CAPTCHA or the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart is widely advertised but one wonders if it is really useful or not. But, before we discuss its practical utility, let us see what CAPTCHA is all about. It is a test, which helps the computer to distinguish between machines and human beings. It creates and grades tests that automatically accept all humans and reject all machines.
It gives you a test to decipher distorted numbers and letters, which are pretty easy for a person to do, …

PandaLabs has detected an increase in the use of spam combined with social engineering to spread malware. Several examples have appeared over the last few days.
The most recent case detected involves emails warning of an alleged malware alert (with subjects such as: Worm alert! or spyware alert!), but whose real aim is to spread the Nurech.Z worm. To make the messages more credible, typically trusted sources such as Customer Support are used as the name of the sender.
Another recent case uses photographs of Britney Spears as bait. The email has …

Apakah itu 3gp? 3gp adalah satu file format yang bermaksud Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) yang kebanyakkan digunakan pada telefon bimbit 3G. Secara mudah 3GP adalah versi format MPEG-4 yang dipermudahkan untuk menjimatkan ruang store dan bandtwidth.
Adakah 3gp yang anda download di internet selamat pada komputer anda? bagaimana anda pasti yang anti virus percuma anda dapat menghindari anda dari serangan virus, malware, spyware, worms, trojan yang kebanyakkannya akan mencuri maklumat-maklumat indentiti anda seperti nombor kredit kad, nombor akaun, nombor kad pengenalan dan pelbagai maklumat yang terdapat didalam komputer anda.
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Load balancing is the even distribution of computer processing and communication activities so that a server is not overwhelmed. Load balancing is especially important for networks where it is difficult to predict the number of requests that will be issued to a server.
Busy Web sites typically employ two or more Web servers in a load-balancing scheme. If one server starts to get swamped, requests are forwarded to another server with more capacity. Load balancing is therefore a service that is employed on more sophisticated site deployments.
Most service providers that offer …

Spyware is computer software that is installed stealthily on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user’s interaction with the computer, without the user’s knowledge or consent.
Unlike a computer virus, spyware does not directly spread in the manner of a worm. Generally, an infected system does not attempt to transmit the infection to other computers; the issue is contained to your local system.
They will reach your system by exploiting security holes or are packaged with user-installed software, such as Limewire. Spyware is often hidden alongside …