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My colleague Henry asked to scan his USB he suspect a virus is lurking in there. I have both Kaspersky and MSE running in real-time. MSE detects and Kaspersky snoozed!. It was Win32/Vorus.CV And MSE cleans it. I am confident with this product. Since it’s … “Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 BETA vs. Kaspersky 2010”
Read MoreImmunet, a startup by Symantec senior execs take Antivirus to the cloud. Immunet attempts to aggregate the results and “opinions” of threats from people using this service. This means, if Bob gets an infection from Saudi Arabia, Immunet alongside your antivirus will then update everyone … “Immunet – Antivirus Cloud Computing”
Read MoreIt’s interesting how one AV product suppress the other in just a matter of months. Look at the graphs produced by those so called independent testers. A sample here. Its a big war of AV companies out there. My problem is, it’s sickening to know … “My views on free VS. premiere security products.. and Microsoft’s Antivirus?”
Read MoreMicrosoft Office OWC10.Spreadsheet ActiveX BorderAround() Heap Corruption Vulnerability The specific vulnerability exists in the OWC10.Spreadsheet.10 ActiveX control installed by Microsoft Office. By accessing specific methods in a certain order heap corruption occurs leading to remote code execution. If exploited, complete control of the affected system … “Possible new breed of mass spreading worms ? New vulnerabilities found in MS products.”
Read MoreThis has probably been blogged a thousand times but let me be the 1001th ..blogger ;). Thought I’d share this from Windows 7 perspective instead. So, here’s the rundown: I got myself W2008 R2 and Windows 7 RTM up and running, joined the domain and … “Logging on to Windows 2008 domain as an administrator on Windows 7 domain computer”
Read MoreThis happened when i was extracting a 7zip file and launching Google Chrome around the same time. I noticed that Kaspersky had reported some antiphishing around this same time when i was accessing a website. Case: Win 7 64 bit RTM, Kaspersky Internet Security 2010, Google … “My first Windows 7 BSOD”
Read MoreI was running into this problem since i got the RC build of Windows 7. I didn’t much bother as i was patient enough to wait till things started to work again (which eventually it does) and also figured it may be fixed by the … “Windows 7 (RC, RTM) and static disk activity (about a minute of pause)”
Read MoreIf you use an older version of SSL Network Extender (SNEX) and you run the new Windows 7 (Beta, RC or RTM) on 64bit architecture you may get errors through both ActiveX and Java stating it failed to load. This is confirmed by Check Point … “Check Point SSL Network Extender and Windows 7”
Read MoreI read the Star article and Nasdaq this on Internet censorship. I think this is simply a vain move by our government. Why? Nobody should play God, especially when it comes to information and information disclosure! Who determines if one site is politically “compliant” and … “Malaysia for Internet Censorship? Vain Move. 5 reasons why.”
Read MoreSome MSI programs require elevated privilege to run and its always cumbersome to run it through runas. In Windows Vista/7, the shell integration (right click) of an Exe will contain a Run As Administrator function like below. But for MSI files, there’s no such context! … “MSI and Run As Administrator”
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