Symantec Altiris – a Victim of Evil Users Once Again by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

  Some current users of Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution might have already noticed or otherwise will read in this article that this software product really attracts cyber criminals' attention. Evidently, Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution...
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2009 by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

  Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: January 8, 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: January 13, 2009 This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on January 13, 2009...

Microsoft kicks fake security software off 400,000 PCs - Network World by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

  In the second month of a campaign against fake security software, Microsoft has booted the rogue application "Antivirus 2009" from almost 400,000 PCs, the company recently claimed. December's version of the Malicious Software Removal...
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Symantec Awarded $12 Million Judgment in Counterfeit Software Case by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Symantec Awarded $12 Million Judgment in Counterfeit Software Case Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - myITforum.com CUPERTINO, CA--(Marketwire - December 17, 2008) - Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC ) today announced it was awarded $12 million in damages against...

LegalZoom sells your personal information… by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Tony Stubblebine says: “For the record, I recommend against using LegalZoom for the simple reason that they sell your info to an evil org called "The Tax Club"” Read More...
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AVG’s fix for destroying Windows XP… by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

http://www.avg.com/faq.num-1575#faq_1575   In case you you are not able to run your Windows XP operating system after AVG 8.0 virus definition update (DB: 270.9.0/1777) and you do not have Windows XP installation CD, please proceed as follows in...
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Shavlik claims that if you don’t use their product, you are vulnerable by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Shavlik Technologies has claimed that organisations that rely on patch management solutions limited to Microsoft-only applications will be hit by the Adobe vulnerability. http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5939&zoneid...
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Latest news on MS08-067 by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Hi, this is Christopher Budd. We’ve been getting some questions from customers this week asking if we’ve seen any changes in the threat environment around MS08-067 . We do have some information that we can share so I wanted to pass that along. Most importantly...
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Recommendations for antivirus exclusions in MOM 2005 and OpsMgr 2007 by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Exclusions by process executable: Creating exclusions based on the executable can potential be very dangerous in that it limits the control of scanning potentially dangerous files handled by the process.  For this reason, unless absolutely necessary...
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How did ConfigMgr help you during the critical patch rollout? by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

I’ve heard from a few others that deploying the critical update the past couple days really made ConfigMgr shine.  They say that ConfigMgr has completely alleviated the patching woes of the past. Did it help you?  Did ConfigMgr make your patching...
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Additional Microsoft Security Bulletin Webcast and for MS08-067 by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

For the Friday, 10/24/08, 11:00 AM Webcast, customers can register at: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032394179&Culture=en-US Read More...
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First reports – IE7 has problem with the latest out of band patch? by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Several people in different companies have reported that IE7 will either hang or just not work at all after the October 23, 2008 patch is applied. So, far there is no discerning relationship between the different environments.  Are YOU having IE7...
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Special Live OneCare Message for the October 23, 2008 out of band update by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Because I continually test Live OneCare updates, I run OneCare on my computer exclusively.  This is the first time an update from Microsoft has produced the following message (and, yes, Microsoft is actually misspelled in the message): Current Advisory...
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How to patch Hyper-V by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

On October 23rd 2008, Microsoft released a critical security bulletin (MS08-067) which applies to Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. This article discusses how to download and install updates for Hyper-V Server 2008. http://myitforum.com/cs2/files/folders...
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Sunbelt says – patch now, it’s serious! by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Pay attention folks! The urgency is quite real — unpatched, you’ve got the spectre of another SQL Slammer , Code Red type of scenario if the malware writers create a worm. http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/just-some-comments-on-ms08-067.html  ...
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Public Bulletin Webcast for today’s critical patch by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Title : Information about Microsoft Security Bulletins (Level 200) Date : Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:00 P.M. Pacific Time (U.S. & Canada) URL : http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032393978 Read...
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Out-of-band patch marked Critical by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Bulletin Identifier Windows Bulletin Maximum Severity Rating Critical Impact of Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Detection Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system requires this update. The update requires a restart...
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Cyber Dangers rate as high as drunk driving or experimenting with drugs by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

According to McAfee and your Mom… http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5841&zoneid=71 Read More...
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Not using Adobe’s Flash makes web browsing a better experience by Rod Trent at myITforum.com

Adobe’s products take a big hit in the communities.  No one seems to like them, but instead are forced to use them.  Will Adobe take notice someday?  Or, has there been so much backlash that they have simply stopped listening to their customers...
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