Category Archives: Tutorials

What is the point of learning a lot but never sharing that newfound knowledge with others in order to spread awareness around? Knowledge is for all and so if I come across some technique or instructions that I wish to safeguard for the future, where better to leave it lying around than on the World Wide Web for all to access?

Check for Rootkit Infections in your Ubuntu install with Rootkit Detector (chkrootkit)

Although virus infections and rootkit exploits are fairly uncommon in Linux, and thus Ubuntu by extension, be it desktop installations or hosting servers, it never hurts to make sure that you are clean, and one of the better known Linux … Continue reading

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How to Remove the Google Search Results Redirect Virus using Kapersky Lab’s TDSSKiller Rootkit Remover

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I picked up a nasty virus infection on my main work development PC, running Windows Vista Business. I don’t know where or how it got picked up, but in all likelihood it was from a poisoned web page running some … Continue reading

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How to Share a Printer to a Windows PC from an Ubuntu PC

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Sharing a printer to your Windows laptop or desktop PC from your main Ubuntu desktop machine is made pretty simple thanks to the magic of Samba. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to efficiently share your printer under Ubuntu then: … Continue reading

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How to Duplicate a Table in FlameRobin

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FlameRobin is a lightweight, cross-platform database administration tool for Firebird databases. It is also NOT one of my favourite tools to use because of its very lightweight nature! Nevertheless, there are times I must use it, and use it I … Continue reading

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What is a .cbr or .cbz File?

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You might have come across .cbr or .cbz files during one of your many adventures of trawling through the Internet. What are these mysterious files that Windows doesn’t seem to be able to identify? Simply put, they are what are … Continue reading

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