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Windows AntiSpyware becomes "Defender"

Windows AntiSpyware becomes "Defender"Windows AntiSpyware becomes "Defender"A fitting name for a fitting application. I guess I don't need to point out the fact that Microsoft is once again helping its customers by making them more secure. Anyone who thinks differently obviously doesn't value security.is the source code clouding...

Tags: Rootkits, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, rootkit protection, rootkit, Defender, anti-spyware, Microsoft Windows, security, Windows Defender, Microsoft Corp., computer

Discussion threads 2005-11-07

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COPA suffers another blow

InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent children from "content harmful to minors." If you're asking just what constitutes "harmful to minors", so...

Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-23

COPA is unconstitutional

The Third Circuit has upheld a lower court decision that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutional, AP reports. In its ruling Tuesday, the federal appeals court concluded that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutionally overly broad and vague. The court also ruled that...

Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Parental Control, Third Circuit, Regulations, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-23

TTProtect (zip)

TTProtect is an advanced software protection tool, it protect software against cracker. It absorb the advantages of the other protections, and adding own characteristics, use of a unique anti-tracking methods, make it difficult to debug protected application. TTprotect features Debugger Detection, Anti-Attached, Drx decoding, Code Chaos and confusion, Virtual Machine...

Tags: Software, TTProtect, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-07-23

10 hard drive disasters

Deaths at the hands of bananas, smelly socks and WD-40 are some of the unusual fates to have befallen innocent hard drives, according to a data recovery company. Deaths at the hands of bananas, smelly socks and WD-40 are some of the unusual fates to have befallen innocent hard...

Tags: Hard Drive, hard drives, data recovery, Dan Ilett, Silicon.com

News items 2008-07-22

News to know: Apple, Crapware; Icahn and Yahoo; Brocade

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook; Jobs health worries Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple reports record Q3 08 Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan? Dennis Howlett: Apple chaos theory Jason O'Grady: Apple Q3 2008...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Mice, Utility Computing, 3G, Open Source, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Custodia AntiVirus with Personal Firewall (exe)

Active protection against viruses, Trojans, worms, and other forms of malware. Featuring innovative and patented technology to scan, detect, and remove viruses, registry protection, e-mail scan, file shredder, and embedded scan for other programs such as MS Office, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, WinZip, and WinRAR....

Tags: Firewall, Personal Firewall, Canada, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2008-07-22

My-Virus-Protection (exe)

My-Virus-Protection is a software available for Windows. Protect your computer from viruses, worms, trojans. If the PC it's already infected software will scan and remove viruses, worms, trojans. Easy to use, no skills are required. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Trojan Horse, Worm, Virus, Jupiter Softwares, My-Virus-Protection, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2008-07-22

2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced

Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on.  From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...

Tags: Nominee, Vulnerability, XSS, Attack, Flaw, Dan, XSS Flaw, Lifelock, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Facebook unveils redesign

Facebook unveils redesignFacebook FaceliftWhile the "Facebook Facelift" might sound appealing, until they disallow applications that must 'have permission to view your profile', nothing much is going to change.It is upsetting is today's 'spam market' of cookies, spybots, and phising people are focusing on minute issues like appearance.RE: Facebook unveils redesignI...

Tags: Facebook, MySpace

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

SteelEye Protection Suite for Citrix XenServer

Bob Williamson, VP of Business Development for Steeleye, and I played a rousing game of telephone tag and meeting shuffle before finding a time that would work for a discussion of Steeleye's SteelEye Protection Suite. I was traveling making the task even more complex that it usually is. Since I've...

Tags: Clustering, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Machine, SteelEye Protection Suite, Citrix XenServer, Disaster Recovery Protection, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja

Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...

Tags: John McCain, Cybersecurity, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-18

OneStep Installer (exe)

Encrypts and packs installation components into a single executable with or without password protection and installs the content with one click. Use it with the Visual Studio 6 Package and Deployment Wizard or with any other similar wizards. Output can be an executable or a zipped executable. Optionally e-mails the...

Tags: Executable, Redei

Software downloads 2008-07-18

Paragon Drive Backup Server Edition (msi)

Setting the new industry standard in affordable backup solutions for SMBs. Why pay more? While the growth of a business is a positive sign of success, it also means more electronic data to protect and greater consequences if it’s lost. Our newest Drive Backup 9.0 Server Edition offers the highest...

Tags: Paragon Software, Backup Server, Server, Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, Backups, Disaster Recovery, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-07-18

Optimus Maximus

Despite its innovative approach to keyboard design, the OLED-based Optimus Maximus keyboard is best considered an expensive novelty. Its $1,600 price tag keeps it out of the hands of the average consumer, and we also question the practical benefit of using 113 customizable OLED screens as an input device. There...

Tags: Keyboards, Lebedev Studio, default layout, Optimus Maximus, Optimus Corp., keyboard

Product reviews 2008-07-17

Beatles music saved from public domain!

Well, thank God the money will keep flowing in to Paul McCartney. The Times reports that the EU will extend copyright another 45 years in what many people call the "Beatles extension." That's because the first Beatles recordings would have exited copyright in 2012. Actually the first rocker to...

Tags: Protection, Public Domain, Music, Storyline, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-17

News to know: Google; Microsoft; eBay; SAP; Apple

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google's second quarter: What to expect   Deb Perelman: The Techie Hall of Shame Phil Wainewright: How much is a unit of cloud computing? Joe McKendrick: Seven SOA experts explain how to 'just do it' Robin...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Brightfilter Parental Control 2008 (exe)

Brightfilter is a parental control solution that enables parents and administrators to quickly and easily set different filtering profiles on the same PC. One license covers up to three PCs. The service filters at the internet level, which means that the database used does not reside on the PC, but...

Tags: Brightfilter, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Spam, Security, Desktops, Spam And Phishing, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-17

The Techie Hall of Shame

The Techie Hall of ShameThe Florida architectural firm rampagehttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/disgruntled_employee_silent_rampage/RE: The Techie Hall of ShameAs far as this system in S.F. - If you have physical access to the machine, you should be able to get admin/root access. I'd be curious to know what OS they are talking about.RE: The Techie...

Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Most IT folk, Techie Hall, VSB

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

New hybrid delivery security architecture

Secure Computing's Ken Rutsky tells how to integrate Software-as-a-Service SaaS, virtualization and appliance security offerings to let users get exactly what they want. “In the past, CIOs deployed their own self-contained application architectures on their own servers and storage systems. This old model is giving way to a hybrid...

Tags: Appliance, Software, Software-as-a-service, Platform, Information Technology, Advantage, Hardware, Model, Service, Architecture, Organization, Delivery Security Architecture, IT Security Professional, Delivery Platform, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Security, Emerging Technologies, Management, CIO, SaaS, virtualization, IT appliances, service delivery, IT management, Ken Rutsky, Secure Computing

News items 2008-07-16