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April 14, 2012

25% off Norton Internet Security 2012 or Norton 360 v6.0

I don’t know why Norton/Symantec does it this way, but it’s always cheaper to buy a new version of their app rather go through the renewal process. Norton Internet Security 2012 costs nearly $50, but you can buy a new copy from Amazon for $27. How does that make sense? In reality, I’m not buying a new version, I’m just extending the amount of time I can download virus definitions. It’s not like they’re actually "giving" me anything when I renew. But oh well, their choice. If it’s cheaper to buy the program again then so be it. And that’s where we are, renewal time again. It’s time to keep the anti-virus apps up to date and keep the flaming toilet papers rolls of the Internet away from my machine. The Internet is not a Superhighway. It’s a pothole ridden backroad with ruts and ill-tempered dogs that want to eat you. It can be an ugly place. Prevention is the […]

April 13, 2012

Salvation from Viruses, Rootkits, Malware and Spyware. How to protect yourself.

A friend of mine at work has found himself battling some serious computer demons. "A friend of his wife’s", (the story always starts that way) has a laptop that is running slow and causing problems. It took only a couple of minutes to determine it was the victim of some malware, probably had a virus and some spyware seeping through. Oh course the machine has an OEM copy of Windows, no recovery disks and as for anti-virus, I’m not sure it even had any. If it did, it sure as hell wasn’t working. Anyway, the battle began on Monday night. I met back up with him on Thursday and he looked to be a defeated man. He told stories of at least 10 viruses on the system, quite possibly a rootkit, definitely Malware and Spyware and since he didn’t have any disks, getting to scan the machine before Windows loaded was proving to be problematic. I’ve been there. I’ve been […]

April 6, 2012

Free Copy of O&O DriveLED for Easter, plus a coupon

O&O Software has an Easter Egg on their site that gives you a free license to O&O DriveLED v4.0. Since it’s an Easter Egg you have to go searching for it. But where to start? Actually, it’s not that hard. Let your fingers do the walking and let the site help you out. Maybe you could do a search for "Easter Egg" and see what comes back. While you’re out there you can use the coupon code "EASTER2012" to save 30% off anything in the online store. Not a bad deal. Shop the O&O Online Store

April 4, 2012

Converting A Physical Hard Drive To A Virtual Hard Disk

At first glance the project seemed easy – clone the physical hard drive inside a server and restore it into VirtualBox so as to use the virtual copy. Turns out, it doesn’t work the way I envisioned it in my head. All the latest software made promises of one-click cloning and on the fly conversion to VHD. But in the end, after three days of trying, I’m scrapping this project. I just can’t seem to get it to work. I tried using the latest software like O&O DiskImage 6, which listed VHD as one of the output formats. Well, it outputs to VHD alright, but that image doesn’t load. I cloned the drive without incident, but for the life of me I can’t that server to boot in a virtual environment. I created a VHD, I restored to a new VDI, I installed a new OS and tried the restore from there, I used a boot CD and restored from […]

March 5, 2012

XYplorer Lifetime License Pro–50% discount

If you’re looking for a high quality file manager then XYplorer is well worth looking into. I bought this last time BitsDuJour had it on sale and have been impressed with how it works. In fact, this is the type of file manager that should have been built into Windows in the first place. It supports multiple tabs, highlighting, searching, bulk file rename, integrates with TeraCopy, supports the Shell Context Menu, file preview, background copy, and tons of other stuff. Normally the app is $70, but today the discount drops it down to $35. That may seem like quite a bit, but keep in mind this is for the lifetime license. And this app gets updated quite frequently. You won’t be waiting years for the next update to come around. This is a great app for a really good price! XYplorer Lifetime License Pro

25% off Norton Internet Security 2012 or Norton 360 v6.0

Salvation from Viruses, Rootkits, Malware and Spyware. How to protect yourself.

Free Copy of O&O DriveLED for Easter, plus a coupon

Converting A Physical Hard Drive To A Virtual Hard Disk

XYplorer Lifetime License Pro–50% discount

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