Saturday, March 8th, 2008
A new entrant to the crowded Internet browser market is attempting to put privacy issues centre stage by stressing it will not retain details of the websites it has visited.
The Browzar software has been specifically designed to protect users' privacy, the company said, implying that the other main browser do ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
There's a new free tool to help PC users root out rootkits. Called Sophos Anti-Rootkit, the software from Sophos will detect and remove both known and unknown rootkits, and it will also warn system administrators if removing the software might harm operating system integrity.
Rootkits are a collection of tools used ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Imagine visiting a blog on a social site or checking your email on a portal like Yahoo's Webmail. While you are reading the Web page, JavaScript code is downloaded and executed by your Web browser. It scans your entire home network, detects and determines your Linksys router model number, and ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Microsoft warned Friday that customers face security risks if they use some of its aging operating systems after it ends support for them in July.
The systems affected are Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition. Support will end on July 11, the next date for Microsoft's monthly ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
A fresh round of spam with a password-stealing Trojan horse detected this week uses a German-language pitch, saying the malicious attachment is an official Microsoft Windows update.
The attached malware, called "Trojan-PSW.Win32.Sinowal.u" by antivirus software developer Kaspersky Lab, is a next-generation Trojan that's on the rise, said Roel Schouwenberg, a senior ...
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