35 month ago
kayodeok : Internet Storm Center on WMF Vulnerability: Trustworthy Computing - This is a bad situation that will only get worse. The very best response that our collective wisdom can create is contained in this advice - unregister shimgvw.dll and use the unofficial patch. You need to trust us.
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37 month ago
kayodeok : Windows Genuine Advantage supports Firefox - Microsoft Genuine Windows Validation process now works in Firefox and other Mozilla browsers. Firefox users can download and install the Windows Genuine Advantage validation Firefox plug-in - WGAPluginInstall.exe
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39 month ago
kayodeok : Schneier on Security: Trusted Computing Best Practices - The same system that protects spyware from accessing your data files might also stop you from copying audio and video files. The same system that ensures that all the patches you download are legitimate might also prevent you from, well, doing pretty much
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Cool Web Search - Don't blame us - Coolwebsearch does not condone the use of hijacks, spyware or other behavior, that involves the installation of programs on users' computers without their prior knowledge, AND explicit consent
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Boing Boing: Microsoft "Genuine Advantage" cracked in 24h - Before pressing 'Custom' or 'Express' buttons paste this text to the address bar and press enter: javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all') It turns off the trigger for the key check
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Windows Genuine Advantage Javascript = Workaround - Greasemonkey and Trixie scripts for bypassing WGA on Microsoft's download pages
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41 month ago
kayodeok : Windows Genuine Advantage 1.0 Goes Live - Validation via WGA will be required for all customers using Windows Update, Microsoft Update for Windows content, and the Download Center (DC). Security updates remain available to all Windows users — with or without WGA validation — via the
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41 month ago
kayodeok : Dear Microsoft: Why should we trust you to detect spyware?
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41 month ago
kayodeok : Whatever happened to SpyNet? - There?s always going to be suspicion when a single company is making go/no-go decisions on whether a program should be considered a threat or benign.
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41 month ago
kayodeok : MS AntiSpyware "Ignores" More Adware - It looks like certain WhenU adware programs, WebHancer and Ezula Toptext have been downgraded to "ignore" status by MS AntiSpyware
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42 month ago
kayodeok : Netscape 8's "Trust Rating System" - Screenshots - Netscape's controversial new "Trust Rating" system risks giving favorable ratings to sites whose software is unpopular with users, typically showing extra ads without substantial user benefit.
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kayodeok : Description of the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation check in the Microsoft Windows Update Web site
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43 month ago
kayodeok : The Truth About Windows Genuine Advantage - David Lazar, Director of Genuine Windows at Microsoft, tries to clear up misconceptions and sort fact from fiction about Windows Genuine Advantage
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43 month ago
Andy Baio : Outfoxed, Firefox extension to socially annotate the web - extensively documented and clever thesis project; read the nutshell intro [via] [via]
kayodeok : Outfoxed: Personalize your internet. - Outfoxed uses your network of trusted friends and experts to help you find the good stuff and avoid the bad. (And a lot more, too.) For a quick overview, read Outfoxed in a nutshell.
Rod Begbie : Outfoxed | Personalize your internet - Fantastic-looking Firefox extension which integrates a social network rating sites into your web browsing. Read the "Outfoxed in a Nutshell" to get insight into how it works. [via] #
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43 month ago
kayodeok : Would You Trust Your PC To The Cable Guy? - Word from a good source has it that Microsoft has signed at least one cable company to offer its patches/updates/anti-spyware/what-have-you to home PC users for an incremental $10 per month
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44 month ago
kayodeok : Microsoft Issues Long-Awaited WMP Fix - The update comes more than three months after Microsoft Corp. promised a fix and brings an end to an episode that raised questions about the company's handling of a legitimate security threat to customers
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44 month ago
kayodeok : Ed Bott: Finally, a (partial) solution for "poisoned" Windows Media files! - Microsoft has finally released an update that protects some users of Windows Media Player 9 Series from media files that try to install spyware/adware by exploiting a flaw in the license acquisition process
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44 month ago
kayodeok : Where's That Windows Media Player Update? - Three months after promising to update its flagship Windows Media Player software to block a well-known spyware infection vector, Microsoft has still not provided security for the majority of its users
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44 month ago
kayodeok : Microsoft Dusts Off 'Palladium' Security for Longhorn - Redmond updates the game plan for its next-generation Windows security system, now set to debut in Longhorn. Developers this month will receive the first shiny pieces of the Next Generation Secure Computing Base in a preview build
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45 month ago
kayodeok : Using Image File Execution options as an Attack Vector on Windows - Spyware doesn't have to worry about trying to hide and start execution in the Run/RunOnce keys when they could simply tag to a common exe that starts up, and on startup spawn the real executable after doing its bidding. I will leave that to the reader to
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45 month ago
kayodeok : Silencing the Critics: DirectRevenue - Eric L. Howes, who operates spywarewarrior.com and provides a link to a mypctuneup.com removal tool, is being leaned on by some new york lawyers for DirectRevenue (owners of mypctuneup.com). Eric is being accused of causing substantial harm to an entire i
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45 month ago
kayodeok : The Trustworthy Computing Security Development Lifecycle - This paper discusses the Trustworthy Computing Security Development Lifecycle (or SDL), a process that Microsoft has adopted for the development of software that needs to withstand malicious attack
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45 month ago
kayodeok : Ed Bott: How to fumble a security update - Microsoft's response to the current flap over "poisoned" Windows Media files is a case study in how not to respond to a security issue
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45 month ago
kayodeok : Windows Media Player Update Fails Spyware Infection Test - Nearly two months after promising to update its media player software to block the threat of malware infection, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday admitted that users of its Windows Media Player 9 Series remain at risk
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