Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $18,771
23%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 23%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: sellmsft

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Poisoned PowerPoint attacks users ~ Another danger from Malware.....

    07/20/2006 11:44:22 AM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 40 replies · 1,416+ views
    BBC ^ | Thursday, 20 July 2006, 07:30 GMT 08:30 UK | BBC Staff
    Poisoned PowerPoint attacks users The booby-trapped file has been spammed out in e-mail Microsoft is warning Windows users about a virus that takes over PCs via the popular PowerPoint program. Attached to the virus is a poisoned presentation that, if opened, installs keylogging software on a computer. Users are being told to take care because it could be weeks before Microsoft produces a patch that protects against the security loophole. So far relatively few people are thought to have been caught out by the booby-trapped presentation. Nasty bug The bug that the malicious hackers behind the virus have exploited...
  • Symantec: Vista probably 'less stable' than XP

    07/19/2006 5:33:47 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 20 replies · 1,016+ views
    The Register ^ | 19th July 2006
    The networking technology underpinning Windows Vista may be less stable on release that that behind Windows XP, according to an analysis by security firm Symantec. Microsoft has re-written its networking stack for Windows Vista in order to allow for "easier maintenance, improved performance, and improved stability". But an analysis by security researchers at Symantec found a variety of security flaws with early builds of the OS. In a white paper based on this research, Windows Vista Network Attack Surface Analysis: A Broad Overview (PDF), the researchers conclude that Vista may be less stable, at least for the immediate future, than...