Defending Windows: DIY Security Without Antivirus Software

Date: 19/07/2025

If you want to protect yourself from viruses, you need antivirus software, right? Not necessarily. Antivirus programs have several drawbacks, so if you’re willing to think and act wisely, you can minimize the risk of infection on your own. All it takes is following some digital hygiene practices and making a few important system adjustments. That’s exactly what we’ll discuss.
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Encoder for Android: сomplete software anatomy

Date: 12/02/2016

Until recently, based on the results of surveys and personal experience, I had the impression that users believe that the value of data stored on a device greatly exceeds the cost of the device itself. Why until recently? Well, the current US dollar exchange rate means that I haven’t seen such surveys among new iPhone users :).

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Avian influenza. Review of *nix vulnerabilities in 2015

Date: 22/01/2016

According to cvedetails.com, more than 1,305 vulnerabilities have been found in the Linux core since 1999. Sixty-eight of these were in 2015. Most of them don't cause many problems (they are marked as Local and Low), and some may cause problems only if they are attached to certain applications or OS settings. In reality these numbers are not that big, but the core is not the entire OS. There are also vulnerabilities found in GNU Coreutils, Binutils, glibs and, of course, user applications. Let's take a look at the most interesting of the bunch.

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