Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:28:00 CDT
'More than one in every three new PCs is downgraded from Windows Vista to the older Windows XP, either at the factory or by the buyer, a performance and metrics researcher said today,' Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld. 'According to Devil Mountain
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Metrics analysis and software development firm Devil Mountain claims it has statistics indicating that 35 percent of PCs enterprises buy with Windows Vista get downgraded to XP. The numbers come from its exo.performance.network project, which culls
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If you work in an office environment there's a good chance that many ? or maybe even all ? of the files and folders you regularly use are stored not on your computer's hard drive but on a shared network folder. If so, access to that information
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An independent software development company claims to have statistics showing that one out of three new enterprise PCs purchased are running Windows XP, not Windows Vista. The numbers from Devil Mountain Software, based on a study of more than 3,000
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An independent software development company claims to have statistics showing that one out of three new enterprise PCs purchased are running Windows XP, not Windows Vista. The numbers from Devil Mountain Software, based on a study of more than 3,000
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Advantage of Capabilities Take Full Advantage of Capabilities sponsored by Intel Corporation Posted: 10 Sep 2007 Published: 10 Sep 2007 Format: HTML Length: 2 Page(s) Type: Product Overview Language: English ABSTRACT: Bring together benefits for
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The American Customer Satisfaction Index on Tuesday gave Apple its highest-ever score for pleasing customers of its Macs, giving the firm a record 85 points in the ACSI annual report based on reactions from users to both their opinions on computer
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The countdown to Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Beta 2 is on. Microsoft said . There are just 11 days left&. No doubt, Microsoft has been holding back some features that will be added to the new test build. Istartedsomethings Long Zheng blogged on August one
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Less than a week after the last test build was released, Apple seeded build 9F17 of Mac OS X 10.5.5 to developers yesterday for evaluation. Like last week's release, there are no known issues with this build. According to AppleInsider, the latest build
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News Weekly Jobs Tutorials Papers Downloads Companies Products Books Events Forums Advertise Submit ShareAEC RSS More Usergroups Organizations Newsgroups Subscription Check e-Mail E-mail Print Rate Comment HDR builds collaboration environment for
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Google's Android mobile phone platform is rising above the rumors and speculation as details become public about the first Android phone and a new version of the Android software developer kit. The developments make Android's anticipated October debut
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Symantec has announced it plans to acquire PC Tools, a global provider of security and tweaking software for Windows, with the transaction closing by the end of this year. The Australian-based PC Tools has offices in the US, the UK, Ireland, and Ukraine,
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PC Tools is infamous for automatically billing credit cards and running scary scans of your computer, alerting you to the presence of cookies. Let's just hope that doesn't gain more than just technology in this acquisition... while is no perfect
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the just released book : Windows Vista - Customization Manual. This book has been designed to aim at users of all skill levels - even if you?re new to Windows Vista or computers in general, you can still follow along easily. Quite a handy manual !
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the just released book : Windows Vista - Customization Manual. This book has been designed to aim at users of all skill levels - even if you?re new to Windows Vista or computers in general, you can still follow along easily. Quite a handy manual !
