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Windows 7 fake spotted on BitTorrent | The Register

Windows 7 fake spotted on BitTorrent Nothing to see here, please move along By John Leyden → More by this author Published Tuesday 29th January 2008 13:50 GMT Pranksters have taken advantage of interest in the next version of Windows to post fake - but reportedly harmless - builds of Windows 7 on BitTorrent...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-31-2008
Filed under: Microsoft Windows, Internet News
Creative charging $9.99 for Vista update? | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com

This is just so wrong!! Creative charging $9.99 for Vista update? Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 6:02 am Categories: Hardware Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista , Creative Labs Inc. , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes From the “that’s gotta be a dumb PR move” files, Creative Labs decides to try to charge $9.99 for...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 07-05-2007
Filed under: Microsoft Windows, Internet News
BBC NEWS | Technology | Cursor hackers target WoW players

Cursor hackers target WoW players World of Warcraft has become hugely popular around the globe World of Warcraft players are being targeted by hackers exploiting flaws in how Windows handles animated cursors. The flaw came to light in late March and lets attackers take over vulnerable PCs via booby-trapped...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 04-05-2007
Filed under: SMS, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows, Internet News, AntiVirus Information, Internet Hacks
SANS Internet Storm Center - DST hype

DST hype Published: 2007-03-10, Last Updated: 2007-03-10 18:38:01 UTC by Swa Frantzen (Version: 2) With last minute -pun intended- patches for the DST change being released in the last few days, it's now too late to panic and go about breaking more than what you'll fix. Let's look ahead at what's likely...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 03-10-2007
Filed under: Patch Management, Microsoft Windows, Internet News, Microsoft Office, Internet Applications
Techworld.com - Security News - Microsoft's OneCare comes last in new test

I see my skepticism about OneCare was justified... Microsoft's OneCare comes last in new test John E. Dunn, Techworld 02 March 2007 A new test of anti-malware programs has found that Microsoft’s OneCare software is by some margin the weakest product on the market. Austrian outfit, AV Comparatives , found...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 03-02-2007
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Microsoft Windows, Internet News, AntiVirus Information
Symantec Security Response Weblog: The CSRSS Bug and Vista

The CSRSS Bug and Vista With the public advisory by Determina about a double-free bug in a CSRSS message function, the immediate question was: does it really affect Vista? The short answer is "yes, but not reliably." Arbitrary code execution is possible, but requires a great deal of luck, though a denial...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-08-2007
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Microsoft Windows, Internet News
SANS Internet Storm Center - MSIE IE7 Popup Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability

There is a great workaround for this problem here, it is not perfect, but it will make it harder to get fooled. MSIE IE7 Popup Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability (NEW) Published: 2006-10-26, Last Updated: 2006-10-26 04:49:56 UTC by Johannes Ullrich (Version: 2(click to highlight changes) ) Secunia (...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 10-26-2006
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Microsoft Windows, Browser Wars, Internet News
SANS - Internet Storm Center - Setslice Killbit Apps

Setslice Killbit Apps (NEW) Published: 2006-09-28, Last Updated: 2006-09-28 16:18:45 UTC by Tom Liston (Version: 2(click to highlight changes) ) Well... here we are again... seems like only last week, I was putting up killbit apps for "daxctle.ocx"... (and really, it was 10 days ago... sheesh, how time...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 09-28-2006
Filed under: SMS, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows, Internet News
BetaNews | Microsoft 'Soapbox' Takes On YouTube

Microsoft’s tendency to jump into every single Internet technology or niche that comes along absolutely DRIVES ME CRAZY !!!! Why can’t they just stick to making their operating systems the most secure they can be instead of spending all this time and money jumping into trying to be a competitor...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 09-19-2006
Filed under: Microsoft Windows, Internet News
MSN Money - News: Symantec sues Microsoft in contract dispute

Symantec sues Microsoft in contract dispute All Reuters News SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Symantec Corp. sued software rival Microsoft Corp. on Thursday, accusing it of misappropriating trade secrets to develop its own competing features and products, including the next version of Windows. The lawsuit filed...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 05-19-2006
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Microsoft Windows, Internet News

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