In the last newsletter, “Virus Wars I” I talked about some of the more recent “custom threats” and how the enemy is becoming more professional in their approach to infecting our systems . Today I want to identify these threats and see what we can do to protect ourselves. Instead of scattering links through-out the article, I'm including them all at the end for convenient reference. Believe me, protecting against these threats isn’t easy. The changes we’re seeing in malware can be organized into three basic categories.

Obsolescence. It is almost a given in the high paced PC industry. The word always gives a bitter sweet feeling in the gut. On one hand, there is a certain frustration that your current PC is getting out of date. But this is coupled with the excitement of knowing that you will soon be in the market for a new one. I think we've all been through it.

Unlike the Mac vs. PC ads that have such broad appeal, the Seinfeld/Gates commercials deserve mention only for the money spent and their lack of funny. If this campaign is meant to attract the young and hip, Microsoft has missed the mark.

On September 4, 2008 Sony, in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, announced a voluntary recall of their VAIO TZ-series Notebooks.

the beginning Bill created the operating system with browser, and he saw that it was good. On the seventh day he rested.......... Fast forward past the stone tablets, telegraph and DOS, to the begining of a colossal change in browsing as we know it.

Just 2 weeks after launch, use of the new Google Chrome Browser by visitors to pcpitstop.com - is growing.

The results of our Malware Survey are in. Over the last 2 years, online threats have cost consumers nearly 8.5 billion dollars. How are other Pitstoppers protecting their PCs?

At 11:00 AM on Monday August 25th, I decided to try IE 8 beta 2. I did some reading to become familiar with the included features and catch-up on the opinions of others, then I downloaded IE 8. During the download I choose not to install updates to Windows. The download took less than 15 seconds. I clicked the install icon and after a quick reboot it was done.

An all new 3D Video Test has been added to PC Pitstop OverDrive. Now you can measure your graphics capabilities as they relate to the requirements of high end games or business work stations. Find your World Ranking for all hardware in one test. Pitstop does it all, does it fast, and does it FREE

Six months ago, if you had asked me “which is the bigger problem, viruses or spyware”, I would have said spyware. That is the exact time you should have given me a swift kick to my chair shaped rear