Carol’s Vault
Best Freeware, Open Source Software
Privacy
IE and Firefox fake login flaw
Nov 23rd
The latest versions of both Firefox and Internet Explorer are vulnerable to an unpatched flaw that allows hackers to snaffle users’ login credentials via automated phishing attacks. The information disclosure bug affects the password manager in Firefox 2.0 and its equivalent in IE7. Firefox’s Password Manager, for example, fails to properly check URLs before filling [...]
The Top 10 Worst Spam Offenders
Nov 20th
It’s like the FBI’s most wanted list for spam Spamhaus, an international non-profit organization whose mission is to track the Internet’s Spam Gangs, has released list of the top 10 spam offenders of the year. Of all Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the world, Verizon Business is the number one offender on the list with [...]
Advanced WindowsCare V2 Personal – a 8 in 1 freeware
Nov 3rd
Advanced WindowsCare v2 is out (probably for a little while,but I didn’t keep up with it). I am using it since version 1 and I am very happy with it. What does it do? • Removes Spyware and Adware • Prevents Security Threats • Privacy Protection • Fixes Registry Errors and Optimizes the Windows Services [...]
British the most spied-on people in western world
Oct 30th
BRITISH people are now more spied upon by their political leaders than any other population in the free world, according to an official report. The linkage of databases and surveillance systems mean people are now having their movements tracked, habits profiled and photograph taken hundreds of times a day. The findings, in a report compiled [...]
Today’s freeware – Safe Xp
Oct 14th
Safe XP allows users to quickly tweak various security and privacy related settings in XP. The options include Media Player settings, Services settings (error reporting, time synch, remote registry etc.), as well as and option to remove items from the Start menu, network security settings and more. Safe XP improves your system performance and [...]
