February 23, 2010
by sjvn01
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Get a grip people. A recent story about the so-called Chuck Norris botnet implies that it breaks Linux’s security. Wrong. Windows malware, whether it comes in the form of a Trojan, virus, or worm, works by exploiting security holes in … Continue reading
February 19, 2010
by sjvn01
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More than a week after Microsoft released an XP patch that seemed to cause BSODs (Blue Screen of Death), Microsoft announced that the immediate cause was the Alureon rootkit. Fair enough, but what about the 17-year old Windows security hole … Continue reading
February 18, 2010
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Most of the attention on a recent report from ScanSafe, a Cisco-owned security company, has been on the fact that attacks on Adobe PDF Reader vulnerabilities comprise up to 80% of PC attacks. That’s actually not quite right. The ScanSafe … Continue reading
February 16, 2010
by sjvn01
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I can’t stand IE (Internet Explorer) 6. I’m in good company. Most people hate it. Even Microsoft can’t find a kind word to say for the 8+ year old Web browser. While I’ve liked IE8 at first as a possible … Continue reading
February 11, 2010
by sjvn01
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I so didn’t need this. I’m a long way from my home office and I helped some family members to update their Windows XP PCs with February’s massive set of Windows patches. Since they fixed a lot of serious bugs … Continue reading
February 10, 2010
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It appears that some parts of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) government wants to snoop on Western governments and countries. Since then, I discovered that at least two news bureaus in China have had some of their e-mail accounts … Continue reading