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Category: Security

Clearing The BIOS Passwords On My Acer Laptop

December 5, 2015 Rodgers Notes Writer 1 Comment

Don’t have the password to get into the BIOS on your Acer laptop? Here’s how I cleared the BIOS passwords.

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Posted in: Security Filed under: 8473, 8473T, Acer, BIOS, Clear, Clearing, CLNPWD, CLNPWD.EXE, Erase, G2201, Laptop, Password, Recuva, Supervisor, Travelmate, Unlock, User, Windows 7

Reverse Engineering Netbeans

May 21, 2013 Rodgers Notes Writer 2 Comments

In Netbeans, over 40%of the XML files, and over 10% of the approximately 6900 files and directories, are concerned with updating the software!

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Posted in: Security Filed under: Analysis, Autoupdates, cygwin, Netbeans, Reverse Engineering

Gmail Suddenly Connects To 30 Ports On My Machine!

February 15, 2012 Rodgers Notes Writer Leave a comment

After connecting to Gmail, I suddenly had 30 HTTP connections to Google from my machine. Wow! What info are they collecting? What are they doing with the info?

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Posted in: Security Filed under: Gmail, Google, HTTP, netstat

Review of Colasoft – Network Activity Analyzer – It’s Awesome!

January 23, 2012 Rodgers Notes Writer Leave a comment

Colasoft makes a fabulous network analyzer, intuitively obvious and such a pleasure to work with. It installs and works in a few minutes. Highly recommended!

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Posted in: Reviews, Security Filed under: Colasoft, Network Activity, Packets, Review

Analysis of Adobe Acrobat Reader Update: How To Finally Shut It Up!

November 20, 2011 Rodgers Notes Writer 1 Comment

Analysis of Adobe Acrobat Reader Update: How To Finally Shut It Up! Adobe Acrobat Reader likes to update. And update.…

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Posted in: Security Filed under: Adobe Acrobat Reader Update, Analysis, Bad Software

Safari and Gmail on Windows: Lots of CPU

November 10, 2011 Rodgers Notes Writer Leave a comment

Recently, I’ve noticed that when I use the Safari browser on XP for Gmail, it takes up a LOT of…

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Posted in: Security Filed under: Gmail, Performance, Safari

Using Opera And Zone Alarm To Stop Annoying Flash Advertising!

September 12, 2011 Rodgers Notes Writer Leave a comment

Don’t you just hate all those websites that use flash? Here’s some cool techniques to fight back!

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Posted in: Security Filed under: Analysis, Bad Websites, Flash Advertising, Opera

Someone has hacked my email account via Facebook! And I can’t fix it!

August 14, 2011 Rodgers Notes Writer 2 Comments

Someone has hacked MY email account via Facebook! And I can’t fix it!

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Posted in: Security Filed under: Bad Software, Bad Websites, Facebook

Overcoming The Malware “XP Internet Security”

May 1, 2011 Rodgers Notes Writer 1 Comment

Overcoming the malware, XP Internet Security without special software. Lots of analysis. Lots of Thinking. Knowing what cygwin, and windows commands can do. Playing trial and error with your mouse isn’t going to cut it; in fact, it might make things worse.

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Posted in: Security Filed under: Analysis, cygwin, Linux, Malware, Unix, xcv.exe, XP Internet Security
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