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Weird virus / anti-virus behaviour

My wife and I pent a while this weekend trying to figure out how to rescue a Media Center that seemed to be going a little loopy. The Windows Media Center application itself worked fine, as did Windows Media Player, Calc, etc. Only Internet Explorer was failing. If you press Ctrl-C from most Windows...

Posted to Tales from the Crypto by Alun Jones on Sun, Feb 6 2011
Filed under: Filed under: General Security, Windows Vista, What my wife knows, Windows 7
Weak point against Vista

First rule of demonstrative writing – lead off with an undeniable example of the point you’re trying to make. Case in point – Dan Lyons’ article in NewsWeek on “ A Gloomy Vista for Microsoft ”, meant to be a piece defining how bad Vista is. “Last year I was meeting with the CEO of a PC company who offered...

Posted to Tales from the Crypto by Alun Jones on Sat, Oct 11 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Miscellany - not security, Windows Vista, What my wife knows
My MP3 player demands to administer my system

Thanks to the excellent http://www.woot.com , I upgraded to a new MP3 player - this one, the Sansa e250 from SanDisk , has a little screen and shows video at an almost completely unacceptably small resolution. But I don't mind that, I didn't really buy it for the video. I don't mind the big...

Posted to Tales from the Crypto by Alun Jones on Tue, Aug 26 2008
Filed under: Filed under: General Security, Programmer Hubris, Windows Vista, What my wife knows
Vistafy Me.

I have a little time over the next couple of weeks to devote to developing WFTPD a little further. This is a good thing, as it's way past time that I brought it into Vista's world. I've been very proud that over the last several years, I have never had to re-write my code in order to make...

Posted to Tales from the Crypto by Alun Jones on Fri, Jul 11 2008
Filed under: Filed under: FTP, Windows Vista, What my wife knows, Alun's code, Windows Server 2008
The difference between liking and hating UAC?

Totally unscientifically, I have carried out a poll of people who like UAC (okay, a few security geeks like myself), and those who hate UAC - mostly my wife. Something struck me as both a surprising common factor, and also a rather obvious explanation of why the two opinions are so polarised. [Note for...

Posted to Tales from the Crypto by Alun Jones on Tue, Jun 10 2008
Filed under: Filed under: General Security, Windows Vista, What my wife knows, UAC
UAC - The Emperor's New Clothes

I heard a complaint the other day about UAC - User Account Control - that was new to me. Let's face it, as a Security MVP, I hear a lot of complaints about UAC - not least from my wife, who isn't happy with the idea that she can be logged on as an administrator, but she isn't really an administrator...

Posted to Tales from the Crypto by Alun Jones on Thu, Apr 24 2008
Filed under: Filed under: General Security, Things I Learned At Microsoft, Windows Vista, What my wife knows, Windows Server 2008
Why you don't run as root

[... or administrator, or whatever] I like Roger Grimes, he's a nice guy, and he generally makes me think about what he has to say. That's a good thing, because otherwise he'd either be part of the same choir as me, or he'd be the sort of guy whose ideas I dismiss with a wave of the paw...

Posted to Tales from the Crypto by Alun Jones on Fri, Jan 11 2008
Filed under: Filed under: General Security, Things I Learned At Microsoft, Windows Vista, What my wife knows, Windows Server 2008, UAC
Why complain about UAC prompts?

Jesper's article in TechNet Magazine on the purpose and future of UAC in Windows Vista and beyond reminded me that there's a whole slew of behaviours more annoying than UAC's prompting (which, as Jesper points out, is only the most visible portion of a system-wide and company-wide approach...

Posted to Tales from the Crypto by Alun Jones on Mon, Sep 3 2007
Filed under: Filed under: General Security, Programmer Hubris, Miscellany - not security, Windows Vista, What my wife knows
Alternate Data Streams in Windows Vista

Windows NT 3.1 was released ... oh, back in the early to mid '90s. Ever since then, I've been aware that it supported Alternate Data Streams, also known as ADS, or in some technical documents that didn't make it to final review, Alternative Data Streams. This was added, I think, to support...

Posted to Tales from the Crypto by Alun Jones on Thu, Apr 26 2007
Filed under: Filed under: General Security, Programmer Hubris, Miscellany - not security, Windows Vista, What my wife knows
Vulnerabilities and asset management

There's a little buzz going around right now over Microsoft's latest Security Advisory - "Vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 Could Allow Remote Code Execution". A few people are irritated simply that there's an attack doing the rounds, and yet there's no patch to download. Sure there's a patch - it...

Posted to Tales from the Crypto by Alun Jones on Mon, Jan 29 2007
Filed under: Filed under: General Security, Windows Vista, What my wife knows
Vanishing Point Game, Seattle [Event 4]

17:45 - A couple drives down unfamiliar streets, looking for a place that they only believe is the right venue, based on an ability to throw GPS co-ordinates at Google Maps. [Yes, Google Maps, because I couldn't figure out how to do that with Live Maps - irony.] 17:50 - Arrival at a sign that, in the...

Posted to Tales from the Crypto by Alun Jones on Sun, Jan 28 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Miscellany - not security, Windows Vista, What my wife knows
Certificate Manager does not require administrator access.

When you manage your personal certificates in Windows, the tool to use is Certificate Manager - you can access it either by running " certmgr.msc " to access your own personal certificate store, or by running MMC, the Microsoft Management Console, and choosing File | Add / Remove Snap-in to add the Certificates...

Posted to Tales from the Crypto by Alun Jones on Sat, Jan 13 2007
Filed under: Filed under: General Security, Why is PKI so hard?, Windows Vista, What my wife knows

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