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Saturday, October 20, 2007

RealPlayer Exploit

User of Internet Explorer under Windows are vulnerable to drive-by downloads simply by visiting an evil Web page. As usual, it is an unknown and unpatched ActiveX component that is causing the problem. Note that both Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express clients are also at risk. Best practices? Uninstall RealPlayer, use an alternative browser such as Firefox or Opera and use another email client such as Thunderbird or Penelope. Those who just can't part with RealPlayer should visit http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/en/ and (when available) download and install the patch. Ryan Naraine over at ZDNet.com has a great write up with info and fixes.
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 12:37.42 AM EDT | Permanent Link
| Categories: Adware/Spyware Alerts, Alternative Applications, Best Practices, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Opera, Penelope Email, Privacy Issues, Security Alerts

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Thunderbird Version 1.0.5 Released

Release mania! This latest version addresses some problems that would cause extensions (mmmm . . . extensions) to fail.

Posted by Matthew Carrick at 11:46.18 AM EDT | Permanent Link
Edited on: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:28.47 PM EDT
| Categories: Mozilla Thunderbird

Monday, January 17, 2005

No More Internet for Them

Oh, my heavens! Here we have folks who have given up on broadband Internet access in the hopes that this will cure the problems of virii, spyware, malware, trojans and pop-ups on their computers.

The article has no mention of alternatives to Windows OS, browser alternatives to Internet Explorer or email alternatives to Outlook Express.

Sigh.

Posted by Matthew Carrick at 12:57.06 PM EST | Permanent Link
Edited on: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:59.43 PM EDT
| Categories: Adware/Spyware Alerts, Alternative Applications, Best Practices, Concepts, Eudora Email, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Openoffice.org, Opera, Software Tools