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Thu, Jul 20 2006 13:52

80% of new malware defeats antivirus...

Ok, so tell me something I *don't* know: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Eighty_percent_of_new_malware_defeats_antivirus/0,2000061744,39263949,00.htm The time is long past that I have depended on any antivirus or antispyware product to clean...
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Sun, May 21 2006 4:24

MS Word Exploit - Administrator Rights - Oh my...

Some areas of the net are in a flap about the MS Word exploit that has been the focus of some publicity recently. Some sites are even advising that we should consider dumping MS Word in preference to OpenOffice . Come on guys. We shouldn't even be thinking...
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Sat, Apr 15 2006 15:21

Follow-up on Messenger Plus! (Subtitle: There's a human being behind Messenger Plus)

My regular readers will know of the brouhaha (translation: uproar) about the new Sponsor Program for Messenger Plus! As a brief recap, the new Sponsor no longer installs a Search Bar or Passthrough Toolbar, nor does it change your home page. But, the...
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Tue, Apr 11 2006 23:27

Its Patch Day!!

Bulletin Summary: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms06-Apr.mspx Note: This month's cumulative update includes the 912945 changes, but there is also a compatibility patch for corporations that have critical applications that don't work...
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Sun, Apr 9 2006 9:50

Ahhhh, now they know....

I've received an alert that Patchou's posse know about my blog entries about Patchou's new Sponsor Program: http://www.msghelp.net/showthread.php?tid=58047 This will be interesting - I wonder if the apologists will make it past the "but its optional"...
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Tue, Mar 7 2006 22:33

Dale Begg-Smith: The pressure is still on

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/wp-trackback.php?p=786 My previous Blog post is here: http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2006/02/20/84260.aspx I'm pleased the pressure is still on. I suspect Dale thinks that eventually the attention will all...
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