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ELSPA has released the latest charts for PC software sales, with The Sims 2 from Maxis continuing to sell strongly thanks to new editions and add-on packs, whilst Norton 360 All-In-One Security v2.0 continues to dominate the home software chart.? Leisure
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If you're using Firefox 3 to browse the Web, you may have noticed that it's missing one essential feature (for many) that you can find in Safari: you can't view PDFs in a browser window. When you click a link for a PDF file, Firefox 3 downloads the file,
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SAN JOSE, CA, (Press Release) ? Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) has announced the winners of the eighth annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards, recognized as one of the world?s premier student design and film competitions. The awards honor
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Symantec Corporation, an Internet security company and the creator of Norton, has been chosen by School Family Media, a resource for US parent teacher groups, as a partner in raising awareness of Internet safety. Symantec and School Family Media will
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Security and storage giant Symantec has agreed to buy specialist Australian-based anti-spyware firm PC Tools. Terms of the deal were undisclosed in Monday's announcement. Subject to regulatory approvals, privately-held PC Tools will join Symantec's
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Vistas death march picked up some pace yesterday, after a metrics researcher revealed that nearly 35 per cent of PCs built to run the Windows operating system have been downgraded to XP. In a survey of more than 3,000 computers, performance testing
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: The Mozilla Firefox Guinness Book of Records attempt has been a major success in encouraging users to download Firefox 3 according to analysis conducted by Irish owned StatCounter, which provides free website traffic analysis. Usage of Firefox 3 more
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More than one in every three new PCs is downgraded from Windows Vista to the older Windows XP, either at the factory or by the buyer, according to a US performance and metrics researcher. said nearly 35 percent of the 3,000-plus PCs it examined had been
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Around 84% of Microsoft PCs still run Windows XP Windows Vista has more to fear from Windows XP than rival operating systems, according to an industry analyst. A survey of 600 companies with more than 1,000 employees in the US and Europe by Forrester
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Around 84% of Microsoft PCs still run Windows XP Windows Vista has more to fear from Windows XP than rival operating systems, according to an industry analyst. A survey of 600 companies with more than 1,000 employees in the US and Europe by Forrester
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Microsoft has revealed that it will be cutting prices for the upcoming Windows Vista SP1 release. In a statement provided to vnunet.com, the company said that the cuts would effect the Home Premium and Ulitmate versions of Vista. The cuts will vary by
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THOUSAND OAKS, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/19/08 -- Nexsan , a leading provider of energy efficient, long-term disk storage, today announced that it has tested and demonstrated interoperability with Apple's Mac OS X Leopard Operating System and the Nexsan
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Apple has begun airing three new 'Get a Mac' ads on U.S. network and cable television. In 'Pizza Box,' PC stoops to disguising himself as a pizza to get college students to even look his way. Apple 'Get a Mac' ad: Pizza Box In 'Throne,' PC sits atop his
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Dockland Software has announced Fantasktik, their innovative taskbar application for Leopard. Displaying a clean and sleek user interface, Fantasktik is a powerful tool allowing users to easily see and switch between open windows and applications. Based
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NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Binary Tree, Inc. announced today it has worked with Symantec on the latest release of its Exchange migration solution aimed at helping Symantec Enterprise Vault customers migrate from Notes / Domino to Outlook /
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By Gregg Keizer According to Devil Mountain Software Inc., which operates a , nearly 35% of the 3,000-plus PCs it examined had been downgraded from Vista to XP. 'Either these machines were downgraded by [sellers like] Dell or HP, or they were downgraded
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Symantec has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Australian security vendor PC Tools. The privately held PC Tools, which is headquartered in Sydney, has risen to global prominence since hitting the world stage in 2003 with its security and
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] When Microsoft stopped selling new licenses to Windows XP on June 30, it gave users and PC makers a 'downgrade' loophole so that those who wanted XP could still get it, even though they still had to buy a Vista license. According to data from the
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] When Microsoft stopped selling new licenses to Windows XP on June 30, it gave users and PC makers a 'downgrade' loophole so that those who wanted XP could still get it, even though they still had to buy a Vista license. According to data from the
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REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that HDR Inc., a leading architectural, engineering and consulting firm, has implemented an enterprisewide collaboration portal built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
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Microsoft is indeed starting to deliver an increasing volume of details related to the upcoming Windows 7 client and Windows 7 Server releases, but the end of 2009/ the debut of 2010 is still not even on the horizon, and neither are the next iterations
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By Gregg Keizer According to Devil Mountain Software Inc., which operates a , nearly 35% of the 3,000-plus PCs it examined had been downgraded from Vista to XP. 'Either these machines were downgraded by [sellers like] Dell or HP, or they were downgraded
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Apple has begun airing three new 'Get a Mac' ads on U.S. network and cable television. In 'Pizza Box,' PC stoops to disguising himself as a pizza to get college students to even look his way. Apple 'Get a Mac' ad: Pizza Box In 'Throne,' PC sits atop his
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Nexsan, a leading provider of energy efficient, long-term disk storage, today announced that it has tested and demonstrated interoperability with Apple's Mac OS X Leopard Operating System and the Nexsan SATABeast Xi. Announced at Macworld 2008, SATABeast
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REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that HDR Inc., a leading architectural, engineering and consulting firm, has implemented an enterprisewide collaboration portal built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
