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Grum worm poses as IE7 beta Spamvertised malware spreading fast By John Leyden Published Friday 30th March 2007 13:20 GMT Hackers are trying to trick prospective marks into loading malware that poses as a "beta" version of Internet Explorer 7. Widely circulated emails, which pose as messages from [email protected] and feature subject lines such as "Internet Explorer 7 Downloads", display an image which invites gullible users to download beta 2 of Internet Explorer 7. Users who click on the authentic-looking image download a file called ie7.0.exe infected by the Grum-A worm. Source: The Reg

Windows zero-day flaw 'very dangerous,' experts say With Vista at risk, eEye issues unofficial patch; attacks traced to Chinese hackers Gregg Keizer -- The Windows zero-day bug now being used by attackers is extremely dangerous, security researchers said today, and ranks with the Windows Metafile vulnerability of more than a year ago on the potential damage meter. "This is a good exploit," Roger Thompson, CTO of Exploit Prevention Labs, said in an instant message exchange. "It's very dangerous. One of the reasons is that there's no crash involved...it's instantaneous. And all it takes is

jimras, as taken from the ewido site, download page: "This setup contains the free as well as the paid version of AVG Anti-Spyware. After the installation, a free 30-day trial version containing all the extensions of the full version will be activated. At the end of the trial, these extensions will be deactivated and the program will turn into a feature-limited freeware version. The purchased license code can be entered at any time." Additional features of the Plus-Version(paid) NEW Scheduled scans Real-time monitoring of the entire system Memory Scan detects active threats Self-protectio

October 07 2006 : New test board, "Firewall termination defense" testing Some malware in the wild are trying to terminate various Anti-Virus and Firewall softwares 13 firewalls are tested against 38 termination methods, which means at least 500 tests done. Scoreboard Explanation: http://www.firewallleaktester.com/termination_overview.php Test Results: http://www.firewallleaktester.com/termination.php (bottom page, click: View Results) KAV, Outpost and Comodo Free 100% pass!

Thanks for the post Sultan; Please note AVG Anti-Spyware is formerly ewido and for all members/visitors an announcement can be found Here. Note: For: Windows 2000 and XP (32-Bit) only; (at this time.)

Happy Birthday Blim

The final major pre-release of Windows Vista—Release Candidate 1 (RC1)—is now available through the Customer Preview Program (CPP). Customer participation and feedback are integral parts of our development process. If you decide to install and test RC1, thank you for being part of the Windows Vista team! Note: This is beta code and should not be used in a production environment or on a primary computer in the home. RC1 is intended for developers, IT professionals, and technology experts to continue or begin their testing of Windows Vista. Before you decide to use RC1, you should feel comfo

Chachazz is happy Liz is back here is something just for you & new computer: Dell De-Crapifier (Dell=infamous for loading 'garbage' on their machines...

The August AV Comparatives are now posted. "On this site you will find independent comparatives of Anti-Virus software. All products listed in our comparatives are already a selection of some very good anti-virus engines. In order to get tested by us, companies must fulfill various conditions. Various AV products are presented in our forum." "Please link ONLY to our main site www.av-comparatives.org and not to the other subpages. It's forbidden to use/provide our test results/documents on other sites without our permission." Website: http://www.av-comparatives.org/ (click on "Comparatives")

A very slightly belated Happy Birthday Besttechie forums

If you missed it this past weekend - it's being made available again! Simtel sponsors PCA Special Offer Extension "We are proud to present Simtel as a sponsor for the promised extension of our PCA Special Offer. As we have informed you in our previous newsletter, many users were not able to access our website last Sunday. Therefore we give you and all your friends a second and last chance to sign up for your award winning WinRAR 3.51 license key (this license key will only be valid for 3.51 and cannot be used in later versions of WinRAR)." Please fill out the form at http://nct.digitalriver

Happy Birthday Sub and Carnevil!

Works in Firefox and IE for me

SPAMfighter http://www.spamfighter.com/Default.asp SpamPal http://www.spampal.org/ Use the New Security Improvements in Outlook Express http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/web/sp2_oe.mspx

Oh my Robroy; glad to hear it's turned out well; she'll be more healthy than before without the smokes Best wishes to your wife.

Happy Birthday rv56 Have a great day, great birthday celebration & best wishes!

Process Explorer v10.2 July 10, 2006 This release targets Windows Vista with new integrity level and virtualized columns as well as a signed driver for 64-bit Vista for x64 processors. Download(bottom of page)

WinAudit is easy to use, no special knowledge is required to use the programme. It is a self-contained single file that needs no installation or configuration. It can be run from a floppy disk or USB stick. Simply download the programme and double click on it. User interface translations have been kindly contributed by several people, if possible WinAudit will automatically start in your language. The programme reports on virtually every aspect of computer inventory and configuration. Results are displayed in web-page format, categorised for ease of viewing and text searching. Whether your int

FREE eTrust� EZ Antivirus for Windows VistaTM Beta Users https://www.my-etrust.com/SubscriptCenter/M...n.aspx?cid=1855 PC-cillin� Internet Security 14.55 Beta Program for Windows Vista� Beta Duration: May 23rd to October 31st, 2006 https://www.trendbeta.com/index.php?get=80 avast! Home - Vista-compatible, both the free and paid versions. http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-antivirus-a...dows-vista.html ClamWin Free (from the ClamWin forums) "ClamWin 0.88.2.3 on Windows Vista Beta 2 build 5384 works! ClamWin, does support Outlook 2007 Beta 2. It brings up a hidden window, with display on the task

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advanced Notification Issued: July 06, 2006 On 11 July 2006 Microsoft is planning to release: • Four Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Enterprise Scan Tool. Some of these updates will require a restart. • Three Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Office. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Se

"Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP and 7+ in Windows Vista have many security enhancements which make Internet Explorer less susceptible to spyware and malware. But still browsing experience in Internet Explorer can get affected by badly written add-ons. This feature allows Internet Explorer to recover from such situations. Internet Explorer 7 in Windows XP and Vista can be reset." Reset Internet Explorer Settings

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advanced Notification Issued: June 08, 2006 On 13 June 2006 Microsoft is planning to release: Security Updates . Nine Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Enterprise Scan Tool. Some of these updates will require a restart. Note that, as discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-013, with the release of one of these bulletins, support for the compatibility patch discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Ba

Hi folks; I post the Virus/Trojan/Worm etc. Threats at GSF. It's a 'proof of concept' Virus. It is not an actual executing virus.

The great thing about Clam is their detections - they are one of the fastest outfits responding to threats and issue multiple updates per day. AVG Linux ; Panda AntiVir Linux; F-Prot BitDefender here's something interesting Free antivirus + anti-spam filter ...naruku..didn't see your final comments when posting about these av's you've already mentioned

That's a great avatar marty; Handplane - great work. Like that sig too Blim; looks a little bit Canadian-ish!