Archive for December, 2006
ITsafe Warning 06-019
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
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ITsafe Warning 06-019
What is it?
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A family of Malicious Software that is not yet being detected by all Anti Virus Software packages. These are being called the "Postcard viruses", after the name of an attachment in some emails containing the malicious software.
What does it affect?
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This malicious software is a problem for people using [...]
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Thoughts on the final day of 2006
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
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Well, here is it folks, the last day of 2006, and what a roller-coaster year it's been for me. I set a number of goals for 2006 and most of them have been achieved. Web traffic on the PC Doctor blog has grown from a trickle to an absolute torrent, I've expanded the venues where [...]
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Gmail is not 100% reliable
Friday, December 29th, 2006
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I've said it before, but I'll say it again, Gmail is not 100% reliable . If all your email is with Google and you don't have a backup, you should be a little worried.
About 18 months ago, I lost access to my Gmail account for a few hours when an early version of Greasemonkey caused a [...]
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Be on the lookout for malicious New Year postcards
Friday, December 29th, 2006
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Our friends at F-Secure remind us to be on the lookout for malicious New Year postcards :
There's a large scale spam run underway, sending short email messages. No text, just the subject field of "Happy New Year!" and a file called postcard.exe as an attachment.
The attachments are variable, but so far we detect them all as [...]
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LAN party tips
Thursday, December 28th, 2006
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Hi! I'm thinking of organizing a few LAN parties next year so that gamers in my area can meet up. Do you have any tips? Thanks!
LAN parties are a great way to create social situations around PCs and games. It's a great way to meet new gamers and make new friends. However, setting up a [...]
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HD-DVD AACS hacked
Thursday, December 28th, 2006
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Good news for HD-DVD owners - a tool has been released that will decrypt AACS protected movies, allowing owners to make and play backup copies.
It was bound to happen sooner or later ...
It's funny really, despite all of Sony's attempts to make Blu-ray the format of the future by pushing it with the PS3, [...]
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