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Firefox, iTunes, Skype Top Most Dangerous List

posted Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:26 PM by rcrumbaker :: 2 Comments
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Firefox, iTunes, and Skype were the top 3 applications in a list of 15 with the most security vulnerabilities, a Cambridge, Mass.-based security company said this week.   http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/189600176;jsessionid=WO2SOWHPZPGA4QSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JV Read More

On 10 January 2006 Microsoft is planning to release 5 Patches

posted Friday, January 06, 2006 6:19 AM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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On 10 January 2006 Microsoft is planning to release: Security Updates • 1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates may require a restart. These Read More

Welcome to the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog! : Mike Nash on the Security Update for WMF Vulnerability

posted Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:20 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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Welcome to the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog! : Mike Nash on the Security Update for WMF Vulnerability Mike Nash on the Security Update for WMF Vulnerability Hi there.  Mike Nash from Microsoft here.  For those of you who don’t Read More

Rootkit Runaround: Protect Yourself Against an Emerging Threat

posted Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:48 AM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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Rootkit Runaround: Protect Yourself Against an Emerging Threat Very Nice article on Rootkits… Joern Wettern did a great job on this article!! Read More

The blog comments now work with all browsers on all the myITforum.com blogs

posted Tuesday, December 13, 2005 8:52 PM by rcrumbaker :: 5 Comments
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Ladies and Gentlemen of all ages… The blog comments now work with all browsers on all the myITforum.com blogs. Read More

December Security Bulletins

posted Tuesday, December 13, 2005 1:00 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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Today Microsoft released the following Security Bulletins: Bulletin Summary: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms05-Dec.mspx Critical Bulletins: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (905915) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms05-054.mspx Read More

Did you miss myITforum.com?

posted Friday, December 02, 2005 2:02 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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Michael Wood seems to have really missed myITforum.com. Now, sit back and enjoy the show, because myITforum.com, Inc. is going… Ha!!  Sorry, can’t let the cat out yet. I’ll just say, Rod has some BIG plans for myITforum.com, Read More

Top 5 virus and malware files submitted to Computer Associates during the week from October 31 to November 06, 2005.

posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:40 AM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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The table below lists the top 5 virus and malware files submitted to Computer Associates during the week from October 31 to November 06, 2005. 1. Win32.Glieder.CChttp://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/virus.aspx?id=478222. Win32.Glieder.CEhttp://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/virus.aspx?id=478343. Read More

November Security Bulletin

posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 1:46 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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Date  Bulletin Description  Affected Software Service Packs  Bulletin Rating  Nov 8, 2005 Vulnerabilities in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Code Execution (896424): MS05-053 Affected Software: Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows Read More

Announcing Windows Defender!

posted Saturday, November 05, 2005 3:45 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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Announcing Windows Defender!Microsoft Anit-Spyware is now Windows Defender!  Read More

November Patches

posted Friday, November 04, 2005 6:11 AM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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Microsoft is planning to release:Security Updates1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for this is Critical. These updates will require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Read More

F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: Bagle.EK

posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:02 AM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: Bagle.EKThis Bagle-related downloader appeared on November 3rd, 2005. The dropper for the downloader DLL was spammed in e-mails to a large amount of people as 5.EXE. As in all previous cases, the dropper was Read More

Microsoft Online Virtual Labs

posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:03 AM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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If you haven't had a chance to try out the online labs - you should.  It beats building these systems and they get updated regularly so there is always something new to try.  Plus, there are two places you can go, on the TechNet virtual Read More

Microsoft's Anti-Malware Engineering Team has a blog

posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 2:20 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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Anti-Malware Engineering Team! Read More

Doombot.B

posted Friday, October 21, 2005 2:08 PM by rcrumbaker :: 0 Comments
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Doombot.BDoombot.B is a mass-mailer with IRC bot capabilities. It is very similair to original Mytob family of worms, combining functionality of Mydoom and IRC bot. The infected messages comes with subjects like "Notice of account limitation", "Email Read More
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