Product Review–Yahoo Messenger Test run July 20, 2005, default settings on clean install of Windows XP Home, OEM edition. Unpatched, no service packs, antivirus, or blocking software. Hardware firewall was the only security in place. Version tested: Listed in ‘About’ box as “Yahoo! Messenger 6.0.0.1922 and MyYahoo Module 6.0.0.600, (C)1997-2004.” Summary: Not evil, and not [...]
Test run July 21, 2005, default settings on clean install of Windows XP Home, OEM edition. Unpatched, no service packs, antivirus, or blocking software. Hardware firewall was the only security in place. Version tested: Listed in folder names as 4.6.1.0/ ‘Click here’ on main Hotbar page gave no option, but started the “Take control of [...]
Product Review–SmileyCentral (Ask Jeeves, Inc.) Test run July 21, 2005, default settings on clean install of Windows XP Home, OEM edition. Unpatched, no service packs, antivirus, or blocking software. Hardware firewall was the only security in place. Version tested: No version number, but copyright date in the license is June 1, 2005. Also known as [...]
I had what was apparently a pretty bad infestation of spyware crud on my Win XP box. Aurora, Limewire, some other stuff. I couldn’t clean it out myself, gave up, and got a referral on a local tech guru. He showed up, took one look, and said he had to take the system to the [...]
Yup, that’s what’s on screen this morning. I’ve been Updated, and there is this always-on-top message asking me to click on “Update”. Somehow or another, Viewpoint Media Player slipped past a fully-patched Win 2000 Pro setup with blocking in place on the autoplay settings. The product claims to send non-personally-identifiable information back to a server [...]
