Archive for August, 2009
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
Of Internet Explorer and Firefox
Last week I told you about that critical flaw in an Internet Explorer (IE) ActiveX control, and how Microsoft rushed out an emergency patch to fix it. Well, it seems the vulnerability was created by a simple typo. Someone at Microsoft inserted an extra ‘&’ in the wrong place in the code, and bingo, a [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Security by Syd Tash
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
AVG Definitions Kill iTunes
Recently, AVG issued an antivirus update that knocked out Apple’s iTunes. The new definitions incorrectly fingered two iTunes files as a Trojan, and quarantined them. So iTunes would not work. AVG quickly sent out another update, fixing the problem. What to do: If your iTunes is giving you problems, just update your AVG antivirus. That [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Fixes by Syd Tash
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Illegal Music Downloads Can Be Expensive
A Boston University graduate student has been fined $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs. He has to pay the cash to four record labels. Joel Tanenbaum, 25, admitted to the dastardly deed, and could have been fined millions of dollars. He also admitted on the witness stand that he had in fact downloaded [...]
