Friday 11 April 2014

Gizmo's Freeware: Heartbleed Effect: Passwords You Need to Change Now

Gizmo's Freeware: Heartbleed Effect: Passwords You Need to Change Now

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Heartbleed Effect: Passwords You Need to Change Now

Posted: 11 Apr 2014 04:22 AM PDT

It's a pain but we are all going to have to bite the bullet and change passwords at sites that may have been affected by the Heartbleed securty exploit. Some helpful people have been compiling lists of sites where a password change is indicated. Here are some big sites that were affected and so you need a password change:


http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/heartbleed-effect-passwords-you-need-change-now.htm

Still Got An XP Machine? Turn It On Now

Posted: 10 Apr 2014 05:58 AM PDT

Microsoft officially stopped supporting Windows XP as from today. There will be no more security patches or other bug fixes.

The official recommendation from Microsoft is that everyone with a PC that runs XP should throw it out and buy a new one. However, that's unlikely to happen. And why chuck out a perfectly functional computer if it's still working OK, just because Microsoft says so?

If you still have a computer that runs Windows XP, or you're still running programs in Windows XP Mode under Windows 7, here's what you should do.


http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/still-got-xp-machine-turn-it-now.htm

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