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How did I get infected with Advanced Virus Remover?

As you may have heard by now there is a lot of malware around acting as antivirus.  A client emailed me and told me that she was infected with “Advanced Virus Remover” and she noticed that when she was using store locator page at acmoore.com, which is an Arts and Crafts store. First I didn’t think that [ READ MORE ]

Will Windows 7 support 20 concurrent network connections?

It looks like Windows 7 will support up to 20 users connected to a share or network sessions. That is great news for small to medium size companies that use Windows XP to share files. That’s double of what  Windows XP will handle. [ READ MORE ]

Auto connect and authenticate to a mapped drive on Windows XP

Lately Windows XP Pro and Home is loosing connectivity to the mapped drive or sometime the user has to double click on on Z drive to initiate the authentication process. In some cases the “remember password” check box is not there either. Which means you have to type username and password every time you reboot. [ READ MORE ]