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Malware Removal Starter Kit

Released today is a new free tool from Microsoft, this is a solution accelerator with scanning tools included. This includes making a WindowsPE CD to boot from to scan a computer for malware. "This guidance provides a set of tasks that licensed Windows® users can perform at no cost to create the...

Posted to The Daily Ramblings of an SMS Engineer (Weblog) by aclendenen on 07-11-2007
Filed under: Security, News, Microsoft
New Messenger blocks a few worms

Tucked inside the just-released MSN Messenger are features to stymie the spread of some of the IM worms that have been knocking Microsoft's instant messaging clients, a security firm said Friday. MSN Messenger 7, said Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs in its analysts' blog, now blocks .pif files, which have...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 04-10-2005
Filed under: Microsoft, Security, News
Finally, someone puts a decent article together on browser vulnerabilities

And of all places, it’s posted on LinuxInsider. Go figure. It discusses the most recent vulnerability discovered in Firefox. It echos what most of us have been saying all along. It’s only a matter of time. It also includes a link to test for the vulnerability. Can Mozilla keep up? The conclusion...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 04-05-2005
Filed under: Microsoft, Security, News
Trying to make a story when there isn't one

I’ve blogged earlier that there are some internet news companies trying to make a story out of Microsoft happenings when there isn’t one. Yesterday a story was released that read, in part: “If Microsoft's tepid entrance into the PC security market--with the enhanced security capabilities...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 01-20-2005
Filed under: Microsoft, Security, News
Microsoft XP Service Pack 2 E-Learning

Learn what you need to know about SP2. Right now. https://www.microsoftelearning.com/xpsp2/ Our free Microsoft™ Official E-Learning Clinics on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) provide the technical information and skills you need via a learner-centered format with unique user benefits. With an E...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 01-18-2005
Filed under: Microsoft, Security, News
Sour Grapes?

In my opinion, NOTHING Microsoft does will ever be enough for some. It appears as we get more users using Microsoft’s new anti-spyware program, and their malicious software removal tool, the more “controversy” it is creating. Why? Primarily because they work, and they work well (again...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 01-14-2005
Filed under: Microsoft, Security, News
Microsoft patch day lacks an IE fix?

Should it be public information? When should something NOT be reported to the general public? EWeek has released a story that reads “Microsoft has released a fix for a critical hole in the HTML Help ActiveX control in Windows, but a well-known vulnerability in the Internet Explorer browser remains...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 01-12-2005
Filed under: Microsoft, Security, News
Microsoft AntiSpyware is very good

SPYWARE is now the biggest computer security problem users face, almost overnight inspiring new categories of software to deal with the threat. So it's no wonder that the biggest dog in town has settled in on the anti-spyware porch. Microsoft last week released a test version of a program designed to...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 01-11-2005
Filed under: Microsoft, Security, News
Microsoft's latest?

Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on its spyware killer, based on technology from its recent aquistion, Giant Software. The beta version is expected to have its public debut in a few days. The December purchase of Giant, a small U.S. publisher of spyware detection software, put Microsoft in...

Posted to John at myITforum.com (Weblog) by jgormly on 01-05-2005
Filed under: Microsoft, Security, News

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