419 Scam Information The 419 fraud (after a formerly relevant section of the Criminal Code of Nigeria) is a form of advance fee fraud. It is a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance relatively small sums of money in the hope of realizing a much larger gain. In brief, 419 is Read more about 419 Scam Information[…]
To use Mac OS 9-compatible applications in the Classic environment you must have a Mac OS 9 System Folder. Out of the box, some Macintosh computers manufactured after June 2004 do not have Classic pre-installed, including iMac G5, Mac mini, and some Power Macintosh G5 computers. Classic is available on one of the Apple software Read more about Getting Classic to work on OSX without OS9 installed[…]
Spyware and viruses could start using an old Unix trick. Recent viral applications allow viruses and spyware to use the kernel rootkit concept to hide themselves from the Windows operating system and the users that administer them. For more information, take a look at the following articles: The Inquirer Computer World
We have been getting a question from some of our clients that are still using dialup. How does that “high-speed dialup” work, and would it be worth it for me to get? This article will explain how it works and will hopefully allow the reader to make a better decision. First of all, when your Read more about How it Works: Highspeed Dialup[…]
A recent problem with a Qmail server had our Linux technicians scratching their heads a bit. The server would accept a message to be sent from an account on that box, but it would take about 30 minutes to actually send the message to the recipient. This is what we found: ————————————————————————————- After scouring the Read more about Qmail waits 30 minutes before processing a message[…]
With today’s prevalance for spyware and worms, one of our technicians wrote up a small document on how to combat these problems. Internet Explorer is a bad choice for web browsing. It has many security holes that allow programs like spyware to run just by visiting a website. Many times, the user doesn’t even know Read more about Ways to Combat Spyware[…]