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iBotnet: Researchers find signs of zombie Macs

iBotnet: Researchers find signs of zombie MacsHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!breathHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!:) :) :)Come on ZDNet, this should be the biggest, boldest headline on front page!:)It would be interesting to see...It would be interesting to see what Apple is going to do with this in their "I'm a PC, I'm a Mac" add.Oh wait, you...

Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Pirated Software, Apple Macintosh, iBotnet, zombie, virus, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groups

Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groupsOf course they areWindows users are as safe or safer when they keep their system up to date and habits in check... Now mac users are 10+ years behind as they have almost no way of getting rid of these problems.

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, endemic, malware, Apple Macintosh, WINDOWS USERS

Discussion threads 2009-01-26

Pro-piracy politician proffers his worldview

Pro-piracy politician proffers his worldviewReaction...This is a natural reaction to the corruption of reasonable copyright laws by big media. Media companies have been buying our lawmakers for years for the purpose of extending copyright protections virtually forever.This was never the intent of the artificial exclusivity discussed by the founders. No...

Tags: Pirated Software, CD, RIAA, Swedes

Discussion threads 2007-08-13

Pirated Software 1.0 (Windows)

Pirated Software is a prank that emulates the standard software installation or setup. However, the installation walks you through the steps of installing illegal software. Of course this is nothing more than a joke, but you could have a lot of fun with this. Pirated Software starts by displaying a...

Tags: Software, Installation, Microsoft Windows, Pirated Software, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2001-03-04

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Product Key Explorer 2.3 (Windows)

Product Key Explorer displays product key for Windows, MS Office, SQL Server and over 800 other software products installed on your local or remote network computers. In order to install or reinstall Microsoft Office, Windows, or other commercial software, you must have access to a product serial key CD Key...

Tags: Software, Software License, Product Key, Microsoft Windows, Nsasoft, Product Key Explorer, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet

That'll teach them what happens to jailbreakers!This only hits those who deliberately climbed the fence and ventured into the dangerous would outside Apples walled garden.Victims of this have nothing on Apple for this. The vulnerability was introduced by their own incompetent actions, but knowingly non-sanctioned by Apple.The learning: You better...

Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Apple iPhone, worm, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Mozilla locks out rogue Firefox add-ons

Firefox has conquered IEIt is evident that Firefox free has conquered IE, plus the fact the majority of sites work regardless of browser.The days of this old bait & switch from MS are over.But I thought the whole point behind "open source"......was to allow ANYONE to put code in their...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, open source, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft admits its GPL violation; will reissue Windows 7 tool under open-source license

Tar and feather them nt ;-)ntYeah - they made good on GPL2 - tar them anyway!It's Microsoft - hurt them even when they do admit their errors and make good on them!Seriously Dude, see a shrink!A tad serious?Lighten up a bit - a shrink? I will put my mental health...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, tool, Microsoft Windows 7, open source, Microsoft Corp., GPL

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?

ProbablyA microsoft programmer probably used code he found in the net(IE code-plex...) instead of developping his own code...At school the programmer would have failed his course, here MS will face, once aggain, the wrath of Stallman's little cultists.if true they should get penalize ntnt It was a CodePlex project?Well...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, tool, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., GPL

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Piracy and the Apple App Store

PiracyI'm curious as to how they discovered that 80%. I'm assuming (I know, bad idea) that they post the app on the app store (well, Apple does after reviewing it) and someone has to buy it in order to pirate it or is the App store itself broken into? If...

Tags: Games, piracy, game, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

News Corp. prepares to destroy more online value

Finally Good PointsYou may have wanted to mention that comcast wanted to buy out 51 percent and then charge. Maybe they are delaying the inevitable but a reverse scenario? Due to sites like Hulu and other I and other have not paid for cable or satellite for over 3 years....

Tags: OpenOffice, Piracy, Blogging, Network technology, Hulu, News Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Might Google drop Chrome OS beta as a Windows 7 spoiler?

It could also backfireand be lost in the Windows 7 hype and push?also anyboby that have 2 once of memory remember that nt vista was and in vista case is .... so a good kick in the ball by chrome os would be great ..... ...

Tags: Operating systems, Blogging, Microsoft Windows, Chrome, Chrome OS, beta, Google Inc., Chrome OS beta, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?

Dial-up connections and malware?What percentage of the world runs their Windows machines on a dial-up connection? On those machines, it can take HOURS to download routine security patches, and most people aren't that patient.It sure does . . ."The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users relying on...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, security, computer, malware, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?

Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance BSA which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users...

Tags: Software Piracy, Patch Management, Malware, Malware Infection Rate, Infection Rate, Patches, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Macs and PCs found shacking up

A very interesting study. This confirms what we have known for a long time.Mac users are much cooler that PC users.Confirms Apple numbers continue to grow:PI can't argue with that...Pagan jimRE: Macs and PCs found shacking upIt's a widely accepted fact that Mac users are much cooler than PC users.Much...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Windows only user, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., MAC USERS, Microsoft Windows, gen, Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

What will the fallout be from Microsoft Security Essentials?

a new antitrust lawsuitthis is a shining example of monopoly squashing competition on price.Incorrectas the product isn't being bundled. Additionally if your car maker sold you seat belts prone to failure you wouldn't expect to pay someone else to fix them.I agree about validation.It would realy help to stop...

Tags: Corporate law, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, MSE, Microsoft Corp., Linux, antitrust, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Hacker ships tool to circumvent China's Green Dam filter

So any bets on how long before the U of M's IT system is attacked... ...from China?Was thinking the exact same thing.I applaud their effort especially after China pirated US software to create the Green Dam product.It won't be long before the retaliations begin.nobody saw that coming, did they?If hackers...

Tags: Vertical industries, SECURITY, tool, Green Dam, government

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Report: Final version of free Microsoft Security Essentials to ship September 29

Do we really need another security software on Windows 7?Hi!If I install MSE on Windows 7, do I really need to install another security software on Windows 7?Thanks!yes...It's called Linux and that will cure all windoze security threats forever.Yes and...while introducing 8 year old kernel faults on its own.No, but...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Koobface, FCS, MSE, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Give Google a break!

soooo over googlegoogle has joined microsoft and apple on the dark side.i stopped using google after they ceased being a search engine and became a money factory. security, privacy and ownership issues shouldn't be played out in court after the fact, they should be delt with in the board room...

Tags: COMPANIES, Google Inc., copyright law

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Stanford's open-source camera lets the public choose camera features

What happens when you get Linux developers designing physical objects....You get a camera with no case, a motherboard sticking out, a huge lens on a dinky cellphone cmos chip, a built in USB hub, and some guy talking about making it "programmable" so that some other university eggheads can use...

Tags: open source, camera, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-04