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REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that HDR Inc., a leading architectural, engineering and consulting firm, has implemented an enterprisewide collaboration portal built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
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(Other stories by Matt Asay) [ Thanks to Matt Asay for this link. ] 'While the data doesn't point to Firefox's imminent world domination, it does beg an equally intriguing question: why are so many of the technical elite still using Internet Explorer at
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'Last, and tiniest, is dragdropupload. This little add-on is the simplest of the three, but for me the most likely to stay added to my copy of Firefox. Instead of browsing for the file you want to attach to a message, dragdropupload lets you drag and
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'Adobe could port its Creative Suite, which includes Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design and other subsystems, to Linux as a shot across Redmond's bow... 'Having complete control of a high-powered OS would make all of the performance-demanding Adobe
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In a clear indictment of Microsoft's Windows strategy, new research suggests that up to , either by the hardware vendors like Dell, or by customers. That is a massive number. Ironically, it's a number that works to the short-term advantage of Microsoft's
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Data protection is a top priority for any organisation and unfortunately, data is continuously expanding and growing, making this task increasingly difficult. Standard practices and conventional technologies are being pushed to their limits in many
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Deploying Vista part three: How to execute Tools: Once you know how to conduct the pilot deployment program, the next thing to figure out is how you are going to roll out Vista to the program's participants, and eventually to the rest of the users in
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Bring together benefits for both end users and IT departments with the combination of Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro? processor technology with Microsoft Windows Vista*. Learn how organizations are: Improving performance with Intel processor technology
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Interesting to see that will ship with a choice of either Windows XP or Ubuntu 8.04. The Dell Inspiron 910 sounds like an interesting machine, and I have to admit that its the first Dell machine that Ive seen in a long time that, given the specs, Im
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Sometimes one damning statistic can put it all into perspective. Through a survey of 3,000 computers, it was found that 35% of those systems built to run Vista had been downgraded (by computer vendors or users) to run XP. Keep in mind, this metric
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Rick Maybury deals with your techno traumas Q. I have Windows XP Home Edition pre-loaded onto my computer and I would like to back-up my settings and files onto an external hard drive. If I had the XP Home installation disk I could extract the back-up
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According to a report in Computerworld, these downgrades are being performed either by the PC vendor or the user himselg. The statistics come from a report from Devil Mountain Software, which runs a community testing networks and measured more than 3 000
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By Gregg Keizer According to Devil Mountain Software Inc., which operates a , nearly 35% of the 3,000-plus PCs it examined had been downgraded from Vista to XP. 'Either these machines were downgraded by [sellers like] Dell or HP, or they were downgraded
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Data from the exo.performance.network indicates 35 per cent of Vista-equipped business PCS have been downgraded to XP When Microsoft stopped selling new licenses to Windows XP on June 30, it gave users and PC makers a 'downgrade' loophole so that those
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Vistas death march picked up some pace yesterday, after a metrics researcher revealed that nearly 35 per cent of PCs built to run the Windows operating system have been downgraded to XP. In a survey of more than 3,000 computers, performance testing
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Past six months have been very busy at Gurux Ltd, as the planned revolution announcement date was getting closer. All the endless hours of programming, testing and documenting were improvised by enthusiasm; a strong will to make the software even more
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More than one in every three new PCs is downgraded from Windows Vista to the older Windows XP, either at the factory or by the buyer, according to a US performance and metrics researcher. said nearly 35 percent of the 3,000-plus PCs it examined had been
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is a potentially unwanted application that may give exaggerated reports of privacy violations on the computer. Protection Initial Rapid Release version August 18, 2008 revision 008 Latest Rapid Release version August 18, 2008 revision 008 Initial Daily
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Ad - Finally, A Diet That Really Works! As Seen On CNN, NBC, CBS & Fox
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is a misleading application that may give exaggerated reports of threats on the computer. Protection Initial Rapid Release version August 18, 2008 revision 005 Latest Rapid Release version August 18, 2008 revision 016 Initial Daily Certified version
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Description: To get a one-glance comprehensive view of the behavior of this malware, refer to the Behavior Diagram shown below. Malware Overview This Trojan may be downloaded from a certain remote site. It drops a file upon execution. It accesses a Web
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IT security and control firm Sophos today announced the availability of a new podcast discussing how SQL injection attacks, where malicious and automated code attacks poorly configured websites running databases, are a significant contributor to the
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Description: To get a one-glance comprehensive view of the behavior of this malware, refer to the Behavior Diagram shown below. Malware Overview This Trojan may be downloaded from a remote site. It also arrives from spam email with a link redirecting to
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Description: To get a one-glance comprehensive view of the behavior of this malware, refer to the Behavior Diagram shown below. Malware Overview This Trojan may be downloaded from a certain remote site. It drops a file upon execution. It accesses a Web
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Description: This Trojan may be downloaded from remote sites by TROJ_FAKEAV.DI. It may be downloaded from a remote site. It installs itself as a fake antivirus application named ANTIVIRUS 2009. It shows fake alert pop-ups stating that the affected system
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AP - A defense attorney for the Missouri woman charged in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led to a 13-year-old girl's suicide argued in court papers that prosecutors are bending a cyber crime statute to prosecute his client.
