
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		<title>PasswordBird infected with malware ( according to Google )</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://forevergeeks.com/passwordbird-infected-with-malware-according-to-google/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="120" height="120" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/image_thumb4-150x150.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="image" title="image" /></a>I create a lot of accounts in our active directory for new users, and as a policy we enforce users to use very strong passwords, so I use software to generate the initial  account password setup. I been using passwordbird.com for awhile, but now when I go to their website I get the following warning: I get that warning when &#8230; <a href="http://forevergeeks.com/passwordbird-infected-with-malware-according-to-google/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I create a lot of accounts in our active directory for new users, and as a policy we enforce users to use very strong passwords, so I use software to generate the initial  account password setup. I been using <a href="http://passwordbird.com">passwordbird.com</a> for awhile, but now when I go to their website I get the following warning:<br />
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<p>I get that warning when I use Google Chrome, and I get the following warning on all browsers when I Google the website:</p>
<p><a href="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/image5.png"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;" title="image" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/image_thumb5.png" border="0" alt="image" width="689" height="288" /></a></p>
<p>so clearly Google has marked this website as not safe, but can anyone please confirm this is true?  passwordbird is a cool clean smart password generator, very useful.</p>
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		<title>Browse the Web Anonymously</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mozilla Firefox]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-do-anonymous-web-surfing/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="120" height="120" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image-thumb19-150x150.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="stealther plugin" title="stealther plugin" /></a>If for some reason you need to browse the Internet anonymously without leaving any trace like cookies, downloaded web files, disk cache, closed tabs list etc.then there is a Firefox plugin to do that. also Google Chrome has a built-in feature called incognito to browse the web anonymously, but lets talk about the Firefox plug-in first. Stealther is a Firefox &#8230; <a href="http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-do-anonymous-web-surfing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If for some reason you need to browse the Internet anonymously without leaving any trace like cookies, downloaded web files, disk cache, closed tabs list etc.then there is a Firefox plugin to do that. also Google Chrome has a built-in feature called incognito to browse the web anonymously, but lets talk about the Firefox plug-in first.<br />
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Stealther is a Firefox plugin that let you browse the web anonymously in that way once you close the browser no history of your online visits is saved on the local disk of the computer. this is a good plugin to use when using a public computer, or a computer you don&#8217;t want to leave any traces on. download the plugin from Firefox addons at <a title="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1306" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1306">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1306</a> and install it. the installation is very simple. once you restart Firefox, the plugin will show up under the Tools menu on your Firefox browser:</p>
<p><a href="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image19.png"><img style="display: inline; border: 0px none;" title="stealther plugin" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image-thumb19.png" alt="stealther plugin" border="0" height="321" width="251"></a></p>
<p>Once you click on the Stealther, Firefox will go into stealth mode. while on stealth mode, you won&#8217;t be able to login to online accounts that require to install tracking cookies, etc.<br />
You can also choose what to disable or allow on the plugin by going to the extensions options. click on <strong>Tools, </strong>then choose <strong>Add-ons&nbsp; </strong>look for the Stealther plugin and click on O<strong>ptions</strong>:</p>
<p><a href="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image20.png"><img style="display: inline; border: 0px none;" title="Firefox Entensions " src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image-thumb20.png" alt="Firefox Entensions " border="0" height="366" width="504"></a></p>
<p>the Stealther options window will pop-up:</p>
<p><a href="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image21.png"><img style="display: inline; border: 0px none;" title="stealther options" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image-thumb21.png" alt="stealther options" border="0" height="431" width="267"></a></p>
<p>from here you can choose what to disable or allow by checking or unchecking the options.</p>
<p>Now if for some reason you don’t want to use this plugin on Firefox, then download Google Chrome. in Google Chrome you don’t need any plugin just download it, and from the menu click on the wrench icon and click on <strong>New Incognito Window:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image22.png"><img style="display: inline; border: 0px none;" title="google chrome incognito window" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image-thumb22.png" alt="google chrome incognito window" border="0" height="367" width="332"></a></p>
<p>that should pop-up a new window totally anonymous on your browser.<br />
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		<title>Make Outlook 2007 Prompt You For Username And Password</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://forevergeeks.com/make-outlook-2007-prompt-you-for-username-and-password/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="120" height="120" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/image-thumb2-150x150.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Outlook Mail Setup" title="Outlook Mail Setup" /></a>If for some reason you want Outlook to prompt you to enter the username and password to sync with your mail server when it opens, then do following: Go to Control Panel and click on the Mail applet. The mail setup wizard will come up: Click on the E-mail Accounts button. the Account Settings window will come up next. Click on the Change Button. &#8230; <a href="http://forevergeeks.com/make-outlook-2007-prompt-you-for-username-and-password/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If for some reason you want Outlook to prompt you to enter the username and password to sync with your mail server when it opens, then do following:</p>
<p>Go to <strong>Control Panel </strong>and click on the <strong>Mail </strong>applet. The mail setup wizard will come up:</p>
<p><a href="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/image2.png"><img style="display: inline; border: 0px;" title="Outlook Mail Setup" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/image-thumb2.png" alt="Outlook Mail Setup" width="414" height="278" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>Click on the <strong>E-mail Accounts </strong>button.</p>
<p>the <strong>Account Settings </strong>window will come up next.</p>
<p><a href="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/image3.png"><img style="display: inline; border: 0px;" title="E-mail Accounts Settings" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/image-thumb3.png" alt="E-mail Accounts Settings" width="504" height="412" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>Click on the <strong>Change </strong>Button.</p>
<p>the <strong>Change E-mail Account </strong>window will show up:</p>
<p><a href="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/image4.png"><img style="display: inline; border: 0px;" title="Account E-mail Accounts" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/image-thumb4.png" alt="Account E-mail Accounts" width="504" height="378" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>Click on the <strong>More Settings.</strong></p>
<p>The <strong>Microsoft Exchange</strong> window will come up:</p>
<p><a href="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/image5.png"><img style="display: inline; border: 0px;" title="Microsoft Exchange" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/image-thumb5.png" alt="Microsoft Exchange" width="349" height="436" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>click on the <strong>Security </strong>Tab.</p>
<p><a href="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/image6.png"><img style="display: inline; border: 0px;" title="image" src="http://forevergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/image-thumb6.png" alt="image" width="347" height="433" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>Make sure the &#8220;<strong>Always prompt for logon credentials&#8221; </strong>option is checked under the security tab, and click on the <strong>Apply </strong>button<strong>. </strong>then click on <strong>OK</strong> on all the open windows.</p>
<p>restart Outlook to see if you get the prompt.</p>
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