I am one guy who has always beleaved that when MS made XPsp2 they raised the standards for them
selves. the package was just too good for their own good. When Sp3 came out I didnt hesitate to
download it and what did I get? The first thing that i noticed was I could no longer use remote
desktop. i'm sure this has since been rectified in RC2 but it realy turned me off. I never
realised any gains in the SP. Still on the subject I found Adrian Kingsley-Hughes' blog titled
' XP SP3 performance gains - Nothing to write home about ' interesting He wrote: QU...

Hi Guys, I've had a problem with my computer. I thought it restarted only when using the
internet but I was wrong. I found out that isn't the denominator. I tried disabling the internet
to run a virus scan and the scan can't complete as the computer restarts too often. I followed
the following instructions to read the dmp file the restart error generates. 1) Download and
install the http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/deb...installx86.mspx Debugging Tools from
Microsoft 2) Locate your latest memory.dmp file- C:\WINDOWS\ Minidump\Mini0...

A pair days ago I read this new on Slashdot: cPanel Exploit Used to Circulate IE Exploit
QUOTE "In a dangerous combination of unpatched exploits, hackers have used a previously
undiscovered security hole in cPanel to hack the servers of a hosting company and use hundreds of
hijacked sites to infect Internet Explorer users with malware using the unpatched VML exploit.
cPanel, whose hosting automation software is used by many large hosting companies, has issued a fix.
It's a local exploit, meaning the attacker must control a cPanel account on the target hosti...

I just got a new laptop, and of course it's loaded with vista. Everything works awesomly!
(my last PC was from 2001, BIG DIFF.) But the damned thing compulsivly and automatically sets
Internet Explorer to my default browser and won't let me change certain things which browsers
will typically handle. 've manually changed it so Firefox handles all the stuff except HTTPS
and what not (CANNOT CHANGE W/O HACK!), but IE just bumps in every time I want to click a link
from a non-browser based file /sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="...

On monday it was reported that Quicktime 7.2 and 7.3 versions come with a new exploit in which
malware could on to a person's computer through streaming videos. They only mention that XP and
Vista are the only affect systems and no word came about on the Mac operating system. They mention
that a buffer overflow bug was made in which it "contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in
the way Quicktime handles the RTSP Content-Type header." For those who don't know what RTSP is,
RTSP is the Real-Time Streaming Protocol which apple uses for its QuickTime softw...

SOURCE Well it seems that Microsoft found a huge hole in MSN Messenger that was bad enough that
they want people to upgrade to the current Messenger which is Live 8.1 or something like that. As
for details on the problem they just said the following, "..which let hackers embed malicious code
in Web chat invitations to users." and that they found this problem in "6.2, 7.0 and 7.5, as well as
Windows Live Messenger 8.0." Although it was interesting to know that people were actually
complaining about Live Messenger being a resource hog, well the last time I check msn w...

my brother has windows vista and told me that it is safer than other versions of windows but
according to other people they say that it has bugs and other stuff whick one of these are true?...

I was able to browse around this and found it interesting since this vunerability is found in 4
Microsoft Operating Sytems, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2003 Server. From the
article Microsoft stated that their is a hole in the .ani files, which happen to be related tothe
mouse cursor, when the mouse icon changes depending on what you do. They only mention that with
this flaw it always hackers to break into someone computer and do their thing. But in another
article relating to this attack it was mention that in order for this to happen a user has ...

My uncle said Microsoft are going to be sending viruses out via Windows Updates, he said if you do
not have a genuine computer and you validate it you may get a virus. He said someone from PC World
told him. I'm not exactly sure so don't go crazy, but just to tell you it may be true, maybe
not....

Here is the deal. I got this video ipod recently and it turns out that it had a worm on it. I was
only one fo the few but it did have one. The virus is called RavMonE Virus. Here is a link to find
out more about it. more info It doesn't affect macs only windows based computers. I plugged
it up to the computer and my antivirus detected a worm and I was very surprised. I did some
research and it turns out that some contracted company who builds the ipods for apple had computers
connected to the ipods and they had been infected. These computers were windows...

Link to Article: http://news.com.com/Hackers+claim+zero-day..._3-6121608.html Thought this was
interesting. Really caught me offgaurd, didn't expect such a huge flaw on a GPL based program.
Whats even more scary is they said they have about 30 other flaws found......

Windows has been acting strangely by now, it freezes/clogs badly, I can't use Opera, MF or
continue my tutorials due to this problem. It gets on my nerves as I think it was MY problem because
I deleted MOST of the files in the Temp folder. CODE (Start>Run...>%Temp%)
That folder, most of the files were deleted by me. I consulted my friend by half-screwed MSN, he
said I "effed me up the arse" by doing that. He recommended me backing up and formatting. I never
did that before so I think it will be most-likely half-impossible for me. And as I d...

We all know the difference between a limited user and an administrator user under Win2k/XP - you
can't/can install major software, perform system maintainence, and other stuff. But using a
limited user on a day-to-day basis also provides you with decent protection from a bunch of threats:
if the malware is running under your limited-rights user, it can only do as much as you can. For
instance, a limited rights user can't edit the HKLM hive of the Registry, so any malware running
under the same user won't be able to touch that area. It's extremely simple t...

What it is A exploit in the buggy OS of XP has been found, this one concering DHCP. OS effected
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 Microsoft Windows
2000 Advanced Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced
Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP3 Microsoft
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsof...

