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The zip file attached has a low detection at this time... Subject: your mailbox has been deactivated Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:26:25 +0100 From: support@msmvps.com <support@msmvps.com> To: <administrator@msmvps.com> We are contacting you in...
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Seen on a Zdnet ad today... yes on Patch Tuesday. Switch from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/switch_exchange.html Mind you the google love affair isn't with everyone... http://www.crn.com/software/221600713;jsessionid...
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So you have an app you want on Win7 and you don't want it to throw off a UAC warning? LUAbuglight it! Find the offensive permission sticking part of the program and adjust the registry permissions or file permissions. Very very very cool tool. I'll...
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One of the recent changes to the net family patches is now 951847 is offered up all by itself on Microsoft Update. If you are deploying patches in other ways, it's a wise idea to take from Microsoft update. Just do that one all by itself.
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How to fix a potential security issue in QuickBooks 2007, 2008, and 2009. - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA": http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2009/11/01/how-to-fix-a-potential-security-issue-in-quickbooks-2007-2008-and-2009.aspx So...
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How to fix a potential security issue in QuickBooks 2007, 2008, and 2009. See Web version . FIX FOR POTENTIAL ACTIVEX VULNERABILITY Dear Susan Bradley, We've recently released a fix to address a potential security vulnerability within QuickBooks....
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For the past two years since we started rolling out Vista, I've felt like Goldilocks. I can't find an antivirus software I like. Trend was my choice until it started putting a firewall in there that made it not quite right. Then I was testing...
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Sometimes (okay a lot of times) I have this annoying streak where I want people to ask themselves if there is a true risk to what they are doing. Too many times in security we turn knobs and do things just because some tool said so or some article said...
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Vlad Mazek – Vladville Blog » Blog Archive » What’s left of the cloud after it’s done raining?: http://www.vladville.com/2009/10/whats-left-of-the-cloud-after-its-done-raining.html Since someone is once again taking pot shots...
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Someone showed me this "trick" the other day. Google search on a web site, limiting the domain to just your domain and then search for "sex". http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=com.microsoft%3A*&q=sex++site%3Amsmvps...
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Some of the .NET patch install suggestions.... Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsupdate References: <OSBXnxGTKHA.4360@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl> "Shawn E. Hale" news:OSBXnxGTKHA.4360@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... All other updates released this...
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They are starting to spoof "upgrade" emails very nicely these days. Warn your customers that no upgrades will be emailed to them. Inform them of exactly HOW you do updates and how you will not email them links like this. Set in place a process...
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Jerome Chout : Do not apply KB974571 to LCS/OCS Servers: http://blogs.technet.com/jchout/archive/2009/10/15/do-not-apply-kb974571-to-lcs-ocs-servers.aspx This is one of those patch testing moments that you just shake your head and wonder who was asleep...
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Obligatory cloud paranoia post to justify the Mac Book from www.vladville.com One of the promised land issues in cloud deployments is that you never have to worry about upgrades. The reality is vastly different. Just ask the Sidekick folks about how well...
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I have the KB974417 back on the blog tonight hoping it will slow down again so I can catch the blogs slowing down again. Why? Debugging is why. And we want to force a dump of the IIS processes. Now last night it worked fine right after I rebooted the...
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Things to watch tonight -- http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/edge/2/0/4/1/1/oct2090msrcov_edge.wmv Things to read tonight -- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/10/13/october-2009-security-bulletin-release.aspx http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid...
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So a couple of folks have been reporting in the listserves that their clients have been getting a message indicating that a server upgrade will take place and to install the SSL update. Given that this is the patch Tuesday week, it would probably be a...
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One of the smart guys on the Internet typically have a spirited discussion over the security of Remote Web Workplace versus the use of Virtual Private Networks. Because, in my opinion, we too often set up the servers "as is" and take no further...
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In order to have a murder you need Professor Plum in the Library with the Candlestick. You remember that game? Clue . Where you put the clues together to prove who had done the deed. The idea behind the game was to solve the crime you had to identify...
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IT in Canada - Canada's Only Integrated Social Media News Network - SecTor hands out first Canadian IT Security Awards: http://www.itincanada.ca/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id...
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