Security

Eleven essential holiday tools

2010-12-17

With Christmas just around the corner, one thing geeks everywhere can expect is the onslaught of “can you take a look at something while you are here” pleas from friends and family who have borked computers. It’s as much a part of Christmas as egg nog and fruitcake, and often, just as onerous. To help [...]

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Installing and configuring VIPRE Antivirus

2010-12-08

In our first video we go over the initial installation and configuration of GFI’s VIPRE Antivirus.

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Up close and personal with GFI’s VIPRE Antivirus

2010-11-29

GFI’s antivirus package VIPRE offers great protection and a reasonable price.

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Why can’t we all just get along

2010-11-18

This post has been updated YET AGAIN, which makes this rev 5! Since this post is still getting a lot of traffic, here is a PSA. Pidgin has just released version 2.7.7, which completely fixes the MSN certificate issue, enables multiple MSN logins, and fixes the AIM SSL Handshake Failure error. You should go download [...]

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howto://grant full permissions to all mysites in SharePoint.

2010-11-17

Pinky-“What are we going to tonight, Brain?”      The Brain-“The same thing we do every night, try to take over the mysites.” Pinky-“Narf!” Okay, not the most inspired opening I have ever penned, but the need to do actually do what this post covers has me feeling a little less like The Brain, and a [...]

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howto://upload BitLocker keys to Active Directory

2010-11-15

Storing BitLocker keys in AD is a great way to keep them safe, but what if you already encrypted the drive before you set up the GPO? No worries, mate, this post will fix you right up.

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Web filtering-what are other SMBs doing?

2010-10-15

Those fine folks over at GFI recently released the results of a survey titled Survey: Web filtering in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs.) (pdf) If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know that this subject is of interest to me. The survey was conducted earlier this summer and calls out some [...]

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Windows auditing for fun and profit

2010-10-04

You know you should be auditing security events in Windows, but what settings should you set? This post goes over my preferences, which work well for me in almost all situations.

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howto://configure sstp vpn support on tmg 2010

2010-09-27

The Secure Sockets Tunnelling Protocol offers modern Windows clients full VPN access over TCP 443, meaning it should work from anywhere that allows web surfing. This post talks about the advantages of this solution, how to set it up, and how to address a couple of common errors that might crop up.

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Go change all the local admin passwords. Now.

2010-08-23

Periodically it may be necessary to reset the local administrator account’s password on all the computers in your domain. This post shows you a simple way to do so using a text file, the net user command, and the psexec command. It’s a cheap trick, but it gets the job done.

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plug it in, turn it on, rest easy. gfi webmonitor rocks!

2010-08-02

The GFI WebMonitor plug-in for TMG 2010 is an excellent choice for SMBs looking to leverage their TMG 2010 infrastructure, and add additional protections for their clients. Easy to install, easy to administer, with great protection, it’s a win.

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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today

2010-07-12

The end of an era…Windows 2000 extended support is over with the release of July’s security patches, tomorrow 2010-07-13. Part homage, part rant, part really bad idea, this post is my way of saying good bye to an operating system I lurved right up until 2003 was released. I’ve loathed 2000 ever since. Buh-bye!

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