Erik Larkin - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Erik Larkin

Article | 24/07/2009 Bugs and fixes: grab an essential fix for IE

After an ebb of only one patch in Microsoft's previous regular cycle, the flow resumed in force.

Article | 4/07/2009 Well-honed attacks sneak under the radar

Samples of documents used in carefully prepared targeted attacks make clear that while a suspicious eye is a great security tool, some especially dang...

Article | 15/07/2009 Firefox 3.5 vulnerable to critical Javascript attack

A critical flaw in the way Firefox 3.5 handles Javascript opens the door to a serious attack, according to Secunia, which tracks security vulnerabilit...

Article | 14/07/2009 New zero-day attack doubles concern for IE users

Microsoft today warned of a serious security vulnerability in a Spreadsheet ActiveX control that could allow for a drive-by-download attack against vu...

Article | 3/07/2009 Conficker: forgotten but not gone

Conficker may not dominate the headlines any longer, but it's still going strong, according to Trend Micro's Malware Blog and stats from the Conficker...

Article | 24/06/2009 Can Facebook be private?

Given the slew of embarrassing stories you've no doubt seen about users accidentally sharing too-personal information, the idea of preserving privacy...

Article | 18/06/2009 Coordinated Malware Resists Eradication

How do you make a terrible thing even worse? If you're a crook who operates a botnet -- an often-expansive network of malware-infected PCs -- you link...

Article | 18/06/2009 Buy an infected PC for 5 cents

It doesn't take much to get started in Internet crime these days. Find the right site, hand over $US50, and you can start wreaking havoc with 1,000 al...

Article | 28/05/2009 Everything Search Engine

Everything Search Engine allows for quick and easy name and location searches for, well, everything. This tiny, free download quickly creates an index...

Article | 26/05/2009 Taggtool

If you're getting hooked on tags for things like your browser bookmarks or your email, the £20 Taggtool takes it one step further. This utility, which...

Article | 20/05/2009 Web site hijack morphs, continues to grow

In an attempt to stay one step ahead of security companies, the Gumblar web attack has jumped over to using a new domain to pull its malicious softwar...

Article | 20/05/2009 Klingon anti-virus available for download. Really.

They walk the warrior's path and they devour horrible-looking bowlfuls of red worms, but hey, Klingons need malware protection too.

Article | 6/05/2009 Use the Internet, lose your privacy

Bruce Schneier, author and computer security expert, wrote a good reality-check essay on the subject of online privacy, or the lack thereof.

Article | 6/05/2009 Caelo Software NEO Find 1.0

Though NEO Find brings faster searches and additional organization to Outlook e-mail, you must switch back and forth between Outlook and a separate pr...

Article | 28/04/2009 Postbox, Inc. Postbox

Postbox, new e-mail software that's currently in beta, aims to restore control to unwieldy inboxes. While it offers some nice features, including fast...