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Friday, July 21, 2006
MySpace.com + IE Flaw + Known Exploit = Chaos
It appears Internet Explorer is again being exploited by evil Windows Metafile (.WMF) images. Worse, these images reside on MySpace.com with some 50+ million users. This exploit quickly follows the most recent Microsoft Update forcing drastic action from someone.At out-of-cycle patch from Microsoft or a third-party fix from a two-person shop in Guyana all works for me. Until a fix appears use an alternative browser such as Opera or Firefox.
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 2:12.00 AM EDT | Permanent Link
| Categories: Adware/Spyware, Alternative Apps, Mozilla Firefox, Viruses-Trojans-Worms
| Categories: Adware/Spyware, Alternative Apps, Mozilla Firefox, Viruses-Trojans-Worms
MS PowerPoint Attachment Trouble
If you receive an email from an unknown Gmail address and it contains an MS PowerPoint presentation then delete it.
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 1:35.20 AM EDT | Permanent Link
Edited on: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:27.20 PM EDT
| Categories: Adware/Spyware, Alternative Apps, Mozilla Firefox, Security Alerts, Viruses-Trojans-Worms
Edited on: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:27.20 PM EDT
| Categories: Adware/Spyware, Alternative Apps, Mozilla Firefox, Security Alerts, Viruses-Trojans-Worms
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Adobe Acrobat 'Highly Critical Flaw'
A highly critical flaw has been detected in Adobe Acrobat version 6.0.4 and earlier. If this is you, and it probably is, get thee hence to: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads to obtain version 6.0.5 or launch Acrobat and use the Auto Update feature.
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 12:04.22 PM EDT | Permanent Link
Edited on: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:27.13 PM EDT
| Categories: Best Practices, Privacy Issues, Security Alerts
Edited on: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:27.13 PM EDT
| Categories: Best Practices, Privacy Issues, Security Alerts
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Macromedia Flash Player Update
The most recent version is available here:http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/. This fixes a few security boo-boos and is a must have download.
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 12:38.05 AM EDT | Permanent Link
Edited on: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:27.03 PM EDT
| Categories: Adware/Spyware, Privacy Issues, Security Alerts
Edited on: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:27.03 PM EDT
| Categories: Adware/Spyware, Privacy Issues, Security Alerts
