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- Command injection flaw found in Internet Explorer
- Command injection flaw found in Internet ExplorerAm I missing something here?"The bug could effectively allow remote attackers to pass and execute arbitrary commands and arguments through the ‘firefox.exe’ process.""firefox.exe" when discussing an IE vulnerability? Is this accurate?Um..Internet Explorer is insecure??? WOW! When did this happen??? ;)Yes, this is an IE...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Symantic
- Discussion threads 2007-07-10
- Write a Mac virus competition halted
- Write a Mac virus competition haltedLord, what a stupid idea...Not a surprise that it was scrapped. Bet DVForge takes it in the shorts over this.The ONLY things that could have made this story worsewas "IF" Symantic and or MS were found to be behind the scene supporters of this ahem...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Security Testing, Unix, Apple Inc., virus, Mac virus, Apple Macintosh, Symantic
- Discussion threads 2005-03-30
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- TechCrunch50: Day 1
- When Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis team up on a project, the webs are bound to be shaken up. Last year, their conference TechCrunch40 was an enormous showcase for startups to present their idea to venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and the press. This year,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Advertisement, Marissa Mayer, Entrepreneur, Video, MySpace, Qik, Meghan, Arrington, Vitamin Water, Calcanis, Mahalo, Blueprint Multicore, OpenTrace, E-mail, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Management, Marketing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- I say crapware; you say 'performance enhancer'
- I say crapware; you say 'performance enhancer'agreedall trialware should be treated as crapware.OneCare offered as TRIAL is crapware.OneCare offered as TRIAL is crapware.I want the full version or nothing. Trial is useless.Anyway I don't like OneCare because it's a security suite. I would like a simple antivirus only programohgreat.One problem...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OneCare, performance enhancer, software, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., laptop computer, performance
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - Symantec's take
- Microsoft's announcement of Hyper-V, as with other Microsoft announcement, brings out the spin-miesters in the marketing departments at Microsoft's partners and competitors alike. Over the past few days I've been posting a summary of some of the conversions I've been having about Hyper-V. This time, I spoke with Sean Derrington...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Marketing, VERITAS Software Corp., Environment, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Storage, Security, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- QuickTime zero-day attacks intercepted
- QuickTime zero-day attacks interceptedThis anti-Apple bias must stopThis story is false. It must be false because the Apple zealots have always told us that Apple is better than Microsoft because Apple patches [b]before[/b] there are exploits in the wild and here we have yet another case where ZDNet is reporting...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, rootkit, Norton Co., Apple Inc., Symantec Corp., exploit, Apple QuickTime, virus, Microsoft Windows, zero-day bug
- Discussion threads 2007-12-03
- Symantec CEO John Thompson on Microsoft, Google and Switzerland
- Symantec CEO John Thompson on Microsoft, Google and SwitzerlandSymantec wants to be the Switzerland of safe computing onn the Webbut they're really more like the Elbonia of the computer world. I haven't used a Symantic security product that didn't fail to cause many problems from the git-go. I think they...
- Tags: SECURITY, Product marketing, Microsoft Corp., Symantec Corp., Elbonia, John Thompson, system work, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-31
- Out of the box experience with Lenovo's Thinkpads is simply unacceptable
- Out of the box experience with Lenovo's Thinkpads is simply unacceptableDon't blame LenovoI'm not seeing anything there that's really their fault. The problem is that they're shipping beta and trialware, which all OEMs pretty well have to do -- the money they get from "marketing allowances" and such are...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Monitors & displays, Lenovo Group Ltd., Microsoft Office, Lenovo ThinkPad
- Discussion threads 2007-06-06
- Mossberg condemns "craplets" preinstalled on new PCs
- Mossberg condemns "craplets" preinstalled on new PCsI would recommend you also tryOpenSuSE 10.2 and PCLinuxOS. Both are excellent, although I will admit, PCLinuxOS is far easier to set up and maintain than OpenSuSE and I have been a SuSE guy for several years! ]:)Removing the crapwareI wonder if the PC...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, crapware, new-PC, PC, Mossberg
- Discussion threads 2007-04-13
- Anti-virus heavyweights missing from Vista-certified list
- Anti-virus heavyweights missing from Vista-certified listBig Company Complacency...They think they got you hooked because of their name. I'm not letting it happen any more.When I moved to Vista, instead of reinstalling the bloated Symantec AntiVirus, I purchased NOD32.The only question I have now is why I didn't do it...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Microsoft Windows Vista, AVG, antivirus, Symantec Corp., Kaspersky, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Symantec extends HP bundling deal
- Symantec extends HP bundling dealHP/Symantic dealWorthwhile ? ABSOLUTELY not !!!!!
