Software

Microsoft Dream Spark

February 19, 2008

Channel8 announced a new program, which will give millions of qualified students the opportunity to download Microsoft professional-level developer and design tools at no charge. It is our hope that the DreamSpark program will spark your creativity and help you harness software’s transformative magic to turn your good ideas into reality, by equipping you with [...]

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Adobe Reader Silent Fix

February 6, 2008

Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Release Notes The absence of a bulletin with details and severity ratings has raised eyebrows in the security research community. The patch, included in Adobe Reader 8.1.2, plugs at least one known critical issue that allows rigged PDF files to be used in code execution attacks, says Kostya Kortchinsky, a vulnerability researcher [...]

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StopBadware.org: RealPlayer 10.5 is badware

February 1, 2008

RealPlayer by RealNetworks is a popular alternative to Apple’s QuickTime and Windows Media Player. StopBadware We find that RealPlayer 10.5 is badware because it fails to accurately and completely disclose the fact that it installs advertising software on the user’s computer. We additionally find that RealPlayer 11 is badware because it does not disclose the [...]

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Happy Birthday WinPatrol and Scotty!

November 19, 2007

Today is the 10th Anniversary of the public release of WinPatrol. The majority of new features came as suggestions from friends of Scotty. So, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all of you who have encouraged and supported my WinPatrol project. It’s been a rewarding ten years. Reminisce: Bits from Bill

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Warning about Symantec detections

November 18, 2007

If you have Norton installed on your computers you should pay attention to this. Chris Quirke’s Blog: Norton Security Scan – False Positives Unfortunately, it detects protective settings applied by Spyware Blaster and similar tools, as being the malware these tools are protecting against. Hosts News: Symantec detects suspicious entries in the MVPS HOSTS file [...]

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Firefox and Securia Updates

September 20, 2007

Firefox v2.0.0.7 released. Update from an administrator account by opening Firefox > Help > Check for Updates. Release Notes Download from Mozilla Secunia has updated the Secunia Software Inspector with new rules for detecting insecure software.

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Vulnerabilities in Windows Gadgets

August 17, 2007

TechNet Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-048 – Important Vulnerabilities in Windows Gadgets Could Allow Remote Code Execution (938123) This important security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in addition to other vulnerabilities identified during the course of the investigation. These vulnerabilities could allow an anonymous remote attacker to run code with the privileges of the logged [...]

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Upgrading blog software

July 7, 2007

Upgrading, tweaking etc. Please excuse any odd errors.

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Windows Vista, some security programs may choose not to Certify

June 12, 2007

The home of Spybot-Search and Destroy. News Link 11. June 2007 Also, after struggling for months with Microsoft about Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.5 and the more advanced Certified for Vista logo, we have decided not to get our next release certified. While we found the “Certified for Vista” logo requirements to be very [...]

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Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.0 Public Beta

June 8, 2007

Vista Team Blog: The Microsoft Solution Accelerators Team is happy to announce the release of the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.0 Public Beta. Windows Vista Hardware Assessment is an automated software tool that helps business customers and consultants make informed decisions about desktop deployment and migration to Windows Vista. Specifically, this tool provides users a [...]

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