Is Microsoft about to release a Windows "kill switch"?
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Two weeks ago, I wrote about my serious objections to Microsoft’s latest salvo in the war against unauthorized copies of Windows. Tw...
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It appears that an update that came through yesterday contained a change to WGA
My software was legit but the phone home feature was annoying since it was a blaring target as a risk. You can read...
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Microsoft Security Bulletin
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-025 re-released
Microsoft fanatics and antifanatics here lol, maybe interested in this.
Yet another f**k up by the Microsoft Co...
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Greeting's
I found this on SANS. There are 2 new internet explorer vulnerabilities disclosed including PoC.
one of the vulnerabilities can be reproduced in firefox too.
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Hi all,
I'm using Windows XP and I've put some stuff in:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
ServicesOnce
but it never seems to run and the values from this key are never ...
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Aloha,
I've been used Iolo System Mechanic trial version. I realy like this software, but I'm fan of the free software and I'm looking for free alternative ot SM. Also I'm preparing a freeware DVD ...
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Not sure where to put this question, so I'll just tick it here.
Yes this question, has been asked, but I want to know about the chances of data loss from this method.
Yesterday I was asked to ...
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Microsoft warned on Friday that the software giant has received a single report of a company targeted by an attack using a previously unknown flaw in Excel.
The warning comes the same wee...
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Greeting's
Again I found this on SANS. Its a report about a 0-day exploit in excel. I have checked secunia and found nothing about it but we should keep our eye's on this blog :
http://blog...
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Greeting's
I was going over SANS and I found this :
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1419&rss
quote:We received couple of calls that users are
not able to dial up after applyi...
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just out of curiosity, how do admins load microsoft critical patches for mission critical servers that can't afford any downtime? Is there a way to load the patches without a reboot? just curious. you...
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Hey Hey,
So for all you admins out there... have you looked at this months Patch Tuesday release...
It's going to be a long day.... and rather interesting....
A Dozen patches in total......
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OK. I was able to use mozilla's download manager to dl the vista 2 beta from MS without any problems.
I burnt the DVD at 8x, and set my bios to load the DVD drive first.
Reboot the system, ge...
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hey all whats happening
im about to buy my first mac
macbook 13.3 inch 1.83ghz intel core duo 1 gig ram
my question is about the apple care protection plan... is it worth the 250$??
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Anybody plan on testing it from a security standpoint? Here is the link where you can get your key:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvis...dy/preview.mspx
(damn Microsoft registration)
but ...
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Hello all.
Name some ways one can detect a recently executed program in Windows XP SP2. (Rootkits, Trojans, or any other malware excluded, for now..)
I will start with some easy ones..
%U...
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I am hoping someone might point me towards an intuitive application. With all the SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) Rules and Regulations in place and a need for general security and access rights review.
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Apparently Winpatrol does not list this file at startup:
quote:Wednesday, May 31, 2006
WgaTray.exe opens security hole
It’s called Windows Genuine Advantage. I’ve received a couple Emails ...
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Hello, I have been trying to just figure out buffer overflows on windows to satiate my curiosity. I was able to do a funny little deal that ended up like this:
code:#include <string.h>
#inc...
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i found this on the system.
usual symptoms ... weird processes that won't go down ... all around slow
what can i do to kill processes that i know are rootkit servers but even though i'm an ad...
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Im running w2k sp4 and continue to get automatic updates asking me to install this update.
Ive installed it about 10 times so far but it keeps popping up in auto updates asking me to install, as tho...
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825069
quote:By default, the rights and permissions that are granted to the Power Users group include those rights and permissions that are required to allow member...
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Just another heads up for windows xp users.
Wednesday 10th May 2006
High-priority updates
Microsoft Windows XP
Security Update for Windows XP (KB913580)
Typical download siz...
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This one is pretty severe for the other Exchange admins out there. Get this patched quickly, or use the workarounds. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/se...n/MS06-019.mspx
New Security Bull...
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I am currently working on moving our website to a new hosting and design company and ran into a little problem with our Outlook Web Access.
After I had switch the DNS entries to our new provider I...
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