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- Soviet Screensaver (exe)
- Soviet Screensaver Free Download, Communists Attack Internet Computers. Number One Fun Internet site about Soviet and Communists. Fun animation and music. Communists attack Computers like viruses and worms attack Internet. Version 1 includes animated screen saver with Soviet communists.
- Tags: Screensaver, Virus, Attack, Optiwinus, Internet, Security
- Software downloads 2008-04-17
- Websense CEO Gene Hodges on attack vectors, the future of AV and the malware arms race
- Gene Hodges, CEO of Websense, has had a busy year. The company has integrated the acquisition of SurfControl, built out its security suite and delivered strong financial results. "Last year was one of rapid change," said Hodges, referring to the integration of SurfControl and removing 50 percent...
- Tags: Software, Web, Suite, Antivirus, Websense Inc., Malware, Antivirus Software, Attack Vector, Attack, Data Loss Prevention, Europeans, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- ZDNet 2007: What the tag cloud tells us
- Our engineering team put ZDNet blogs through a cloud tag blender to render a weighted list of top topics for 2008. In an age when the consumer and enterprise worlds are colliding but no exploding, Google, iPhone, Apple and Microsoft captured the big buzz of the year in our blogs....
- Tags: Web, Network, Enterprise Software, Blog, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Blogging, Virtualization, Social Networking, Internet, Marketing, Hardware, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- TechRepublic's Windows Vista Security Guide 1: Viruses, worms, and spyware
- Hardly a day goes by without news of a new virus or worm spreading its way across the Internet. In a constantly escalating battle, virus authors find new ways of attacking machines as antivirus vendors try to find new ways to prevent viruses. As an IT professional, you're caught in...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Worm, Spyware, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Download resources 2007-10-17
- Information security by the numbers: It's not pretty
- A pair of security surveys were released Tuesday and the findings aren't pretty. First up, the Computing Technology Industry Association CompTIA released a survey on information security breaches. Among the findings: Among companies that reported a security breach in the last year, the...
- Tags: Information Security, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Portuguese Consultants Increase Productivity by 30 Per Cent With New Desktop Solutions
- Employees at recruitment consultants HiValue Human Capital need to search CVs rapidly. The company, based in Portugal, joined the Technology Adoption Programme for Windows Vista Business and rolled out a beta version of the 2007 Microsoft Office system to ensure consultants had maximum support in searching candidates' testimonials, while protecting...
- Tags: Desktop, Consultant, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Operating Systems, Software, Security
- Case studies 2007-07-25
- The 25th Anniversary of the Virus
- Writing in Science subscription required, Richard Ford and Eugene Spafford discuss the 25th anniversary of the computer virus.Don Reisinger notes that depending on what you count as a virus, it may actually be the 30th anniversary of the virus. I think it's fair to say that it's the 25th...
- Tags: Security
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- Your DBA has his/her hand in the till
- I have written and pontificated often enough on the dangers of trusted employees. One of the biggest shifts underway in the threatscape is due to the increased value of personal identity information and the emergence of markets for that information. This change means that traditional security measures which...
- Tags: Physical Security, Data Security, Compliance
- Blog posts 2007-07-10
- Hackers in Seattle for Microsoft's Blue Hat, ToorCon
- Hackers in Seattle for Microsoft's Blue Hat, ToorConBig difference between MS and ApplePeople who use Windows aren't going to deny, deny, deny any security related findings. We won't attack the character of the people who attend these things and call them "Windows haters" or "Apple shills". Contrast that with how...
- Tags: Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-05-10
- "WPF/E" becomes Silverlight, struts its video side
- "WPF/E" becomes Silverlight, struts its video sideFlash Player numbersThis link has penetration #s for Flash Player. I'm pretty sure users with v7 can play FLV files.http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html98% of MachinesI read those statistics that flash player is on 98% of machines and just wanted to ask you if you have seen statistics...
- Tags: Corporate communications, C#, .NET, Programming languages, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, advertising industry, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, friction-free, video
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Web video battle royale: Adobe vs. Microsoft
- Web video battle royale: Adobe vs. MicrosoftActually Microsoft's Achille's heelFlash is cross-platform, Windows Media player is not. Silverlight presumably will not be either. This is likely to hurt takeup considerably.Flash will winMicrosoft by sticking everything under the sun into Windows has bloated their OS way beyond necessity. Also, Microsoft hasn't...
