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Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:00 AM

New: Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx I worked with this product during the beta and must say that I was and am very impressed. If you have kids, or a shared computer, or run an internet cafe, or have a computer that is accessible to the public, you will find it a very powerful...
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:00 AM by sandi
Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:00 AM

New public beta: Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit

Microsoft has released a public *BETA* of a utility called the "Shared Computer Toolkit": http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/overview.mspx This is a very cool tool that can be installed on Windows XP SP2 systems by those who want to lock down their PCs but don't know how, and don't have...
Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:00 AM by sandi
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:00 AM

A frightening tale of computer infection and its consequences

“ It all started when I wanted to get more performance out of my video card. I download the latest drivers and included this virus. ” Yep, that one simple act turned into an infection nightmare lasting three weeks.  I’m hoping Micky will work out exactly where he got the drivers from, and let us...
Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:00 AM by sandi
Saturday, January 05, 2008 12:00 AM

Computer Associates hacked!!

Courtesy of Dynamoo , who cites SANS . I thought that I was well and truly past being shocked when a big name is hit by a hacking, or malicious advertisement infiltration - I see it so often - but reading about this incident was a real "oh sh*t" moment.
Posted: Saturday, January 05, 2008 12:00 AM by sandi
Friday, June 09, 2006 12:00 AM

Renaming a computer breaks IE7 RSS synchronisation

Ok, so maybe "breaks" is strongly worded. How about "stops RSS synchronisation from working and no error messages are seen; you have to work out for yourself what is wrong". You guessed it - my RSS feeds stopped synchronising. At first I thought that perhaps my new firewall (Comodo) was interfering,...
Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006 12:00 AM by sandi
Saturday, August 09, 2008 12:00 AM

ALERT: malvertizements utilizing computer clipboards (copy and paste).

An interesting comment was posted to my blog today - the commentator said: " ...I had my clipboard go crazy last night, and I knew right away, because I write clipboard software (ClipMate) and so I was able to "hear" the clipboard events. This thing was posting more than once a second...
Posted: Saturday, August 09, 2008 12:00 AM by sandi
Sunday, July 29, 2007 12:00 AM

viruses, worms, botnets and hacking - instructional videos for new computer users

I admit, there are some statements in the first video that I would argue with (such as 50% of all spam coming from bots - it is far more than that - and some of the technical statements are inaccurate) but overall the videos are a good start and they get the message across. Their target audience is the...
Posted: Sunday, July 29, 2007 12:00 AM by sandi
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:00 AM

Free computer and internet security fact sheets, videos, presentations and brochures for educators

Microsoft has made available for distribution various brochures, fact sheets, videos and PowerPoint presentations especially designed for people who run education groups or training sessions about computer and internet security. The resources are not heavy in technical detail, and are therefore suitable...
Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:00 AM by sandi
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:00 AM

Malicious SWF copying data to computer clipboards... the discussions continue

For those of you interested, there has been a test page set up at this URL - the test page uses an SWF file to copy a URL to a computer's clipboard. You'll need to close the browser window to regain control of your clipboard's contents: http://raffon.net/research/flash/cb/test.html I should...
Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:00 AM by sandi
Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:00 AM

Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna Announces Fifth Computer Spyware Case; Washington Sues Three Internet Affiliate Advertisers

Copy of complaint here: Secure Links, NJC and FixWinReg Complaint Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced a lawsuit against three California-based Internet affiliate advertisers and their respective business entities. The defendants are accused of sending anonymous “Net Send” messages...
Posted: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:00 AM by sandi
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