Update: I’m seeing confusion about how/when the non-security update is being installed. The non-security update is NOT being downloaded and installed via Automatic Updates at this time. It is available via the Download Centre, and Windows Update (as an optional update). Eventually we will all have to install it, but that isn’t the case at […]
Ok, I’ve joined the dark side… been borgified… assimilated… absorbed… whatever you want to call it. Put in an order today for a brand spanking new SBS server via a good friend, Wayne Small, SBS MVP. Ahhhhh, some are so disappointed that I succumbed so easily to the siren-call that is SBS…. but I digress ;o) BORING!!!!! […]
This article caught my eye a short while ago; Alun is a regular commentator in my blogs, and invariably has something interesting to say:AOL, Yahoo introduce “pay to spam” service (5 February 2006)http://msmvps.com/blogs/alunj/archive/2006/02/05/82634.aspx I agree with Alun’s opinions on AOL and Yahoo’s idea – but one thing does occur to me. About four years ago […]
…see, I don’t read the Microsoft Switzerland Security Blog just because I’m Swiss… they come up with gems that don’t appear on their US equivalent’s site… http://blogs.technet.com/ms_schweiz_security_blog/archive/2006/02/26/420586.aspx
Those of you who have been reading my Blog for a while will remember how my very first nephew, Jordan Blake, was born my emergency caesarean back in October last year, and how I made a flying visit to Melbourne to see him, and his Mum and Dad… just in case…. Flashback picture Young Jordan […]
Windows Update is the classic update service that only offers updates for Windows. Microsoft Update extends this service to cover other Microsoft programmes including, but not limited to, Office, Exchange and SQL (disclaimer: if you use Office 2000, or if your copy of Office was installed in “per user” mode, you will need to continue using Office […]
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/forhome/mail.mspx Phishing filterQuick Search (Word Wheel)Junk Mail Filter The phishing filter is seriously cool, as is Quick Search (which works the same way as the search pane used by Internet Explorer 7 when displaying RSS)
Here’s hoping the powers that be will get serious now that the IRS is being impersonated…. the bad guys are getting overconfident if they feel safe impersonating Government departments like the Department of the Treasury – screenshot at link below:http://www.websensesecuritylabs.com/alerts/alert.php?AlertID=372 Castlecops also have a writeup (no screenshot):http://castlecops.com/a6537-IRS_Phish.html This isn’t a new phish – you’ll note […]
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18245495%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html “GOOGLE infringed copyright by posting thumbnail photos from other websites on its search results pages, a US judge has ruled.”
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/02/inqtanafix.html Ok, so Sophos says “this update was flawed, and Mac OS X users may have been mistakenly warned by Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X that some files on their computers were infected with the worm” What an exquisite understatement for the chaos this stuff-up caused …. here’s what some affected users say:http://my.simmons.edu/services/technology/archives/2006/02/this_is_an_aler.shtml “Users […]