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Fake 'Blue Screen of Death' pushing scareware: Fake 'Blue Screen of Death' pushing scarewareThe virus are already in your computerThe hacker enters your computer at a much higher speed than you and clicks in the virus parameters.Hackers are virtually invisible with this method.Find the people behind thisAnd send government strike teams to kidnap/extraordinary rendition them back to...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Telecom & Utilities, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, blue screen, phone, ALT, BSOD, computer; Discussion threads 2009-08-04
Fake 'Blue Screen of Death' pushing scareware: Hackers are using the infamous Windows Blue Screen of Death to trick computer users into downloading fake security software scareware. According to a discovery by Sunbelt Software, a Windows users are being shown the recognizable blue screen that signifies an operating system crash with a bright red...; Tags: BSOD, Blue Screen, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2009-08-04
Microsoft retail store pitch: Whither PCTV?: Microsoft retail store pitch: Whither PCTV?you won't see M$ stores in EUIf M$ opens a store in EU, the commision will force it to display Linux PCs too and that will be the best thing for FOSS.M$ should better save the $$$ for the lawyers.Guru barmary, you forgot to mention...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., BSOD, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2009-07-27
Time Machine and the Cloud rescue me: I should have written parts 2 and 3 of my 'predictions' by now but a four hour delay on an inbound flight coupled with an Apple BSOD put paid to all that. The good news is that I recovered everything thanks to Time Machine and a reliance on a pot...; Tags: BSOD, Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Stephen Fry, System Crashe, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-12-08
Bountiful BSODs and beautiful dialogs [Friday cool bugs]: Bountiful BSODs and beautiful dialogs [Friday cool bugs]I really don't know......What you are defending.^o^If those BSODs has been so rampant during the Win9x era, and Apple or LInuxfailed to even prevent total Microsoft domination of the enterprise and desktop OS, what does that tell you of the competition's quality...totally crap...; Tags: Desktops, BSOD; Discussion threads 2008-10-17

Bountiful BSODs and beautiful dialogs [cool bugs]: Hope you enjoy these these cute images of Windows blue screens of death, assorted lame dialogs, and miscellaneous failures. (Apple folks: although most of these don't apply to you, no gloating please!) by Michael Krigsman; Tags: Dialog, BSOD, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-10-17
Possible fix for iTunes 8 BSOD: Possible fix for iTunes 8 BSODGreat article..and as usually great information to pass along to those who want to put Apple Malware into thier PC's.Wouldnt a better alternative be to stick with iTunes 7.7 if you positively canNOT live without it or simply uninstall all the Apple Malware (IE>iTunes, quicktime,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital music, Microsoft Windows, Digital media, Apple iTunes, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, iTunes 8 BSOD, Possible Fix, iTunes 8, PC, BSOD; Discussion threads 2008-09-11
Possible fix for iTunes 8 BSOD: Are you finding that iTunes 8 crashes when you connect your iPod/iPhone to your Vista PC? This post might have the answers your are looking for. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: BSOD, Digital Signature, Timestamp, Apple iTunes, Digital Signatures, Digital Music, Digital Media, Authentication/Encryption, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-09-11
Is iTunes 8 causing BSODs on your Vista system?: Is iTunes 8 causing BSODs on your Vista system?No BSOD but ITFITF - It Takes Forever to load anything now in iT8.Phone syncs okay, but feels like iTunes is running in molasses.....When I open iTunes, I will get a time out error from the iTunes store site most times....Version 7,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital music, Digital media, iTunes 7, Apple iTunes, BSOD, Microsoft Windows Vista, iTunes 8, Vista System; Discussion threads 2008-09-10
Is iTunes 8 causing BSODs on your Vista system?: I'm getting sporadic reports that Apple's latest iTunes 8 media applications is causing Vista systems to experience BSODs Blue Screens of Death. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: BSOD, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Media, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-09-10
Is Microsoft ready to move beyond Windows?: Is Microsoft ready to move beyond Windows?Is Microsoft ready to move beyond Windows?[i]start imagining a world without Vista, system crashes and the blue screen of death.[/i]I've been living in this world for a number of years. Hi, I'm Earth, have we met? Anyways, this is just natural progression...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, FUD, move beyond, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., BSOD; Discussion threads 2008-08-04
BenLaden Desktop Bomb Screen Saver 1.0 (Windows): Osama BenLaden slice Desktop and puts Bomb instead My Computer, then creates BSOD; Tags: BSOD, Screensaver, Slice, Optiwinus, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-09
HELLO! Aliens Screen Saver 1.0 (Windows): Osama BenLaden slice Desktop and puts Bomb instead My Computer, then creates BSOD; Tags: BSOD, Screensaver, Alien, Optiwinus, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-09
Bluescreen Screensaver 3.2 (Windows): Turn Your Windows system into crashed machine. The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD, bluescreen, or stop error) is an error screen displayed by certain operating systems, most notably Microsoft Windows, after encountering a critical system error. You can choice from many Blue Screens of different operating systems. Enjoy the realistic...; Tags: BSOD, Blue Screen, Popularscreensaverpage, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-04-16
Blue Screen of Death Analysis 1 (Windows): Questionnaire Diagnosis of Blue Screen of Death Issue. Users answer 3 to 5 simple questions and are provided a suggested course of action to take to resolve the problem. Program is a file leading to a 3 questionnaire html page. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com. ...; Tags: BSOD, Blue Screen, Microsoft Windows, Sherman Choo; Software downloads 2008-02-15
Windows blue screen of death at Frankfurt Airport: Windows blue screen of death at Frankfurt AirportThis is newsworthy?One BSOD and you feel the need to write about it?We see this all the timeOver at http://thedailywtf.com . ATMs, Airports, Subways.. all sorts of Windows errors and crashes.MODS: That's NOT my site, so I'm not just self-promoting! I just find...; Tags: Operating systems, Frankfurt Airport, Windows Blue Screen of Death, Windows Blue Screen, Windows Blue, blue screen of death, Microsoft Windows, BSOD; Discussion threads 2008-02-01
BSRecover 1.2 (Windows): If you can boot in Safe Mode but you get Blue Screen (BSOD = Blue Screen of Death) in Normal Mode, give a try to this utility. It will try to make your system boot in Normal Mode with different recovery techniques. This version is the first release on CNET...; Tags: BSOD, Blue Screen, Microsoft Windows, Spam Ignorer; Software downloads 2008-01-18
Windows adoption rates: a history lesson: Windows adoption rates: a history lessonThe past is a fairly reliable prediction of the future.Hi Ed,Yes, I agree. All of this is both expected and par for the course. The naysayers aside, the majority of *home* users only upgrade their operating system as part of a new purchase...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, BSOD, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, adoption rate; Discussion threads 2007-12-31
Holiday PC prank: Holiday PC prankDone that many timesI love that prank and have done it many times.I fell for that once...Once!Earlier this year, I did an internship in the IT department of a local town. During my first or second week there, I made the mistake of leaving my desk without...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Mice, software, computer, Synergy, prank, BSOD; Discussion threads 2007-12-24
Microsoft releases public test build of Vista SP1: Microsoft releases public test build of Vista SP1download is also avaible via Windows Updatedownload is also avaible via Windows Update64-bit version ...... weighs in at 700MB+ ...... takes 50 minutes to install (i.e. longer than the full OS).Now lets see if it works.Tried SP1 - 5 BSOD's - will wait...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, BSOD, SP1, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-12-12