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Tue, Jun 16 2009 19:31

The number one rule of technical support, which Symantec seems to have forgotten, is ***PAY ATTENTION***

  I sent a request for technical support to Symantec today – I thought, foolishly it seemed, that it was clear, succinct, and to the point.  My message was: Unable to download hotfix ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/hotfix/defutil...
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Fri, Mar 13 2009 11:07

News: lovesick hacker cripples Northern Territory Health Department, hospital, prison and Supreme Court servers?

For heavens sake … according to the news report at the URL below it took “130 experts” to “find the problem and fix it” – the “problem” was, apparently, the fact that the “hacker” (and I use that term very loosely) “deleted 10,475 user accounts”. The...
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Fri, Feb 27 2009 23:32

Heated toilet seats!

Yep, that is an enduring impression that I will take away from my visit to Google’s offices – heated toilet seats; that and the slide from one floor to another that went down the stairwell :o) I was very excited to have been offered the opportunity...
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Mon, Jan 26 2009 16:23

Unhelpful error message….

    Uh, thanks for that (software name obscured to protect me from the not-so-innocent)  ;o)
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Mon, Jan 26 2009 14:08

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear…

Its amazing what we find sometimes… WARNING: I am assuming that my readers are smart enough to *NOT* visit the victim site, or the malicious URLs, without hefty protection in place, yes?  In fact, don’t go there at all unless you are willing to reformat...
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Thu, Jan 22 2009 22:05

DIRECTI finally agree to act

  I sent an email to DIRECTI on the same day that I wrote this blog post: http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2009/01/21/1663955.aspx The email said, essentially, the same thing that I said in that blog post. As you can see, they have initiated...
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Mon, Jan 19 2009 21:59

Spotting the bad guys…

It is very important to be familiar with the traits and suspicious behaviour/signs common to domains associated with malware, fraudware and malvertizing, affiliate misbehaviour and whatnot. By studying what the bad guys are doing, and how they do it,...
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Wed, Jan 14 2009 16:11

Advertising in RSS feeds

I really don’t like advertising in my RSS feeds – especially silly advertisements like this one:  The screenshot above is of Robert Scoble’s RSS feed .  I have to say, in all honesty, that such advertising simply lowers the perceived tone and...
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Tue, Dec 16 2008 11:13

Lawyers given permission to serve debtors with default judgement through Facebook

" TWO friends who defaulted on a six-figure loan are about to find out through their Facebook page a mortgage lender's lawyers are on their trail. In an Australian and possibly world first, two lawyers have won a court order to allow them to...
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Tue, Dec 2 2008 11:55

Me.dium is no more...

Me.dium was replaced by something called OneRiot on the 11th of November and the Me.dium social map that I liked so much is no more. So now I have to go through my web sites and remove all of the defunct Me.dium code and track down what will happen to...
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Tue, Dec 2 2008 7:59

PRESS RELEASE: "Mirror image" web site leads to a $10,000.00 fine - penalty suspended

The Washington Attorney General’s Office says a Pinole, Calif., man’s mirror-image version of Russell Investments’ site violated the state’s anti-phishing law. Rommel Balingit was ordered to pay $10,000 civil penalty under an agreement filed in November...
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Wed, Nov 26 2008 10:18

Directi has taken over Estdomains' Registrar operations

Announcement: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-25nov08-en.htm It is important to note that Estdomains designated Directi as its successor. This is despite the fact that Directi apparently dumped Estdomains as a client a while back (see...
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Sat, Nov 22 2008 9:30

The Julie Amero saga is finally over

But, she had to agree to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of "disorderly conduct", to finally see an end to her nightmare. She had to pay a fine of $100 and give up her license to teach in Connecticut. Cite: http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com...
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Wed, Oct 29 2008 16:24

Request For Information: ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive Bulk Transfer of Names from De-Accredited Registrar EstDomains

Announcement here: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-28oct08-en.htm " As the result of the de-accreditation of EstDomains, Inc. (IANA ID 832), ICANN is seeking Statements of Interest from ICANN-accredited registrars that are interested...
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Tue, Oct 28 2008 13:38

Windows 7 Preview Video

For those of you who may be interested: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=26996ced-888d-4892-b1be-5141da8272bd&displaylang=en&tm Note: only available for download via systems that pass Windows Genuine Validation
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Wed, Oct 8 2008 11:13

Adobe has posted a security advisory regarding the "clickjacking" problem

The Advisory is here: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-08.html I quote: "Customers: To prevent this potential issue, customers can change their Flash Player settings as follows: 1. Access the Global Privacy Settings panel of...
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Wed, Sep 10 2008 17:41

Update QuickTime please...

A new version has been released that addresses several security issues. Quoting from the Apple security announcement: "QuickTime CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3615 Available for: Windows Vista, XP SP2 and SP3 Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may...
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Tue, Sep 2 2008 10:39

Updated VPC images have been released...

Download here - the images will expire in January 2009 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en Images available: Windows XP SP3 with IE6 Windows XP SP2 with IE7 Windows XP SP3 with...
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Wed, Aug 13 2008 13:59

Google is acting a bit weird today...

Is anybody else seeing this? Google in Firefox seems ok. Google in Internet Explorer is showing a strange overlay...
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Thu, Jul 31 2008 12:02

FIX: msfeedssync.exe crashes (RSS synchronization - IE7 and IE8)

I have over 400 RSS Feed subscriptions that I keep an eye on, and which need to be checked regularly, sometimes every 15 minutes. A couple of days ago, msfeedssync started crashing every time a synchronization was due. The errors were: Faulting application...
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