Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er : Security

The latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) is available

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:04:42 GMT

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) provides an in-depth perspective on the changing threat landscape including software vulnerability disclosures and exploits, malicious software (malware), and potentially unwanted software. Using...(read more)

Symantec Altiris – a Victim of Evil Users Once Again

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:51:29 GMT

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...(read more)

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2009

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:10:15 GMT

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...(read more)

Microsoft kicks fake security software off 400,000 PCs - Network World

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:09:17 GMT

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...(read more)

Symantec Awarded $12 Million Judgment in Counterfeit Software Case

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:17:00 GMT

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...(read more)

LegalZoom sells your personal information…

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:52:12 GMT

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......(read more)

AVG’s fix for destroying Windows XP…

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:44:23 GMT

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...(read more)

Shavlik claims that if you don’t use their product, you are vulnerable

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:45:53 GMT

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...(read more)

Latest news on MS08-067

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:59:19 GMT

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...(read more)

Recommendations for antivirus exclusions in MOM 2005 and OpsMgr 2007

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:56:35 GMT

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...(read more)

How did ConfigMgr help you during the critical patch rollout?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:53:56 GMT

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...(read more)

Additional Microsoft Security Bulletin Webcast and for MS08-067

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:58:09 GMT

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......(read more)

First reports – IE7 has problem with the latest out of band patch?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:16:01 GMT

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...(read more)

Special Live OneCare Message for the October 23, 2008 out of band update

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:47:51 GMT

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...(read more)

How to patch Hyper-V

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:29:34 GMT

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...(read more)

Sunbelt says – patch now, it’s serious!

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:59:05 GMT

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 ...(read more)

Public Bulletin Webcast for today’s critical patch

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:51:06 GMT

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...(read more)

Out-of-band patch marked Critical

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:32:47 GMT

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...(read more)

Cyber Dangers rate as high as drunk driving or experimenting with drugs

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:39:14 GMT

According to McAfee and your Mom… http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5841&zoneid=71 Read More......(read more)

Not using Adobe’s Flash makes web browsing a better experience

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:27:41 GMT

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...(read more)