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EZDNSWatch From CYBERsitter 1.8 (Windows)

EZDNSWatch will check and monitor your computers DNS settings to prevent them from being hijacked. EZDNSWatch also supports OpenDNS and allows one click configuration. OpenDNS is a free public DNS server that is guaranteed safe and also provides protection from phishing and other dangerous sites you might accidentally encounter while...

Tags: Solid Oak Software, OpenDNS, Phishing, Domain Names, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-24

LookInMyPC 1 (Windows)

LookInMyPC generates a complete, comprehensive system profile that includes information on all installed hardware and software. Additionally, it provides system diagnostic information such as details on running processes, installed services, startup programs, Windows updates and hot fixes, active network and Internet connections, TCP/IP port usage, and event log detail. All...

Tags: Solid Oak Software, LookInMyPC, Microsoft Windows, Tcp/Ip, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Networking

Software downloads 2005-12-19

Cybersitter 9 (Windows)

Cybersitter gives adults the ability to limit children's access to objectionable material on the Internet. Parents can choose to block, block and alert, or simply alert them when access to these areas is attempted. Working secretly in the background, Cybersitter analyzes all Internet activity. Whenever it detects activity that the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Internet Activity, Solid Oak Software, Internet

Software downloads 2003-11-16

Additional Resources

ZDNet China, Green Dam and lawsuits

We've received a few inquiries about Solid Oak Software's lawsuit against ZDNet China and CBS Interactive for distributing Green Dam filtering software on its download site. Here's a look at the basics. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Lawsuit, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-08

News to know: Firefox 3.5; Lenovo; Blackberry Tour; Chambers

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Benchmarking Firefox 3.5 Testing Firefox 3.5 ... mind your add-ons! Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.5 released, more...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Exclusive: Proof that Green Dam ripped off Solid Oak in 2006

Exclusive: Proof that Green Dam ripped off Solid Oak in 2006LiabilityI've read that if PC manufacturers go ahead and put this software on their machines, then sell them, they can be held liable by Solid Oak in both the US and China. Why is none of this liability being...

Tags: Vertical industries, Chinese Government, Solid Oak, government

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Exclusive: Proof that Green Dam ripped off Solid Oak in 2006

Yesterday, I pointed out that China's Green Dam Youth Escort software purloins a 2006 version of Solid Oak's CyberSitter net-nanny software and that the developer - Jinhui- was involved in drafting specifications for "parental control software" also in 2006. It seems that this software has been around since '06. ...

Tags: Software, File, Datapth.exe, Datapth06, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Breaking news: Green Dam Day delayed

On the eve of destruction, China has delayed Green Dam Day. Reuters reports that China will delay an order that all PCs sold in the country come equipped with Green Dam-Youth Escort. The government had set July 1 as the day. [Add 1]...

Tags: Software, China, Agency, Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Management, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Confirmed: Developer of software stolen for Green Dam is under attack

Confirmed: Developer of software stolen for Green Dam is under attackGreen dam removal.It seems that if Green Dam is a stolen program then the programs owner should be able to disable it. Why not Bomb all of the Chinese Green dam programs and solve the problem once and for...

Tags: SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Communist, NOW IT, Green Dam, attack, USSR, software

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

PC makers ask China Premier to stop Green Dam

Tech business organizations around the world have signed onto an extraordinary letter to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, asking for executive clemency from China's Green Dam-Youth Escort software, The Wall Street Journal reports. The letter says in part: [Green Dam] raises serious concerns for us and seems to...

Tags: China, Developer, Taiwan, Government, Vertical Industries, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Green Dam Watch: Software dates from '06, Sony is shipping, vendors will uninstall.

Item: Green Dam Youth Escort - the Chinese net nanny software that must be installed on PCs sold in China starting Wednesday - is largely stolen from a 2006 version of Solid Oak's CyberSitter software. For proof, see this post. Item: Rebecca MacKinnon...

Tags: Software, Sony Corp., McKinnon, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Confirmed: Developer of software stolen for Green Dam is under attack

Yesterday I posted that staff at Solid Oak were targeted with attack emails by sources unknown. Solid Oak is the maker of CyberSitter -- which was clearly purloined by the developers of Green Dam. At that point it wasn't clear that the questionable emails were definitely...

Tags: Software, Developer, Attack, Solid Oak, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-27

Who is attacking Solid Oak, whose code was stolen for Green Dam?

Check out this document from Solid Oak Software, makers of CyberSitter. It's a comparison of CyberSitter with Green Dam-Youth Escort, the software China is insisting PC makers start installing on July 1. The file show just how similar CyberSitter's .dll files and Green...

Tags: China, CyberSitter, Solid Oak, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-25

PC makers plead with China for release from Youth Escort

True to form, having figured out the wind is blowing strongly against Green Dam - Youth Escort the censorware that China had ordered PC makers to install before selling computers in the country, the tech industry has now lent its name to a tepid letter of protest to the Chinese...

Tags: Software, China, PC Company, Tools & Techniques, Government, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Green Dam built on copyright, open source violations

The Register reports that China's Green Dam - Youth Escort software not only rips off Cybersitter software from Solid Oak but also uses open source code without proper attribution. A poster on SourceForge wrote: I am posting to reveal the factor that...

Tags: Software, China, OpenCV, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-15

China confirms security flaws in Green Dam, rushes to release a patch

China confirms security flaws in Green Dam, rushes to release a patchThe problem with backdoor softwareis the danger somebody else will discover your back door and use it.What was that about copyright infringement, again?[i]"?It is not responsible to crack somebody?s software and publish the details, which are commercial secrets, on...

Tags: Patches, Chinese People, Chinese Government, Green Dam, security flaw, patch, security

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

US developer: China's Green Dam steals our code

This Green Dam story just keeps getting weirder. First, China issues this mandate that all new PCs will have to have software called Green Dam-Youth Escort preinstalled. It's claimed the software is just a porn filter, even though China runs the powerful Great Firewall of China, already. ...

Tags: Software, China, Developer, Solid Oak, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-13

Texas Democrats push ODF standard

Texas Democrats push ODF standardMS view is anti-competitive when using an open standard Bet they would not say that if the bill supported their format.the bill is supported by smart TexansTexas gave us some of the best people in the nation.It is no surprise that astute people from there see...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, open standard, Microsoft Corp., ISO, docx

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Solid Oak: As much as 90% of e-mail is spam

Illegitimate email messaging over the Internet is currently greater than 90% according to Solid Oak Software, Inc. There are numerous recent reports that have indicated that spam accounts for 50-60% of all email traffic.

Tags: e-mail

Blog posts 2003-10-30