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US-CERT: Beware of airline ticket e-mail scam

US-CERT: Beware of airline ticket e-mail scamWhat Kind Of Computers Are Targeted? What Kind?Oh that's right..WINDOWS.Next story.Use of Sandboxie to help fight this type of scamI have come across a program called Sandboxie that allows you to run your web browser or pretty much anything else in a "sandbox". ...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Cyberthreats, KARMA, Linux, airline ticket e-mail scam, Sandboxie, e-mail scam, US-CERT, airline ticket, OS X., e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-12-14

Proof that Antivirus software makes your PC crawl

Proof that Antivirus software makes your PC crawlThe problem with IDSThere is an issue that you don't look for in IDS. The only problem with them is they can be implemented two different ways. I think Tripwire is the one where it is set to look for what...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, PRODUCTIVITY, AVG, Sandboxie, SpyBot, malware, PC, antivirus, software, antivirus software

Discussion threads 2006-09-25

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Sandboxie 3.40 (Windows)

When you browse the Web, changes occur to your computer system. Some harmless, like recording the addresses of Web sites you have visited, so the browser can help you complete a Web address that you type in. Some more harmful, like the unsolicited installation of malware. When you use Sandboxie...

Tags: Web, Malware, Microsoft Windows, Web Browser, Tzuk, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Internet, Marketing, Security

Software downloads 2009-09-30

How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)

Blah, ha ha ha haOh yeah, I can just see my son playing Garry's Mod on a virtual desktop. Blah, ha, ha, ha.... Yeah, right.Oh, oh, and I can just see virtualizing several thousand clients, all churning their spreadsheets, personal databases, e-mail, web browsers, compilers, graphics programs.There's a reason...

Tags: Rootkits, PRODUCTIVITY, Virtualization, Desktops, Best Buy Co. Inc., Geek Squad, rootkit, desktop virtualization, computer, desktop, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Critical security hole in Google Chrome

Critical security hole in Google ChromeDoes the sandboxing mitigate the problem?[i]A failure to properly validate input from a renderer tab process could allow an attacker to crash the browser and possibly run arbitrary code with the [b]privileges of the logged on user[/b].[/i]Does this apply to v1.x alone or also to...

Tags: Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Apple Inc., vulnerability, Chrome, security

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

That Windows 7 bootleg is a ticking time bomb

That Windows 7 bootleg is a ticking time bombDo you feel lucky?Protected mode mitigates, but doesn't stop the exploit from running. And if someone is tired or distracted and clicks Continue in the UAC dialog, they're pwned.Presumably Windows 7 and IE 8 have PM so......there is little to worry about...

Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Protected Mode

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

Talking malware with Eugene Kaspersky

Talking malware with Eugene KasperskyAll of which comes back to the same conclusionYou just cannot depend upon anti-malware vendors anymore. They themselves are finding it difficult to protect their customers. Sure, thay may be there as an additional layer of protection, but the main layer is and always should be...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, malware, Eugene Kaspersky, security

Discussion threads 2007-12-07

Memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b 1

Memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b 1RE: Memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b 1I gave the beta a try (http://abaditya.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/sandboxing-firefox-3-beta-and-first-impressions/) using Sandboxie so that I could preserve my Firefox 2 settings, and the memory usage seemed to be more efficient in the beta as...

Tags: Web browsers, Only Problem, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3.0

Discussion threads 2007-11-21

ZoneAlarm ForceField puts browser in a sandbox

ZoneAlarm ForceField puts browser in a sandboxThat's actually very interesting news, RyanThank you for letting us know. I wonder how well this will work in Microsoft's little present to Quicktime and Firefox? Will content presenting adjunct software be brought into the sandbox?If so, and if a good job...

Tags: Web browsers, Viruses and worms, sandbox, ZoneAlarm, ZoneAlarm ForceField, Web browser, Kaspersky, software

Discussion threads 2007-09-24

The open source advantage: Firefox's leaky dam gets more fingers, yours could be one.

Yesterday, among other things, I ranted about how my Firefox was grinding to a halt. About the only pattern I noticed is that I can some times revive my system if I close the instance of Firefox that includes a tab that was spawned from Outlook (and that tab...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Firefox, Open Source, Memory, Web Browsers, Internet, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-09-21

Backdooring Windows Media files (and assorted Microsoft security problems)

Backdooring Windows Media files and assorted Microsoft security problemsSeen awile back[I]I found that a fully patched windows XP SP2 with IE6 or IE7 and Windows Media Player 9 default will open any page of your choice in less restrictive Internet Explorer environment even if your default browser is Firefox, Opera...

Tags: Web browsers, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Internet Explorer, wmp11, Windows Media, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-19

Don't be so quick to click that Web page

Don't be so quick to click that Web pageGuess it's time to unplugfrom the internet. I mean come on, this is getting stupid. Once again something that was really cool and had a great potential benefit for the masses has been corrupted and turned into a slum. What is wrong...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Litigation, GUESS IT, way this article, Web site, Web, settlement, Internet, Web page

Discussion threads 2007-07-11

Is MS Office becoming a zero-day liability all year long?

Is MS Office becoming a zero-day liability all year long?Remember, thoughIt loads [b]really[/b] fast.Part of what Microsoft has to do to get that speed is skip things like parsing the stream, bounds checks, etc. Just load the memory dump and go.Speed, as you reminded us, is all-important.Much like Windows,...

Tags: Word processors, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, software, hardware

Discussion threads 2006-12-11

Police blotter: Prosecutors want reporters' hard drives

Police blotter: Prosecutors want reporters' hard drivesA very trusting and naive man......the dissenting judge:"The newspapers' objection instead related to information on the computers that is not being sought by the commonwealth. The newspapers professed a fear that the commonwealth would abuse the subpoena and seek to access other information that...

Tags: Vertical industries, Web browsers, government, hard drive, Divine Right

Discussion threads 2006-10-13

Image: Inside GreenBorder's IE sandbox

Image: Inside GreenBorder's IE sandboxIsn't IE7 getting sandboxing by Microsoft?Isn't Microsoft saying they're sandboxing IE7? With that and all the improvements it has, I'd rather wait for IE7. I don't touch IE6 amymore.Hmm... commercial software.Just so that the Mac fans have even less of a pricing argument,http://www.sandboxie.com/ie7 in a real...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, sandbox, GreenBorder, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2006-06-28

Border patrol for Internet Explorer

Border patrol for Internet ExplorerSure it is...Firefox is just IE with a different set of holes...d00d!IE 7 is still in beta - of course it is slow as molasses with all the error checking and debugging code in it while in beta.Reality check[i]"There have been zero exploits in the wild...

Tags: Web browsers, vmware, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, exploit, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Discussion threads 2006-06-26