Microsoft is not the only company that has released security updates in the last days. Adobe has also identified a security vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player version 10.0.42.34 and earlier that “could subvert the domain sandbox and make unauthorized cross-domain requests”. This vulnerability has received a critical rating which is the highest rating a vulnerability [...]
Microsoft Addresses Windows Restart Issues
Some Windows users have reported restart issues installing the February security updates for their operating system. A recent blog post at the Microsoft Security Response Center suggests that the problems occurred for the users after installing the patch MS10-015. Jerry Bryant, the Senior Security Communications Manager, states that Microsoft has not yet ” confirmed that [...]
The Cleaner
The Cleaner was back in the days one of the few solid programs to clean malicious software from a Windows computer system. It somehow seems to have lost its appeal to many users even though the developer’s claim that it is the fastest anti-virus solution with best virus detection rates available for the Windows operating [...]
Ghacks Feedburner Feed Stopped Updating: New Feed URL
I just got an email from long time reader Ben who told me that my feed would not update automatically anymore. After checking the feed it turned out that he was right. The Feedburner feed stopped on February 10 and did not update afterwards while the normal feed displays the latest articles just fine. I [...]
Windows Activation Technologies Update For Windows 7
Microsoft has made an announcement that they will add the Windows Activation Technologies Update For Windows 7 in the next 14 days to Windows Update where it will be listed as an important update. The update improves the anti-piracy detection of the Windows 7 operating system and it could turn many illegally activated Windows 7 [...]
The Phishing Flow Chart
Phishing is a serious problem on today’s Internet even with phishing protections in email clients, web browsers and security software in place as those security solutions only deal with already reported phishing scams and sites and not new ones. Internet users therefor need to know about phishing and how to identify phishing emails from safe [...]
Opera 10.5 Beta Released
The Opera desktop team has released Opera 10.5 beta for the Microsoft Windows operating system. The first beta release incorporates “new features, stability improvements, and a security fix implemented during the Opera 10.50 pre-alpha release cycle”. Mac and Unix versions are currently in the alpha development phase but the team promised to deliver beta releases [...]
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 RC Download
The Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate was released last week to MSDN subscribers. Microsoft promised back then that the download would be made available to the public shortly afterwards. Microsoft kept the promise and downloads are now available for the public as well. Visual Studio 2010 offers many improvements over the current retail version [...]
Test driving the OpenSuSE Education distribution
Schools need open source. They need it to save money and they need it for reliability an flexibility. The problem is there aren’t many distributions geared towards educational institutions. Because of the OpenSuSE Education distribution, a plethora of distributions isn’t necessary. But does this promising distribution fill all the gaps? In this introductory article I [...]