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:27:00 CDT
is a security assessment tool that is used to retrieve your saved passwords for Windows Live Messenger. Protection Initial Rapid Release version August 13, 2008 revision 035 Latest Rapid Release version August 13, 2008 revision 035 Initial Daily
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is a virus that infects executable files and also downloads updated versions of itself. Protection Initial Rapid Release version August 13, 2008 revision 021 Latest Rapid Release version August 13, 2008 revision 021 Initial Daily Certified version
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Reuters - A European court has asked Britain to
delay sending a computer expert to face trial in the United
States until it can review his request to block his
extradition.
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:21:00 CDT
Spyware.KeyStalker is a spyware program that records screen shots and logs keystrokes on the computer. Protection Initial Rapid Release version August 13, 2008 revision 009 Latest Rapid Release version August 13, 2008 revision 009 Initial Daily Certified
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NewsFactor - Security researchers are still trying to work out exactly who is responsible for the cyberwar tactics that have knocked many Georgian government Web sites offline. While Georgian officials blamed Russia, many security experts have pointed the finger at the Russian Business Network (RBN), a shadowy outfit -- that may no longer even exist -- which has previously provided network services for Russian criminal gangs.
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 6:24:00 CDT
Detection Names : Trojan-GameThief.Win32.WOW.bry Trojan-PSW Clean - Not Malware W32 Radar Summary It has come to our attention that F-Secure Anti-Virus generated a false alarm on Trojan-GameThief.Win32.WOW.bry. The detection causes a false alarm on a
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is a Trojan horse that drops more malware on to the compromised computer. Protection Initial Rapid Release version August 12, 2008 revision 057 Latest Rapid Release version August 12, 2008 revision 057 Initial Daily Certified version August 13, 2008
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Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Internet Explorer 7, Windows 2008, A vulnerability is present in Microsoft Internet Explorer that may allow for code-execution attacks. Exploitation could occur when visiting a malicious Web
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Excel Viewer , Excel Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003 SP3, Office Compatibility Pack Word,Excel,Powerpoint 2007, A vulnerability in Microsoft Excel may allow for remote code-execution attacks. Type of threat, e.g buffer overflow vulnerability.
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Excel Viewer , Excel Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003 SP3, Office Compatibility Pack Word,Excel,Powerpoint 2007, A vulnerability in Microsoft Excel may allow for remote code-execution attacks. Type of threat, e.g buffer overflow vulnerability.
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Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Internet Explorer 7, A vulnerability is present in Microsoft Internet Explorer that may allow for code-execution attacks. Exploitation could occur when visiting a malicious Web site. Type of
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Signature identifier: 6046 Release date: 8/12/2008 McAfee Intrushield This signature provides coverage for this vulnerability. McAfee Avert Labs will continue to update our coverage, as needed, as new exploit vectors are discovered and as new threats
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Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Internet Explorer 7, A vulnerability is present in Microsoft Internet Explorer that may allow for code execution attacks. Exploitation could occur when visiting a malicious Web site. Type of
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Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Internet Explorer 7, A vulnerability is present in Microsoft Internet Explorer that may allow for code execution attacks. Exploitation could occur when visiting a malicious Web site. Type of
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A vulnerability is present in Microsoft Windows that may allow for code execution attacks. A victim would need to process a malicious file for an attack to occur. Type of threat, e.g buffer overflow vulnerability. Impact of exploitation, e.g remote code
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Responded and patched Windows Vista SP1, Windows 2008, A vulnerability is present in Microsoft Windows that may allow for information disclosure. Exploitation would allow for IPSec traffic to be displayed unencrypted. Type of threat, e.g buffer
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Remote Code Execution user interaction is needed Website with malicious content CVE-2008-2259 , Responded and patched Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Internet Explorer 7, A vulnerability is present in Microsoft Internet
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Remote Code Execution user interaction is needed Maliciously Crafted File CVE-2008-0121 , Responded and patched Office PowerPoint Viewer 2003, A vulnerability is present in Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer that may allow for code execution attacks.
