Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Vista Update Problems, and Service Pack 1
Earlier this week Microsoft withdrew an update for Vista that was supposed to prepare computers for Service Pack 1, expected in two weeks. The update caused many complaints around the Web.
Users said it made their PCs reboot continuously, or that it became impossible to reboot at all. Then Microsoft came out with [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Updates by Syd Tash
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Microsoft Hotmail, Huge Fine and PayPal Alert
Earlier this week, you may have noticed your Windows Live (Hotmail) account was not working for a while. Microsoft said there was a problem with the identification program, and users were unable to access their email accounts and other services.
The bug affected most customers all over the world. It has now been [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Alerts, News by Syd Tash
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is Getting Closer…
Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP is coming soon. Release Candidate 2 of the update has been circulating for a while, and will soon be ready for general release.
You will see few visible changes to your XP after the update. Instead, improvements have been made to security, including the pseudo-random number [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Updates by Syd Tash
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Samsung Laptop Catches Fire
A battery in a Samsung P10 notebook computer apparently caught fire Sunday in Seoul, South Korea, company officials said. The machine had been in use for about three and a half hours while resting on a pillow. The bed and floor were burned, but there was no large fire.
The laptop had been [...]
No Comments » - Posted in News by Syd Tash
Monday, February 25th, 2008
More on Those Digital Picture Frames, and Google’s Health Service
Back on Feb. 5, I told you about those Insignia digital picture frames sold by Best Buy that come complete with a virus.
Now a new, much more sophisticated Trojan called Mocmex has been found on these frames, along with other, less dangerous malware. Mocmex can block many antivirus programs, and download and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Alerts by Syd Tash
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Helpful Email Tips, Tricks & Resources
Email is such an integral part of our lives now, that many of us cannot imagine how we ever got along without it. So here are a bunch of things to do, not do, and keep in mind as we use this wonderful, maddening essential tool we call email.
Always sign out properly from [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Featured by Syd Tash
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
New Tactics From the Hackers
It used to be that hackers would write and distribute their malicious programs so as to attack the largest number of users around the world. The criminals craved the global attention that often resulted. This is no longer always the case, accourding to security company McAfee.
Over the last few years, the company [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in News by Syd Tash
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Canadian Hacker Ring Smashed
Police in Quebec, Canada, have arrested 17 young hacker suspects, breaking a criminal ring that was controlling almost one million computers in 100 countries.
The suspects’ computers have been seized, and are being examined for evidence. The hackers, each with several computers, apparently operated from different locations across the province. They used Trojan [...]
No Comments » - Posted in News by Syd Tash
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Firefox, Opera and Those Lottery Scams
If you use the Firefox or Opera browser, your History could be seen by a hacker. The History is a list of Web sites you have visited. To see your History in Firefox, click the word History on the upper left.
The vulnerability results from the way these two browsers handle bitmap (.BMP) [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Updates by Syd Tash
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Hillary Campaign Spam is Circulating
As you would expect, the U.S. presidential campaign has generated spam campaigns related to one of the candidates.
A spam email message is making the rounds, saying it contains a link to a video of Hillary Clinton giving a speech. The subject line is “Hillary Clinton Video!!” or similar. If you click the [...]