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-30
- New 'botworm' exploits Symantec flaw
- New 'botworm' exploits Symantec flawVistaThis coming from the company who was screaming that Microsoft not letting them into the kernel under the 64 bit version of Vista would make everyone in the world insecure. Who cares about Vista's code, fix your own damn stuff first Symantec!PatheticOk... the SECURITY software...
- Tags: SECURITY, Symantec Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-15
- Symantec files piracy lawsuit
- Symantec files piracy lawsuitThis may be what amounts to a very stupid question but.....Why in the hell would anyone want to infringe on the copyright of Symantec in the first place? I may be the only one that has this opinion BUT their software causes more problems than it...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, Symantec Software, Symantec Corp., software, piracy, Norton Co., Norton Software
- Discussion threads 2006-12-13
- E-mail gangs bombarding Britain with spam
- E-mail gangs bombarding Britain with spamBritain has computers?I am in shock that they have computers, much less internet access!Maybe they will run and hide now.Is it possible to identify the "bot" computers???If so, can't the ISP's just shut off their access until they clean up their act (get the crap...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Spam, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, computer, bot, bot computer, operating system
- Discussion threads 2006-11-27
- Vista could cost upgrade enthusiasts serious money
- Vista could cost upgrade enthusiasts serious moneyXP may be my last stopI think that XP is as fat as I care to get on a pc, and this new EULA sort of puts the last rail down for me.If I buy a new computer with Vista on it, so be...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), monoculture, hardware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, MSVista, Now Microsoft
- Discussion threads 2006-10-27
- Microsoft won't delay Vista in Europe
- Microsoft won't delay Vista in EuropeJack Abramoff influence-peddling scandalToday 5 charities will be named in the Jack Abramoff scandal. I know that the Gates Foundation gave money to at least one Jack Abramoff charity. I doubt the Gates Foundation will be named but I think it involved in slim-ball tactic...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Jack Abramoff, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-10-13
- The future of malware: Trojan horses
- The future of malware: Trojan horsesMessage has been deleted.Until Microsoft fixes the Drive-By Installs in IEThere is NO hope...Microsoft spin"Widespread worms, viruses or Trojan horses spammed to millions of mailboxes are typically not a grave concern anymore, security experts said at the Virus Bulletin conference here Thursday".That's right folks. 200,000...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, trojan horse, malware, virus, WWW, radar, Microsoft Windows, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-10-13
- Symantec: Microsoft won't give us key Vista tech
- Symantec: Microsoft won't give us key Vista techNot a developerI'm not a developer, I'm a software engineer among other things. I've been engineering software for over thirty years and I don't understand their problem at all. All they need to add to their product is a detection routine...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, McAfee Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-27
- McAfee patches holes in security software
- McAfee patches holes in security softwareIt's time to toss your antivirus, again.http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/Ou/?p=234Here's a stupid question....Who in their right mind actually uses McAfee? That is one of admittedly in my opinion the crap**est security (second only to Norton/Symantec) programs out there. I have seen systems get more crap into...
- Tags: patch management, McAfee Inc., security
- Discussion threads 2006-08-01
- Linux vendors are swimming against the current.
- Linux vendors are swimming against the current.On the MoneyPC OEM's do not make their money on the hardware sales. They make it upselling to accessories and add on software. With Windows there are a host of applications that can be sold to the consumer. They also make...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux-vendor, Linux, Microsoft Windows, MySQL
- Discussion threads 2006-06-19
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