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Netsky damages four sites

Netsky damages four siteswww'If you surf to a Web site and it fails, how many times do you try it again without the www?"'Well, I actually try it the other way around, if it doesn't work without www then I add it in front.Well no need to go to this...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, TV & Home Theater, RIAA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Custom Worm, Microsoft Windows Custom Worm delivery, Gateway TV, Dell Computers, virus, computer, Microsoft Windows, Netsky virus

Discussion threads 2004-04-08

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Are Windows stealth updates back again?

Are Windows stealth updates back again?PersonallyI think all "security" updates and patches should be automatic and there should be no option to opt-out the application of said patches.Many if not ALL of the worst viri/worm infections from the past decade wouldn't have happened if that were the case.Damned if you...

Tags: Patches, Tools & Techniques, Digital media, Windows Stealth Updates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Death to Windows AutoRun!

Death to Windows AutoRun!autorun was invented for the masses...it's enough tho to follow the linux lead and just put an icon on the desktop representing the cd or dvd. that way you don't have to guess at which drive you put the disk into. linux also does this...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Windows AutoRun, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

Autorun Protector 1.1 (Windows)

Autorun Protector is a two way protection software that prevents your PC from infecting with autorun worms and also protecting your removable device from being infected from other sources. Hence, it decreases the spread of the worms. In addition, it also come with additional features like custom protected autorun.inf file,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Worm, Raymond, Autorun Protector, Autorun Worm, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-04-12

Google flags entire Web as

Google flags entire Web as Google Giggles!!!http://evilfingers.blogspot.com/2009/01/google-is-malicious.htmlRE: Google flags entire Web as I was wondering what the hell was going on?It is ok now.RE: Google flags entire Web as i'm trying to recall anything of this order of of magnitude affecting millions of users worldwide that Microsoft did. uhm, aside...

Tags: Channel management, Viruses and worms, SEARCH, SECURITY, Google Inc., entire web, beta, Microsoft Corp., Web

Discussion threads 2009-01-31

News to know: Dell; Army bans USB drives; Salesforce; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Cost cutting pays off for Dell; IT spending, demand 'challenging' Sam Diaz: Salesforce bucks trend for Q3; shares rising. Unsealed court filing: HP's Hurd...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., USB Flash Drive, Internet, Open Source

Blog posts 2008-11-21

News to know: Yahoo; Microsoft; Windows worm hole; Demo 08

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Vista and Windows Server 2008--an unbreakable couple? Microsoft seeks new Windows Media Center testers Microsoft makes Visual Studio 2008 more broadly available Larry Dignan: Yahoo lowers its outlook for 2008; Sees 'headwinds'; Restructuring in Feb. Techmeme eBay outlines...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Mesh Networking, Software, Networking

Blog posts 2008-01-30

A fifth MS Word zero-day?

A fifth MS Word zero-day?Microsoft admit that their products don't work??Frtom the article : "This is why Microsoft's pre-patch guidance is so blunt: "Do not open or save Word files that you receive from un-trusted sources or that you receive unexpectedly from trusted sources."Linux users do not have to...

Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, Operating systems, gorilla, data-mining industry, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, operating system, e-mail

Discussion threads 2007-01-31

Defining the "wry" in wry comment

Defining the "wry" in wry commentApplications are the holeThe very small list of Linux worms would have hit Solaris as well. The DNS and Apache "knockers" would have worked just as well on Solaris and may have. Thus you see the weakness in the OS - the apps.It's a matter...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Now IT, IMHO Windows, Unix, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-09-08

Microsoft recommends throwing in the towel on desktop clean up

Microsoft recommends throwing in the towel on desktop clean upNothing new here, same with any other OShttp://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=187Trying to clean an OS up without a through forensic analysis is impossible. This applies to ANY OS. Anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling himself.anti-spywareWouldn't it be great if Microsoft made their...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, desktop, operating system, Microsoft Corp., spyware, anti-spyware, MSFT

Discussion threads 2006-04-06

Trojan delivers unwanted gift to Windows PCs

Trojan delivers unwanted gift to Windows PCsFYISecurityfocus claims that this exploit automatically gains SYSTEM pruvledges, but based on third party testing I seen with sites that are using this, the exploit code actaully runs under the users priveleges. All of the websites that are using this exploit code are using...

