Monday, January 12th, 2009
Here's a new way to get Microsoft to pay attention to you: Slip a brief message into the malicious Trojan horse program you just wrote.
That's what an unnamed Russian hacker did recently with a variation of Win32/Zlob, a Trojan program victims are being tricked into installing on their computers.
The message ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
Google has quietly released a pre-beta version of Google Chrome 2.0 with a new HTTPS-only browsing mode.
The new feature lets users add “force-https to your Google Chrome shortcut” to only load Web sites with valid security certificates. “Sites with SSL certificate errors will not load,” the company explained.
The newest Chrome ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
Here are links to the direct downloads for Windows 7 Beta. You will still need to go back to Microsoft for your registration key but at least you can get it downloaded and burned to a DVD a while.
Windows 7 Beta (x86): 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO
Windows 7 Beta (x64): 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO
Links courtesy of:
http://www.sizzledcore.com/2009/01/10/windows-7-beta-direct-download-links/
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
USB worms work by creating a file called AUTORUN.INF on the root of USB drives. These INF files then use Autorun or Autoplay to execute themselves either when the stick is inserted, or more commonly, when the user double-clicks on the USB drive icon from My Computer. Such malicious AUTORUN.INF ...
Posted in Coding, Hardware, Security, Software, Windows | 1 Comment
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
What is the C:\Windows\WinSxS folder in Vista and why does it keep growing and growing and growing?
The answer straight from a TechNet Blog:
One of the largest changes between previous versions of Windows and Windows Vista was a move from an INF described OS to componentization. A component in Windows is ...
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