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- FBI rounds up bot-herders, national security at stake
- During the May 2007 Anti-Phishing Working Group Counter eCrime summit in San Francisco, researcher Joe St. Sauver spoke about the need for a government agency to step up and help in the war against consumer computer compromise. He stated that consumers aren't capable of taking the steps necessary to prevent...
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- The MOICE Office 2003 security plug-in
- Microsoft plans to release a plug-in to protect users from exploits targeting an ever-growing number of Office vulnerabilities. Known as MOICE Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment, the tool converts Office 2003 Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents to the Office 2007 Open XML format. This creates a document that...
- Blog posts 2007-05-11
- Bot-driven spam replacing reliance on self-replicating worms
- The increasing number of spam emails represents a shift from relying on worm replication to using millions of bot-infested systems to spread viruses via email ("Botnets Fueling Unprecedented Attacks", Government Technology, 16 Mar 2007). Current events drive the content of the messages tricking interested users into thinking theyre relevant.Postini...
- Blog posts 2007-03-17
- Vista UAC: A security manager's perspective
- Microsoft’s UAC has come under intense fire. It appears that the consensus among security researchers is that UAC is not an effective security control. An example of the arguments against relying on it as a workstation access control is contained in an eWeek article by Lisa Vaas (“Microsoft:...
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- What type of virus is this? Or is it something else?
- One of the computers on our network has a 60 GB partition on it's hard drive. It is the main partition where windows is installed and is used by one of our developers. Windows kept popping up an information box from the task bar saying that the hard drive was...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Is whitelisting a practical final line of malware defense?
- A significant number of articles are showing up on the Web advocating whitelisting as the only way to effectively protect enterprise networks from malware attacks. While it is a good idea in principle, is it really practical?In an article last week, Larry Greenemeier wrote that today’s antivirus model is...
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
- What is with the flashing add on this site?
- As I am looking at this, site there is a constant flash of something. I think it is some kind of subliminal ad, popping up it’s frequency is quite annoying, I cant believe this will help anyone. It's breaks concentration, it may be borderline illegal. It could also...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-26
- AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 and AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 galleries
- I've always liked Grisoft's free AVG Anti-Virus program. It's great for home users who need bare-bones virus protection. For commercial users, Grisoft also makes AVG Anti-Virus Professional, which includes spyware and spam protection, a software firewall, and more. For those who already have antivirus software but need antispyware software, Grisoft...
- Blog posts 2006-10-26
- Virus Alert
- Virus ReportI know the people who keep up on all the Viruses probably know a lot more about them than I do,But I got a Virus yesterday, so I wanted to let everyone know How I got it, what it does, and what I did to clean it, and the...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-23
- virus removal in processes
- I was trying to remove serval viruses the other day and I was using a tool called unlocker. This will allow you to delete anything. ".dll, .exe" etc. Well to make a long story short when I tried to delete the virus dll it would open or try...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-11
- Which web-based email sites to allow
- We don't allow our employees to use their corporate email accounts for personal use so I veered them to web-based email accounts (gmail, hotmail, yahoo mail, etc.). This did wonders in reducing spam and decreasing a lot of the chain emails, jokes and images that aren't work related.This has worked...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-17
- website
- Since I have had a website (home.mindspring.com/~johnawills in case you care to look) I have been getting about two virus-bearing emails a day, whereas I had previously not had any for over a year. I presume there are automated searches for email addresses in websites, but one would think my...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-14
- Removing spyware and viruses from HDD
- I am looking for literature on learning techniques to remove viruses and spyware from computers. Thanks.Knowledge base for removing viruses/spyware.Try joining Cnet.com and register for their free on-line courses. They will also sent to you updates on new classes in the future. They have a forum like this one also...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-08
- Is spyware replacing the virus?
- Is spyware replacing the virus?Hi guys. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the computer virus would have to be outdated now since spyware seems to be more destructive. I find that with my job, I spend more time on security jobs where I have to...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-15
- Why there is no global antivirus software conspiracy
- Why there is no global antivirus software conspiracyarticle rootMoneyYou say: "The fact that laws exist against releasing malicious code doesn't stop the majority of virus and worm authors from writing them. And their incentive to write an exploit has much more to do with bravado and bragging rights than money."This...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-14
- Simple Solution
- I have a couple of simple solutions that would stop DDoS attacks, DOS attacks, worms, viruses, and spam:Firing squads for the offenders and banishing from the Internet any ISP that didn't cooperate with tracking down the culprits, along with life sentences for their CEOs and any employees involved for obstruction...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-08
- Employees don't care if the business fails
- Employees don't care if the business failsTechRepublic own blogger extraordinaire HutchTech fired off this missive recently, which got me wondering whether everyone agrees that employees willfully ignore security precautions at work because they don't fear consequences."I recently came across this Trend Micro report in a SANS newsletter which claims that...
- Discussion threads 2005-09-22
- Network Aware Viruses - eg. Welchia
- Do you need to open your Internet browser/some Internet application to open yourself up to the threat of viruses such as Welchia?While I am aware of the patches that are available, occasionally even patched machines seem to get variants of such viruses.If there is an Internet connection available to a...
- Discussion threads 2005-08-04
- DOWNLOAD: Educate your users about e-mail safety with this presentation
- .http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-1009-5743310.htmlAfter you take a look at this download, please post your feedback, ideas for improvements, or further thoughts on this topic.Thanks,TechRepublic Downloads TeamUsefullThe presentation is very simple and straightforward. Most staff in my company can't handle anything more technical!! I've been meaning to do something similar for the employees in...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-13
- So many zealots, so little time
- So many zealots, so little timeWhy is it, even when presented with hard facts people refuse to budge on there religion of OS worship?While I recognize that linux isn't the answer for everyone in every situation, I also recognise that the MicroSoft machine has a lot of short comings that...
- Discussion threads 2005-05-24
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