Have you checked for Spyware today?
This past year seems to have been a banner year for Spyware and other web browser hijacking schemes. I've seen a couple of friend's computers completely taken over by these little nasties.
Anti-Spyware Test Guide is a very comprehensive list of both good and bad anti-spyware software packages that are out there.
Another thing that I've thought was suspicious, is that most of the anti-spyware sites advertised on Google are themselves suspect. It just goes to show that you can't always trust what you see on the 'Net.
December 06, 2004
December 01, 2004
Upgrade...or else
This article is actually dated before the discovery of the iFrame exploit, which makes it rather ironic. Microsoft's position has been that if you want the latest security patches, you have to upgrade to WinXP. So, all those WinME, Win2k (any Win98 and NNT users out there?) are out of luck.
The other side of the coin is you have to have fairly new hardware to run WinXP, which is my main problem. I don't have the extra cash to buy a new laptop. I'm guessing a lot of other folks don't either.
Want secure IE? Then upgrade to XP... - ZDNet UK News
This article is actually dated before the discovery of the iFrame exploit, which makes it rather ironic. Microsoft's position has been that if you want the latest security patches, you have to upgrade to WinXP. So, all those WinME, Win2k (any Win98 and NNT users out there?) are out of luck.
The other side of the coin is you have to have fairly new hardware to run WinXP, which is my main problem. I don't have the extra cash to buy a new laptop. I'm guessing a lot of other folks don't either.
Want secure IE? Then upgrade to XP... - ZDNet UK News
Scary stuff
Once again, it's not safe to browse the web using Internet Explorer (was it ever?). As they state in this article, vulnerabilities in IE 6 allows a malicious web page to install and run code:
Secunia - Advisories - Internet Explorer HTML Elements Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Once again, it's not safe to browse the web using Internet Explorer (was it ever?). As they state in this article, vulnerabilities in IE 6 allows a malicious web page to install and run code:
Secunia - Advisories - Internet Explorer HTML Elements Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
November 24, 2004
What's new?
A new layout, new host, new ads - just about new everything. Why, do you ask? Well, thanks to a recent hack-attack, my trusty old web server is now history. It had a good run - over 6 years of serving up my personal blogs and a few other sites for friends. It all started out as a small computer lab experiment back when I was taking classes at UVa. Then it became a form of entertainment - watching the server logs - seeing what kind of attacks were launched upon it. I guess someone finally decided it was time to trash it and take it down.
But from that arises a phoenix, the new randompsycho.
Ok, yeah, I'm pretty much full of it. LOL
A new layout, new host, new ads - just about new everything. Why, do you ask? Well, thanks to a recent hack-attack, my trusty old web server is now history. It had a good run - over 6 years of serving up my personal blogs and a few other sites for friends. It all started out as a small computer lab experiment back when I was taking classes at UVa. Then it became a form of entertainment - watching the server logs - seeing what kind of attacks were launched upon it. I guess someone finally decided it was time to trash it and take it down.
But from that arises a phoenix, the new randompsycho.
Ok, yeah, I'm pretty much full of it. LOL
October 04, 2004
I told you so...
I just knew that eventually someone was going to find a way to infect/hack your computer with a Jpeg graphic (theoretically, the idea has been out there for awhile).
Well, now Microsoft has issued a "critical" update: September 2004 Security Update for JPEG Processing (GDI )
I just knew that eventually someone was going to find a way to infect/hack your computer with a Jpeg graphic (theoretically, the idea has been out there for awhile).
Well, now Microsoft has issued a "critical" update: September 2004 Security Update for JPEG Processing (GDI )
September 03, 2004
The next big thing...
I haven't even upgraded to XP yet but there's a new client OS coming down the road.
Microsoft: Longhorn Coming in 2006
I haven't even upgraded to XP yet but there's a new client OS coming down the road.
Microsoft: Longhorn Coming in 2006
July 01, 2004
When you are looking from some good internet statistics The Pew Internet & American Life Project can help. Anything from who is online to which ones are using VoIP.
The Pew Internet & American Life Project is headed by Madeleine Korbel Albright, former Secretary of State... ok maybe that should be left well enough alone. In any event, it is a great site aside from it's new CSS which sucks and is a good example of how CSS is difficult to use across multiple platforms and browsers. Site looks great in NS6+ and Firefox but is quite lame in IE. I am very taken back that an organization that has the statistics of more than 85% of Internet users are on IE broswers and why they would disenfranchise those users for design :(
Check out their reports. I have not found one that they are charging for yet and they are good ammo for any statistical battle you might get yourself into.
The Pew Internet & American Life Project is headed by Madeleine Korbel Albright, former Secretary of State... ok maybe that should be left well enough alone. In any event, it is a great site aside from it's new CSS which sucks and is a good example of how CSS is difficult to use across multiple platforms and browsers. Site looks great in NS6+ and Firefox but is quite lame in IE. I am very taken back that an organization that has the statistics of more than 85% of Internet users are on IE broswers and why they would disenfranchise those users for design :(
Check out their reports. I have not found one that they are charging for yet and they are good ammo for any statistical battle you might get yourself into.
May 24, 2004
Just when you thought it was safe to open your e-mail, along comes the InformationWeek > Lovegate Worm - which propagates by replying to any unread messages in your Outlook or Outlook Express inbox. Joy.
May 19, 2004
When I get a round-tuit
I've been wanting to redo the layout of this site for months now. Nowadays, page layouts done in HTML tables is so 90's and something just had to be done. So, thanks to a CSS layout from glish.com there's now something a little more modern in place until I find time to hammer out a new style sheet of my own. The layout looks great on my iMac and Safari and fairly decent in Internet Explorer 5 and 6 (sorry folks, haven't tested it in anything else).
Other things yet to be done: redesign the archives section to match the home page and Blogger has a new comments system I want to integrate into the site (although, nobody ever leaves comments around here, ahem).
I've been wanting to redo the layout of this site for months now. Nowadays, page layouts done in HTML tables is so 90's and something just had to be done. So, thanks to a CSS layout from glish.com there's now something a little more modern in place until I find time to hammer out a new style sheet of my own. The layout looks great on my iMac and Safari and fairly decent in Internet Explorer 5 and 6 (sorry folks, haven't tested it in anything else).
Other things yet to be done: redesign the archives section to match the home page and Blogger has a new comments system I want to integrate into the site (although, nobody ever leaves comments around here, ahem).
More .NET tips
Now that Windows 2003 Server is out, there are a few tricks to getting your web site up and running: Running ASP.NET 1.1 with IIS 6.0
Now that Windows 2003 Server is out, there are a few tricks to getting your web site up and running: Running ASP.NET 1.1 with IIS 6.0
May 11, 2004
I don't think this has been mentioned on here before... I'm really digging the CSS Zen Garden (www.csszengarden.com). I've learned lots of neat tricks over the past few months looking at the CSS code that's up there.
April 01, 2004
P3P, Cookies and IE6.0: A Case Study: MS has redefined the way the browser reacts to cookies, based on the new w3c (World Wide Web Consortium) standard for P3P (The Platform for Privacy Preferences Project).
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