Archive for June, 2010

Firmware update fixes the problemSony has issued a recall for its F11 and CW2 series notebook PCs and is offering a firmware update to fix an overheating problem.According to the company’s notice today: “In rare instances, these notebook co... »

PC Defender Antivirus is a phony antivirus software, designed to rip people off. PC Defender Antivirus is a PC infection that should be removed from infected computers asap.PC Defender Antivirus will use nasty tactics to try and trick people into buyi... »

Here’s another one of those “paste Javascript into your browser” scams that wants to make significant changes to the appearance of your Orkut account. The site in question here is 500-rs-recharge(dot)minhahomepage(dot)com.Click t... »

Security Master is a phony security program, designed to trick people into thinking it's a part of Microsoft's security center. Security Master will use the following tactics to trick people into buying this software:Run security scans and report multi... »

Security Master is a phony security program, designed to trick people into thinking it's a part of Microsoft's security center. Security Master will use the following tactics to trick people into buying this software:Run security scans and report multi... »

Here’s a curious scam putting users of Google’s Orkut in the crosshairs. There’s a number of sites out there claiming a “free recharge code” (presumably they mean call credits) will be posted to your Orkut scrapbook, but o... »

Not so long ago, I wrote about something called the Tango Toolbar. While digging around for more information, I actually came across another toolbar called “Tango” which is entirely unrelated (this one is about the dance, not...er...whatever the ot... »

tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/06/28/talking-about-host-only-kvps-or-how-do-you-store-random-stuff-in-a-vm-configuration-file-hyper-v-script.aspx'; Recently I have had a couple of different people approach me with this problem: They are developing software to manage / work with virtual machines – and they need a way to associate custom data with a virtual machine.  The problem that they face is how to do... »

Yet another pay-money,-get-followers scheme – right.THOUSANDS of followers!http://letgetmorefollowers.com/index.php?pages=HomeSee Chris Boyd’s Sunbelt Blog piece from earlier today: "Twitter Followers Lottery”Tom Kelchner  »

READ your credit card statements – reallyThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission has said it brought an action in U.S. Federal court that shuts down an identity theft scheme that stole more than $10 million from victims’ credit card accounts in small amo... »