Right after the zero day exploit for Word was announced. We have this from eEye Digital security: The Windows Media Player library WMVCORE.DLL contains a potentially exploitable heap buffer overflow in its handling of “REF HREF” URLs within ASX files. If the URL contains an unrecognized protocol (only “file”, “ftp”, “http”, “https”, “mms”, “mmst”, “mmsu”, […]
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Blue screens, lockups, or simply rebooting. XP has done all of these for me… and probably you too. Whenever a friend brings me a machine that is giving them trouble I start by pulling out all programs that run at startup. Then I scan it with the latest anti-virus software and clean spyware off the […]
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The search bar in IE 7 can be convenient. You can customize it to use any search engine you want. Even your own home brew search engine if you want. It can get really annoying if you already have search software installed from Google, or Yahoo. Who wants two search bars when you only need […]
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Microsoft warned today that an unpatched vulnerability in Office could be used by attackers to gain control of a Windows machine. The affected software includes Word 2000, 2002, and 2003 (Including the Word Viewers), also included in this vulnerability is Microsoft Works 2004, 2005, and 2006. Surprisingly the vulnerability also includes the Mac version of […]
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Sometimes when I am locking down a kiosk machine I need to disable access to any windows Hotkey. This keeps savvy users from getting around by primitive lockdown procedures. A Hotkey is any keyboard shortcut that uses the Windows key. For example you can lock your workstation by pressing Windows Key + L. To disable […]
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AT&T Will start selling their DSL services at Wal-Mart in the US across 13 states. The number of stores offering the service will expand as AT&T starts to offer their services in more markets. The sale of DSL services is crucial to the long term plans of AT&T, as it can be used to get […]
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During a presentation at the Globalcom 2006 Expo in San Francisco on Tuesday Intel revealed that they will be using the 802.11n pre-standard wireless into their Centrino chips by next year. The standard is not expected to be solidified by 2008 and is supposed to give users much higher performance than current wireless cards. Currently […]
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McAfee announced the final release of Virus Scan 8.5. It marks the first version supporting Vista, and 64 bit windows. In the press release for the new product, Microsoft chimed in with support: “Our partners play a vital role in the early adoption, development and delivery of Microsoft technologies. By working closely with partners like […]
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Microsoft has released a new version of the Remote Desktop Client that is compatible with some of the new features of Vista. It is available for Windows XP, and 2003. Some of the new features: · Network Level Authentication· Server Authentication· Plug and Play redirection· TS Gateway support· Monitor Spanning· 32-bit color and font smoothing […]
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Printer cartridges have become a huge profit source for many companies. This is why they try so hard to keep you from buying third party ink. Printer manufacturer’s have resorted to changing the container shape each time they release a new printer – to stay one step ahead of the price cutting ink vendors. They […]
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