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1-in-4 Worms Spread Through Infected USB Devices
- Posted by Craig Grant on August 29, 2010
- General , Help & Advice
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More than ever it is important to be wary of infection not only from the internet but from portable devices. Security company PandaLabs, the research section of Panda Security, claims that 1 in 4 worms spread through USB flash drives and other portable storage devices as reported by Computerworld. That includes cell phones, music players, [...]
Read moreFacebook Warns of Clickjacking Scam
- Posted by Craig Grant on August 19, 2010
- General , Help & Advice
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New Facebook scam could be costing victims $5 a week reports PCWorld, spread by the “Share” feature. The malware is similar to a worm that plagued Facebook in May with a rigged “Like” button that would run a script when it was clicked. What happens is that a Facebook user sees an interesting link and [...]
Read moreMalicious Widget Hacked Millions of Web Sites
- Posted by Craig Grant on August 17, 2010
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As many as five million web sites hosted by Network Solutions have been serving malware, reports ComputerWorld. Wayne Huang, co-founder and CTO of Armorize Technologies, estimates the numbers of infected sites to be between 500,000 and 5 million. The attack could be one of the largest drive-by download infections yet. Hung’s firm originally tracked the [...]
Read moreAnnouncement: PHP 5 is becoming our default version
- Posted by Craig Grant on August 12, 2010
- Help & Advice , Web Design , Web Hosting , eXtend
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We’re changing our current default version of PHP from 4 to 5 from the 6th September. As many of you will know, to use PHP 5 at the moment you need to enable this in a .htaccess file on the server. From the 6th September, we will swap this around so that PHP 5 is [...]
Read more6 Handy WordPress Code Snippets
- Posted by Craig Grant on July 31, 2010
- Help & Advice , How To...
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Adding more and more plugins can bloat out your WordPress installation, so try to use straight coding where possible. You can customise your WordPress blog and add new features without worrying about plugins, widgets and themes using these simple code snippets. Display Random Links If you have a lot of links to other websites and [...]
Read moreOur top free Twitter resources (Part 1)
- Posted by Craig Grant on July 01, 2010
- General , Help & Advice , How To... , Promoting your site , Search Engine Tips , Web Design , Your Business
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Twitter in itself can be very overwhelming, and that’s without worrying what tools and resources you need to manage your account properly. So we’ve done the hard work for you and compiled a list of our favourites. Twitter for Beginners We’ve divided our list into two parts; this one for fledgling tweeters and one for [...]
Read moreNew feature added to your eXtend web hosting control
- Posted by Craig Grant on June 26, 2010
- Web Hosting , Your Business , eXtend
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Next time you log in to your eXtend web hosting control panel you will notice there is brand new icon next to ‘file manager’ called ‘Check Site Permissions’. This new feature has been added to let you bulk check your websites file permissions without having to go through them all manually one by one. It [...]
Read more7 quick tips to instantly speed up your WordPress site
- Posted by Craig Grant on May 31, 2010
- Help & Advice , Promoting your site , Search Engine Tips , Web Design , Web Hosting
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A couple of weeks ago we looked in to Google’s announcement that they are using a page’s load time to rank a sample of sites (1%) and what it meant for your website (you can read that post here). One of the most resource hungry ways of creating a website is WordPress. With its multiple [...]
Read moreQakbot malware hits NHS computers
- Posted by Craig Grant on April 24, 2010
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The NHS has fallen victim to a malware infection called Qakbot, a data-stealing worm, security experts have said. The National Health Service has been hit by a worm that steals data, though it is not thought that any patient information has been compromised. Security firm Symantec said that the worm, called Qakbot, may have infected [...]
Read more11 Security Bulletins for April’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday
- Posted by Craig Grant on April 09, 2010
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This Tuesday, Microsoft will be releasing 11 security bulletins addressing 25 vulnerabilities. Some of the main vulnerabilities that are going to be patched are: The VBScript Internet Explorer Help File vulnerability The SMB flaw that can crash Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2 remotely (Disclosed way back in November 2009) Along with these security patches, [...]
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