QUOTE Microsoft has alerted users of a virus that enters PCs through the PowerPoint program. The
virus attaches itself to a contaminated presentation that when accessed installs a keylogging
software on a computer. Users are being warned to take precautions because Microsoft patch that
guards against the security loophole will still be tentatively released on August 8. Reports say
the virus has infected relatively few people with the poisoned presentation. Malicious hackers used
the bug found in PowerPoint 2000, 2002 and 2003. Security experts report that the vir...

QUOTE IT security experts have warned of a worm that purports to be Microsoft's Windows
Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy tool. WGA has recently been branded as 'spyware' in
that it collects unnecessary hardware and software data from users' PCs. The Cuebot-K worm
spreads via AOL Instant Messenger, registering itself as a new system driver service called
'wgavn'. It carries the display name 'Windows Genuine Advantage Validation
Notification', and runs automatically during system startup. Once in place the worm disables
the Wi...

Invision Power Board v2.1.6 © 2006 IPS, Inc. This is what it is written on the bottom of the
board. Not so long ago, i was surfing somewhere, (i wont say where) and i discovered a "sql
injection"exploit, a perl script. QUOTE(step28 in the hack) 28. Reload and click on the
username to the admin. You are now logged in as an ADMIN!!! Admins, pm to receive
the link where i found this. with this hack, you can log in with any user without his pass.
It's really easy to do, you just need PERL, Opera webbrowser and 3 minutes fo your life... ...

A friend of mine was temporarily banned from the computers at my school a while ago after he
accidentially found a way into Task Manager, which is disabled on our network. He has had his
permissions restored now, but has no idea why he got banned in the first place. However, recently he
explained what he did to me, and I tested it. I soon found out that, by accident, we had both
discovered that there is a Security Exploit in networking Windows XP Professional. The exploit is
to do with network permissions. Windows XP recieves the permission data from the network as soon...

QUOTE Earlier this week, I blogged about a site doing a bunch of different exploits, depending
on what you are running. One of the things the site will do is detect if you have Firefox, and
attempt to exploit it, using the InstallVersion.compareTo() vulnerability. Read More with
images Already found to be copying and pasting. Take this time to review our forum rules. Warning.
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This will help for those who likes to know if they are using one of the best Anti-virus programs.
1. Platinum Internet Security 2005 2. PC-cillin Internet Security 2005 3. BitDefender Professional
Edition 4. ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 5. F-Prot for Windows 6. Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal
7. G Data AntiVirusKit 2005 (AVK) Reference:
http://antivirus.about.com/cs/beforeyoubuy/tp/aatpavwin.htm ...

Microsoft Ships First Vista Security Patches http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1911406,00.asp
QUOTE Microsoft Corp. has shipped the first critical security update for Windows Vista, the
next version of its flagship operating system. Over the weekend, the company released patches for
beta testers running the Windows Vista December CTP (Community Technology Preview) and Windows Vista
Beta 1, and warned that the new operating system was vulnerable to a remote code execution flaw in
the Graphics Rendering Engine. A Microsoft spokesperson told eWEEK that the Vi...

Stepping up its fight against computer threats at the risk of alienating security businesses,
Microsoft announced Tuesday it will give away a program to combat privacy-stealing and PC-clogging
spyware and other virtual pests. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates also unveiled plans to release
antivirus tools for consumers and make a major security upgrade to its Internet Explorer Web
browser. At the same time, he showed off new software for businesses to combat security threats.
The moves are part of a wide-ranging effort by the world's largest software maker to impro...

This has blown up big time in the last 3 days: http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/ ...

I got this information from mailing list. yesterday I didn't know why my pc always heavy to be
loaded. and now i got the answer read Firefox Flaws For A Simple Way. if you use Mozilla
Firefox 1.5 as your default browser. type Ctrl+Alt+del or open Task Manager. You will see how much
memory being used by firefox. QUOTE(www.informationweek.com) On December 8, 2005, we published
a story that wondered: Firefox 1.5: Not Ready For Prime Time? In response, some 450 (and climbing)
InternetWeek, InformationWeek, TechWeb Pipelines, and Scot's Newsletter readers ha...

For Internet Explorer users, please note that there is a new exploit in the wild that is capable of
compromising a fully patched and updated WinXP machine:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,18917...3119TX1K0000594 Microsoft has not released a fix yet.
From the article: QUOTE IE users should immediately disable Active Scripting via the Tools >
Internet Options > Security tab > Custom Level feature. Firefox and other alternative web
browsers are not affected. You would have to be tricked into going to a malicious website to have
any chance of being affecte...

Exploit for cPanel versions below and equal to 9x that takes advantage of a remote command execution
vulnerability. /* cPanel */ //headers #include //In/Out #include //sockets functions
#include //memory functions #include //strlen,strcat,strcpy #pragma comment(lib,"ws2_32.lib")
//for compile with dev-c++ link to "libws2_32.lib" #define Port 2082 //port for connect to cPanel
#define SIZE 1024 //buffer size to receive the data /*connect host:port*/ SOCKET Conecta(char
*Host, short puerto) { /*struct for make the socket*/ WSADATA wsaData; SOCKET Winsock;//l...

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5893344.html?tag=nl.e589 Here is another proof that the words
'Windows' and 'Security' simply cannot go together... And yet another good reason
for installing and start using Linux... Cheers! KoYoda...

hi all, In this topic I'm gonna start explain about windows security scanners , leave your
comments and hope to enjoy /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />
:: Nsauditor Network Security Auditor Nauditor is a network security scanner that allows to audit
and monitor network computers for possible vulnerabilities , to see all open ports and owner program
names, including the process loaded modules, kernel objects, memory details, remote address and
state of connections, dns name, country where from, service associated with connect...