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Last week several close friends saw a pop-up from their anti-virus software alerting them that their computers were rife with Trojans of all sorts. They were shown the list of threats and then asked to register / upgrade the software with a license key to remove the threats from their computers. The software appeared to be the very reliable, fully functional and free AVG Anti-Virus software. But it wasn’t. Be Wary of the The AVGFree71 Virus and other Virus Scanning Impostors – and a Path to Solving It, Or Avoiding It Altogether

It can be argued that the feedback loop is a cornerstone for the very existence of an economy in that there must exist a dialogue between the producer and the consumer – I came across an excellent and comprehensive guide to integrating some nice hacks to your custom Wordpress installation that will engender reader interaction and participation with your blog.

To everyone using a Wordpress custom installation I strongly recommend upgrading to the latest patch version 2.8.4 which not only includes the previous point patches but prevents a malicious hack of the admin backend.

Facebook is feeling the heat after Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart of the Canadian federal privacy commission laid down the law, citing that Facebooks contravenes its citizens privacy laws by keeping users personal information indefinitely and for “sharing users’ files with nearly one million third-party software developers around the world.” Facebook must take this seriously, given that Toronto, Canada, a city of over 5 million people has the highest usage per capita of the platform in the world.