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Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Internet Explorer 7, A vulnerability is present in Microsoft Internet Explorer that may allow for code execution attacks. Exploitation could occur when visiting a malicious Web site. Type of
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Remote Code Execution no user interaction is needed Authenticated locally logged on user with limited privileges CVE-2008-1457 , Responded and patched Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP3, Windows 2003 SP2, Windows 2008, Windows Vista SP1, A
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Remote Code Execution no user interaction is needed Authenticated locally logged on user with limited privileges CVE-2008-1456 , Responded and patched Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 2003 SP2, Windows 2008, A
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Remote Code Execution user interaction is needed Maliciously Crafted File CVE-2008-0120 , Responded and patched Office PowerPoint Viewer 2003, A vulnerability is present in Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer that may allow for code execution attacks.
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A vulnerability in Microsoft Office may allow for remote code-execution attacks. A user would have to open a malicious PICT-image file for an attack to occur. Type of threat, e.g buffer overflow vulnerability. Impact of exploitation, e.g remote code
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Responded and patched Windows Messenger 4.7, Windows Messenger 5.1, MSN Messenger 7.0.0820, Windows Live Messenger 8.1, Windows Live Messenger 8.5, A vulnerability is present in Microsoft MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger, and Live Messenger
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A vulnerability in Microsoft Office may allow for remote code-execution attacks. A user would have to open a malicious PICT-image file for an attack to occur. Type of threat, e.g buffer overflow vulnerability. Impact of exploitation, e.g remote code
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USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook isn't just popular with consumers and marketers. Hackers are finding flaws in computer-programming language JavaScript and planting malicious code in the profiles on the popular social-networking site and its rivals.
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NewsFactor - Russia is not only attacking Georgia by land and by air, but hackers are attacking Georgia's computer systems. Cyber attackers began launching virtual missiles at Georgian servers on Aug. 8.
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PC Magazine - PC Tools said Monday that it had begun shipping the 2009 versions of its security suite and desktop tools. In addition to the expected improvements in detection, both the Internet Security 2009 suite and Spyware Doctor 6 include "Behavior Guard," a fancy name for the ThreatFire behavioral technology PC Tools previously offered as a standalone product.
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AP - A federal judge ordered three college students to cancel a Sunday presentation at a computer hackers' conference where they planned to show security flaws in the automated fare system used by Boston's subway.
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AFP - Security specialists said Saturday that hackers are taking increasing aim at iPhones and Macintosh computers as the hot-selling Apple devices gain popularity worldwide.
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 19:05:01 CDT
AFP - Hackers turned computer security specialists accuse Google of setting users up for online disasters by letting them personalize home pages with applications that could be tainted.
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:28:00 CDT
AP - Want to break into the computer network in an ultra-secure building? Ship a hacked iPhone there to a nonexistent employee and hope the device sits in the mailroom, scanning for nearby wireless connections.
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NewsFactor - Popular social-networking Web site Facebook is fighting back against hackers.
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AFP - Reporters from an online French magazine were booted from the world's premier computer security conference Thursday after reportedly hacking a press room network and stealing peers' passwords.
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:37:56 CDT
PC Magazine - A three-user license for Panda Internet Security 2008 is now available from Newegg.com for free, after rebate.
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AFP - Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers who can easily take advantage of people's trust.
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 15:43:07 CDT
AP - Computer security professionals tend to be a highly paranoid bunch, seeing potential threats everywhere. It turns out that some aren't cautious enough, though.
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NewsFactor - After some snooping into the core of an iPhone 3G, a hacker has reported finding a blacklist of sorts that could allow Apple to remove malicious or unauthorized applications from iPhones.
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CNET - LAS VEGAS--On Wednesday, Joe Stewart, director of malware research for SecureWorks, presented his work on protocols and encryption used by the Storm worm botnet at Black Hat 2008.
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AP - A newly discovered flaw in the Internet's core infrastructure not only permits hackers to force people to visit Web sites they didn't want to, it also allows them to intercept e-mail messages, the researcher who discovered the bug said Wednesday.
Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:04:37 CDT
AFP - Computer security professionals crammed into a Las Vegas ballroom on Wednesday for the first public briefing on an Internet flaw that lets hackers hijack traffic on the World Wide Web.