- Tags: Digital music, 64-bit, Operating systems, Digital media, Media players, Web, Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Apple QuickTime, operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Microsoft sheds light on Flash rival
- Microsoft sheds light on Flash rivalGreatAnother streaming video format is exactly what we need right now.Take a pick, which format do you want to see your streaming video in? Flash, WMV, Real Player, QuickTime, or Silverlight?Hey, at least it has a cool nameSure beats Windows Presentation Foundation Anywhere. :)But can...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, PRODUCTIVITY, Digital video, Web browser, Java, Adobe Systems Inc., Cross-platform, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET
- Discussion threads 2007-04-15
- Sun's worst enemy: Sun
- Sun's worst enemy: SunI'm sure that that's not the whole newsletter ...... and it seems to me that you missed some other obvious points were he was setting himself up for "shooting in the foot". The classic one being about hidden support costs when using a "free" operating systems. Pardon...
- Tags: Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2007-04-02
- Should Microsoft downgrade Vista vulnerabilities?
- Should Microsoft downgrade Vista vulnerabilities?Pretty ballsy of him to have thatbumper sticker on his laptop. Guess he is a glutton for punishment, eh?! ]:)attacks exclusive to windows vista...From what i've read, the amount of DRM on Vista will serve as a springboard for a new breed of attack, and a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, paranoia, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Vista vulnerability, attack, virus, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
- Inbox Cleaner (zip)
- InboxCleaner is a small utility that connects to your POP mailbox and verifies your e-mail messages. Mail messages that are identified as SPAM are deleted before you download them with your normal mail application. This prevents you from downloading SPAM and clogging up your mailbox. But not only SPAM will...
- Tags: Mailbox, InboxCleaner
- Software downloads 2007-03-06
- Norton Internet Security 2007
- The Norton Internet Security 2007 interface is new, the code is leaner, and the retail price much lower, and the program provided many surprises under the hood. Small-business owners and advanced users who scour the edges of the Internet will appreciate the addition of advanced malicious-behavior monitoring and new rootkit-detection...
- Tags: Norton Co., Norton Internet, Norton Internet Security, Norton Internet Security 2007
- Product reviews 2007-01-16
- OS Independent Run-Time System Integrity Services
- A majority of critical server vulnerabilities in 2003 and 2004 were memory based. Today's advanced viruses and worms attack software running in memory to circumvent operating system protections. Such attacks often disable intrusion detection systems in order to execute malicious payload. Malware can also make use of secrets stored in...
- Tags: Operating System, Memory, Attack, Real Estate, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Business Operations, Software
- White papers 2007-01-01
- ZT Group Reliant VPX6001
- The marketing efforts behind Intel's various platforms have met with differing degrees of success. While the Centrino mobile platform was one of Intel's more successful campaigns, it's safe to say that the Viiv platform for Media Center PCs has failed to resonate with PC buyers. The jury is still out...
- Tags: Desktops, Processors, NETWORKING, Intel vPro, Intel Corp., PC, ZT Group, Intel Core 2 Duo, network
- Product reviews 2006-12-12
- CA Antivirus 2007
- In the past, CA antivirus products have gone under various names, such as eTrust, eTrust EZ, Vet, and InoculateIT; now, under the name CA Antivirus 2007, the company hopes to eliminate brand confusion. Whatever you call it, the CA antivirus engine is good, winning honors from several independent testing labs...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, Computer Associates International Inc., CA Antivirus 2007
- Product reviews 2006-11-15
- Avast Virus Cleaner Tool (exe)
- Avast Virus Cleaner is a free tool that completely removes selected viruses and worms from your computer. It stops viruses that are active in memory, disinfects your files, removes virus registry and start-up items, and even deletes the virus-working files. Version 1.0.209 can handle virus families: Badtrans--Beagle aka Bagle, (A-Z,...
- Tags: Tool, Virus, Avast Virus Cleaner, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2006-11-12
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