Software

Eset Virus Signature Database Update 5418 may cause issues

September 2, 2010

Eset Knowledgebase Virus Signature Database Update 5418, released on September 2, 2010 at 6:00 AM PST may cause an “ekrn.exe” error. Other reported issues include ekrn crashing, systems not responding and threat notifications with blank name fields. At 8:00 AM PST, Virus Signature Database update 5419 was released In most cases, restarting your computer and [...]

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McAfee botched antivirus update shuts down corporate customers

April 21, 2010

SANS Internet Storm Center. Published: 2010-04-21 McAfee’s “DAT” file version 5958 is causing widespread problems with Windows XP SP3. The affected systems will enter a reboot loop and loose all network access. We have individual reports of other versions of Windows being affected as well. However, only particular configurations of these versions appear affected. The [...]

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Updater for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

April 12, 2010

Upcoming Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.2 and 8.2.2 to be Delivered by New Updater Adobe Reader Blog Steve Gottwals On Tuesday, April 13, 2010, as part of our quarterly update, we will activate the new updater for all users needing Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.2 and 8.2.2 for Windows and Macintosh. As of yesterday, April [...]

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BitDefender: Faulty Update Disables 64-bit Windows Systems

March 22, 2010

BitDefender PressCenter Faulty Update for 64 bit Operating Systems 22 March 2010 We understand your disappointment , we have solved the problem for many of our users already and we are continuing to work relentlessly to rectify the problem for all users still affected. Yesterday around 8:20am PST, an update that we were working on [...]

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Thunderbird 3.0 available

December 13, 2009

The latest release of Thunderbird has a different look and new features. Tabs If you like Firefox’s tabbed browsing, you’re going to love tabbed email. Tabbed email lets you load emails in separate tabs so you can quickly jump between them. Perhaps you’re responding to an email and need to refer back to an earlier [...]

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ESET Smart Security and Windows 7 upgrades

August 3, 2009

ESET Technical Alert Microsoft has notified software developers that some of the technologies used by security, backup, disk utility and network management programs are incompatible with the Windows Vista to Windows 7 upgrade process. This is a direct result of Microsoft’s design decisions and impacts most antivirus solutions that scan network data. ESET has verified [...]

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Toolbars by any other name

July 5, 2009

Comodo announcement What’s New In 3.10.102194.530? ============================== NEW! COMODO Secure DNS is introduced as a new free service NEW! COMODO HopSurf Toolbar – COMODO SafeSurf Toolbar has been discontinued and superseded by COMODO HopSurf Toolbar On-going topic at calendarofupdates.com

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orbasoft.com spammer

June 14, 2009

Spammer Beatrice registered to comment my blog 13 times in a row urging a purchase of Orbasoft Antispyware. Spammer is Alda123 here Stop Forum Spam and here http://www.botscout.com/ipcheck.htm?ip=59.98.206.238 Examples, Orbasoft Antispyware was the answer to my computer bug problems and it was certainly worth every penny I spent to have this great antispyware to protect [...]

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ESET Update module released-resolves compatibility with Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2

June 6, 2009

Eset Knowledgebase A fix for affected systems has been released as an update module. The updated module will be downloaded automatically when a virus signature database update occurs in ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus. After the update is downloaded, the entry for the Anti-Stealth module in the About window for ESET Smart Security [...]

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Apple patches security holes in iTunes QuickTime

June 2, 2009

About the security content of iTunes 8.2 Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. Fixes a stack buffer overflow. About the security content of QuickTime 7.6.2 Fixes a number of security vulnerabilities. Apple Security Updates

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