April 2006

USB Storage Reality

USB storage devices can host viruses. . . well, duh! If you allow others to use them on your PC take normal precautions.

Opera 9 (Beta) Released

Opera 9 (Beta) is available for you early adopters. It has increased support for .torrent files and Widgets.

The Thirty Day Rule

Critical security patches should be applied ASAP. Non-critical patches may wait until any flaws are exposed and fixed. We call it The Thirty Day Rule.

D-Link Products DDoS Attacks

Do you use a D-Link router? If you do check these stories and then adjust your routers config to do its NTP check somewhere else. Bad, D-Link, bad dog!

Kaspersky AV Mobile (BETA)

Kaspersky Labs is offering a BETA version of its Anti-Virus for cell phones using the Symbian OS. Sign up and offer feedback to help improve this application and you may receive a free version of the commercial version.

Opera 8.54 Available

Opera 8.54 has been released. This version patches a buffer overflow problem and should be downloaded.

Firefox Update Available

The latest version of Firefox that includes several important security updates is available. Click Help . . . Check for Updates.

Dude, where are my icons?

After installing todays Microsoft updates confirm your taskbar icons are still visible. If you are a notebook user you may need to see the power meter ;-)

Addresses for Reporting Evil

An excellent resource containing email addresses for reporting spam, child porn, OEM software theft, phishing, viruses and more.

Winamp 5.13 Released

Nullsoft has released a new version of Winamp, version 5.13, that fixes a recent vulnerability. If you are using Winamp as your media player you should download and install this update.

Microsoft Product info via RSS

If you use any flavour of Windows you also, of course, use various and sundry Microsoft applications.
Visit this page:
http://support.microsoft.com/selectindex/?target=rss
for a comprehensive list of RSS feeds you can subscribe to that will keep you informed about those products you use.
Thanks Bill!

Nuke it Says Microsoft Officer

Your virus ridden, malware choked, adware hounded, trojan infested, rootkit compromised Windows install should be reinstalled suggests a Microsoft Security Officer via The Register. No kidding.