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Submitted by Stan Hutchings
A great article in Windows Secrets, Free software finds your security flaws by Scott Dunn, lists a number of free tools online that will analyze your system and produce a detailed report of your security strengths and weaknesses. They include our favorite, Belarc Advisor, and also the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. Read the article, and make one of these programs part of your defense against malware.
Submitted by Stan Hutchings
Considering digitizing that crate of classic records you unearthed in the attic? Windows Vista Magazine has some pointers on how to do so.
Found at Lifehacker -- Submitted by John Buck
"Over the past few years, Point of sale (POS) systems used by retailers and restaurants have been a gold mine for criminals stealing credit cards. This has been the case because certain POS systems were designed to store prohibited credit card information - the exact data that criminals need to make fraudulent purchases and manufacture duplicate cards."
www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/blog/visa-mandates-that-merchants-eliminate-the-use-of-vulnerable-payment-applications
Submitted by John Buck