To be honest, if I was really worried, I'd wipe all hard drives and re-install because hey, I picked up the newest miley virus and heard that was the only way to get rid of it. I'd then proceed with my normal Internet activities and play the My Little Pony MMORPG. I'd then browse on over to Government Propaganda Online by You're a Slave Media Productions for all of the latest and greatest news and tips on how to turn your neighbor in at the Department of Homeland Security for being different than everyone else.
Read MoreSure, the install date on my OS might be from a week ago and you can't recover anything from before that date but it's because I had to reinstall. 'cause I was going to my favorite Justin Beiber fan blog and got a virus. Fuck you Beiber.
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Read MoreGoogle Mail is a powerful engine for spammers. Email sent through Google's web mail contain no origin IP address in the email's header. This means that spammers do not have to deal with rotating or masking their sending IP address which will get blacklisted fairly quickly when mass mailing.
Read MoreIf you conduct online business under an alias such as "Mr. Green" or "Zero Cool" then using wireless networks that do not belong to you and have no connection to you is a great way to cover your tracks. You might just be a small time spammer trying to pay your rent. You could be a hacktivist preparing to deface a website. You could be many things and have numerous goals but the anonymity provided by using wireless networks that do not belong to you and have no connection to you is golden.
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