DCOMbobulator

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

The DCOMbobulator does two things: * It allows any Windows user to easily test and verify that their Windows' DCOM system *has* been correctly patched to eliminate the serious remote exploit vulnerability which recently brought us all of the MSBlast Internet worm excitement. We have confirmed reports that Microsoft's patch sometimes ...

Kazaa Plus: No Ads, No Spyware

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Sharman Networks has released a premium version of its Kazaa peer-to-peer file sharing software. The new software, Kazaa Plus, does not come bundled with the advertising spyware applications found in the free version. Kazaa Plus sells for $29.95 (USD). In addition to being free of advertisements, Kazaa Plus also sports ...

Hack This Site 2 is now Open!

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Hack This Site allows people to put their hacking skills to the test through a series of computer security challenges. Users are presented with fully-made mock websites, given a vague objective, and left to explore the security of the site on their own.http://www.hackthissite.org/ New Features: Realistic Missions User rankings and profiles Articles & Resources Forums Hall ...

Messenger Plus Bundling Lop.com

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

"Many of you may have heard of a program called Patchou's "Messenger Plus". I used it myself once, before I discovered Trillian. Similar to the many front end programs for Internet Explorer (Avant browser, MyIE2, etc), Messenger Plus adds a user interface to Microsoft's MSN Messenger that contains extra features. ...

W32.Sobig.F@mm Removal Tool

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Symantec Security Response has developed a removal tool to clean the W32.Sobig.F@mm infections. The W32.Sobig.F@mm Removal Tool does the following: Terminates the W32.Sobig.F@mm viral processes. Deletes the W32.Sobig.F@mm files. Deletes the dropped files. Deletes the registry values that the worm added. http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]