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Avira has a Risk Level

http://techblog.avira.com/risk-level/en/ Avira Risk Level definitions There is an average level computed for the last 30 days for both malware and phishing. The alert level is computed like this: 1 Normal activity – less than -50 percent 2 Increased activity – between -50 and -25 percent 3 Suspicious activity – between -25 and 25 percent 4 […]

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Puzzle globe

After more than 10 h of work (distributed in about 2 weeks) I managed to finish the puzzle globe from Ravensburger. Here is the entire set of pictures: puzzle globe And here is just one (because I might delete the set sometime):

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Opera Unite and Security

Have a look at the article that Dirk Knopp wrote in the Avira Techblog. This article was referenced here : http://www.h-online.com/security/Opera-says-Opera-Unite-web-server-is-not-a-security-problem–/news/113719 His concern is that a lot of malware can be now served directly from user’s computer. And he is right. Even more, if there is a flaw in the Opera and somebody can alter […]

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Just installed Firefox 3.5

Yes, I got it 😉 PRO: it is better in rendering, it is faster. Zooming a page works perfectly this time. CONS: I think it eats more RAM than its predecessors. One single TAB requires 100 MB RAM and 78 MB VM. Firefox 3.0.11 needed about 80MB RAM with the same plugins and theme.