Tags: Web browsers, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, PC, Mozilla Firefox, trojan horse, Linux, WMF file, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Metafile, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Windows PC

Discussion threads 2005-12-28

Exploit code puts Windows XP and 2000 at risk

Exploit code puts Windows XP and 2000 at riskString this guy up!I don't care whether you run Windows, Linux, MAC, whatever! IF someone publishes an exploit before notifiying the vendor and giving them a chance to correct the problem, they are as guilty as the person who then uses...

Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Construction, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Fire Wall, Microsoft Windows, NTFS, exploit, trojan horse, FAT32, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, EXPLOIT CODE

Discussion threads 2005-11-17

From Gartner Symposium: IT news of the weird

From Gartner Symposium: IT news of the weirdBeen there, done that[i]Then, he mentioned how he's now hearing about companies that ask their employees to not only buy their own comptuers, but take on the responsibility of managing them as well.[/i]Which massively beats dealing with a totally clueless IT "help"...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, own comptuer, IT Support, comptuer, about company, PC, information technology, Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-10-17

Slew of Windows patches coming

Slew of Windows patches comingSlew of Windows patches comingGood, anything to help make Windows more secure is always helpful and wanted. And they are releasing it right on schedule.Slew?Slew? Eight?Then what do you call Apple's monthly updates, one with a whopping 44 patches?http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302163http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302413You MUST be kidding !There are...

Tags: Patches, Hacking, patch management, rep, security, Windows patch, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-10-06

Windows 2000 moves to the back burner

Windows 2000 moves to the back burnerWho cares!No need to upgrade to XP. Service packs? HABeen using Windows 2000 w/ Service pack 1 forever and yet to experience a worm, virii, or spyware.Want to know my secret? I installed Firefox and Thunderbird. Completely turned all the...

Tags: Operating systems, longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, REAL Reason Microsoft, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2005-06-28

Witty worm traced to Europe

Witty worm traced to EuropeYep, And 99.9% Of All Systems On A Military Base Are....MICROSOFT.'nuff said.Bitty worm traced to grumpiness?We're all thieves!http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67594,00.htmlInteresting article- they compare the filesharing thing to prohibition in the 1920s..ridiculous assumptionsThe observation that an insider was to blame is based on two "facts":1. The worm spread from...

Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Operating systems, UNIX, worm, Witty Worm, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-05-26

Worm exploits Microsoft patch cycle

Worm exploits Microsoft patch cycleRemembering correctly?Am I right that I remember people posting here that the evil-doers would use MS's newly-announced patching cycle to their advantage? Just like this article is hypothesizing?"Trustworthy Computing"[i]" To make matters worse, a worm exploiting the flaw was released Monday, leaving the software giant without...

Tags: Firewalls, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, No_Ax, firewall, Microsoft Corp., bandwidth, virus, trojan horse, operating system

Discussion threads 2004-11-10

Virus targets 64-bit Windows

Virus targets 64-bit WindowsI'm #1And so is this virus...A serious questionDoes WinXP-64bit have that XD bit virus protection that WinXP-32bit-SP2 has? And would that have prevented this particular virus?A virus for an OS that doesn't exist. WOW.Amazing...This is why I have called for 64-bit MCSE certificationI have hundreds of...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Network technology, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., 64-bit, virus, Microsoft Windows, Linux

Discussion threads 2004-08-23

Security pro: Windows easier to 0wn

Security pro: Windows easier to 0wnthis is nice and all....but where's the link?I would like to read the paper written by this guy just to see what he says about it. Come on ZDnet, if you're going to post an article about something written that you're talking about, at...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Linux, TCO, operating system, security

Discussion threads 2004-08-13

Corporate Web servers infecting visitors' PCs

Corporate Web servers infecting visitors' PCsNot just attacking the MSOk who will the first one to say "It's because MS IIS is the most popular webserver around is the reason for this attack". I have news for you, It's not the most popular webserver OS. LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP)...

Tags: Web servers, Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, server, Web server, flaw, computer, Web, Microsoft IIS Server, security, software

Discussion threads 2004-06-24