What is a virus? A virus can be spread through internet and network connections or on physical media such as floppy drives, USB drives, or CD-ROMs. Many programs people say is a virus is actually a form of malware, spyware, ad-ware, worm, or Trojan horse. A virus is able to reproduce itself from one device to another.…

I figured I would “nerd out” a little for this article and talk about a program that can unlock the capabilities of your home router. The program is named DD-WRT. It is a Linux based OpenSource firmware that can be put on quite a few WLAN routers and embedded systems. It has a graphical user…

After giving a presentation on installing Linux there was interest in a follow up guide so people could attempt a Linux install for themselves. There are a number of different flavors of Linux to choose from, so, I will go over some of the differences between these versions. Depending on how old your computer is…