Windows still a Malware target after all of this time.

The Windows installation I have is still infected with Malware even after I cleaned it with MSE and updated all the virus definitions. This is not a good thing to have to deal with, but Linux can do things faster and with more security and stability than Windows 7 can…

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Finding Windows Malware with Linux.

This output below is the result of running strings(1) on my pagefile.sys file left over from running Windows 7. You can see there is a bit of activity going on behind the scenes of Windows that I was not aware of. I thought my system had no bugs in it…

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Useful *nix information and links.

Linux is not Windows. http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm This is a very good web page that explains the fundamental differences between Windows and Linux. There are many fundamental changes you need to make when making the switch from Windows to a Linux machine, the major changes difference is that Linux is not as…

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