Archive for March 2nd, 2010

Spain arrests three, shuts down Mariposa botnet

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Spain arrests three, shuts down Mariposa botnet

We’re glad to see that world governments took our advice from the Sunbelt Blog last week and started taking down botnets. (Right!)Police in Spain have arrested three people and shut down the Mariposa botnet, which was thought to have controlled 12.7 ... »

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Everybody uses Web 2.0, but IT might not know it

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Everybody uses Web 2.0, but IT might not know it

Communications security firm FaceTime of Belmont, Calif., has released the results of a survey (of 1654 people) that strongly indicates we are all using a lot of Web 2.0 applications at work and a third of our IT staffs aren’t aware of it. It was Fac... »

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Update: MS10-015 security update re-released with new detection logic

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Update: MS10-015 security update re-released with new detection logic

Hi, I am writing to let you know that we have revised the installation packages for MS10-015 with new logic that prevents the security update from being installed on systems if certain abnormal conditions exist. Such conditions could be the result of an infection with a computer virus such as the Alureon rootkit. If these... »

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Don’t press F1

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Don’t press F1

Here’s a new vector: exploiting a Windows vulnerability through an Internet Explorer help menu Visual Basic script: “get ‘em to hit F1 and you own ‘em.”Microsoft is warning of a VBScript vulnerability in Internet Explorer ... »

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4.0!

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
4.0!

Today Sunbelt released version 4.0 of its major products that are driven by the VIPRE engine. The version 4.0 platform includes new cutting edge anti-malware technology, additional optional features for more layered protection and a new management cons... »

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Hyper-V Whitepapers / Guides (Live Migration configuration + Storage Performance)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Hyper-V Whitepapers / Guides (Live Migration configuration + Storage Performance)

tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/03/01/hyper-v-whitepapers-guides-live-migration-configuration-storage-performance.aspx'; We have released a bunch of updated documentation in the last week.  The first thing to look at is the Live Migration Network Configuration Guide.  The really neat part of this is that it talks through all the supported / unsupported network configuration options.  It also talks how to use the network... »

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