Jon Griffin's Blog

Well, technically not WordPress, but your hosting is probably vulnerable.

From http://www.darkreading.com/database_security/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224300052&cid=nl_DR_DAILY_2010-04-13_h if you want to read the whole thing.

There was an attack on WordPress blogs hosted at Network Solutions, but your host is probably guilty as well.

The gist of what happened is the wp-config.php was readable by the world and the crackers got access to the database passwords and logins which are stored in that file in plain text.

It is a WordPress problem because that was considered best practice. In reality, none of your file need to be world readable, only readable by the web server, so you can safely eliminate any world read permissions.

By: Liz Cornwell

(I hear from people all the time that their computers are “slow”. Rather than reinvent the wheel, I figured I would just post an article that Liz already wrote that explains a common reason for slow Windows computers – jag)

Svchost.exe is known to cause high CPU usage problems. I’m sure you’ve been in a situation like this: you’re working on your computer and enjoying yourself when all of a sudden it becomes agonizingly slow and even starts freezing up. You press CTRL+ALT+DEL to open the Task Manager, click on the Processes tab,  and see that there are several instances of svchost.exe running and one of them is using up 90% – 100% of CPU! Some people will think: “OMG! My computer’s got a virus!!!”. Well, that might be true, because some malware masks itself as svchost, but most likely it’s just Windows being Windows.

PC Help

I’m writing this article to give you a little insight into common traps that appear on the Internet everyday. Once you learn to recognize these cons, you will know exactly how to avoid them. Please take a few minutes to get familiar with the usual traps.

Computer Repair Chicago Options for Business Users

Small businesses and home office users today often encounter complex computer problems in the course of their daily activity. Since many users don’t have access to a full time, on site IT department, it’s important to understand some proper diagnostic methods to get effective computer service. Whether you have a Mac or a PC, there are several steps you want to take to ensure you get up and running in less time.

After watching Microsoft’s E3 presentation in its entirety back in May I was very impressed by the games on their way to the system. I was getting a bit bored until my favourite director Spielberg walked onto the stage hinting at a new Microsoft gadget.

The almost impossible Milo program was shown off the world by the English company Lionhead. The woman playing the game was actually able to hold a conversation with the in game boy and pass objects to him from the real world.