Archive for April, 2009
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Microsoft is Pushing Out Internet Explorer 8
Microsoft is now pushing out Internet Explorer 8 via the Microsoft Update site, along with an update for the PowerPoint Viewer. IE8 was released just 5 weeks ago, and numerous problems surfaced in the early going. These included crashes, inoperative functions, sites that did not display properly, etc. If your computer is set to receive [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Updates by Syd Tash
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Spammers Jump on Swine Flu Story
You knew this would happen, right? The spammers have jumped on the swine flu epidemic to send out scary, threatening or even enticing emails. Some subject lines inform you that Madonna has the swine flu (she doesn’t), or that you need to buy these fake pills right away to protect yourself (don’t do it). There [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in News by Syd Tash
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Conflicker E May Self-Destruct
Strange as this may sound, the latest version of the Conflicker worm, called Conflicker.E, may simply stop working and vanish on May 5, according to some security researchers. The Conflicker Working Group is a collection of 300 experts trying to track down the source of the worm, and stop it. So far, they have not [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in News by Syd Tash
Friday, April 24th, 2009
A Bug is Found in Gmail – Again
Security researchers have released details of a bug in Gmail, the free Web-based email program offered by Google. It first surfaced almost two years ago. Google has declined to patch it, claiming it is not significant. A similar vulnerability was found on Jan. 1, 2007, and was promptly repaired by Google. It is a category [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Security by Syd Tash
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
A Big Firefox Update
Mozilla, publisher of the Firefox browser, has issued an update fixing 12 security holes in the browser. This brings us to version 3.0.9. Four of the flaws are rated critical, two are high, two are moderate, and four are ranked low. They repair various flaws and potential problems that could in theory, allow a hacker [...]
