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It’s a slow month for Microsoft, as far as patch releases go.
Microsoft Patches 8 Vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.
Windows 7 is not affected in the default configuration.

Microsoft Patches 8 Vulnerabilities in Windows and Office

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Windows Live Support Team: please clean up your act, do it right now!
« Reply #26 on: November 21, 2009, 03:00:37 AM »
Windows Live Support Team: please clean up your act, do it right now!

Past week’s post on this weblog, made by Starbuck and regarding his (not merited) disabled Windows Live Space, Windows Live SkyDrive and Windows Live Profile accounts by Windows Live Support...

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New flash attack has no real ‘fix’: ‘everyone is vulnerable’
« Reply #25 on: November 15, 2009, 03:02:05 PM »
New flash attack has no real ‘fix’: ‘everyone is vulnerable’

We all know Adobe Flash, it’s the most widely installed software product possibly in the Internet environment. And of course, the internet-creeps abuse that fact and misuse flash to drop their...

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What is it with MSN Space?
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What is it with MSN Space?

I am Starbuck, substitute site owner at ‘Smokeys’ and will sometimes blog here.

For a few days i’ve been unable to get into my Msn Space. so i emailed them to see if the...

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Windows 7 Review by Softpedia
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Windows 7 Review by Softpedia

Windows 7 Review by Softpedia

By Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor

17th of October 2009

On October 22nd, 2009, Microsoft will reboot Windows. Next week, just five days from now, Windows 7 will hit...

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Important notification about F-Secure hotfix fsav840-02
« Reply #22 on: October 17, 2009, 02:01:51 PM »
Important notification about F-Secure hotfix fsav840-02

Important F-Secure Announcement

F-Secure released the hotfix fsav840-02 on 15th of October for F-Secure Client Security 8.00 – 8.01, Anti-Virus for Workstations 8.00 and Anti-Virus for File Servers...

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Front USB ports not recognized: How-To-Fix
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Front USB ports not recognized: How-To-Fix

Some time ago I posted how to fix Windows Vista / USB device detection problems. Because till today this how-to is one of the best readed posts on my blog it is clear that numerous people suffer from...

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Sunbelt’s ‘Vipre Antivirus + AntiSpyware program’ with 20% discount for members of Smokey’s
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Smokey’s Security Forums now on ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twitter’

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Out-of-band Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2009
« Reply #17 on: July 25, 2009, 02:01:30 PM »
Out-of-band Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2009

Published: July 24, 2009

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: July 24, 2009

Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: July 28, 2009

This is an advance notification of two...

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Alert: Microsoft DirectShow vulnerability used in 0-Day drive-by-download attacks
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2009, 10:00:22 PM »
Alert: Microsoft DirectShow vulnerability used in 0-Day drive-by-download attacks

The Tech Herald | Jul 6 2009

CSIS Security is reporting the discovery of a new vulnerability within Microsoft DirectShow. The 0-Day attack is a part of a massive website hijacking operation,...

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McAfee VirusScan false-positive glitch fells PCs worldwide
« Reply #15 on: July 04, 2009, 04:00:16 PM »
McAfee VirusScan false-positive glitch fells PCs worldwide

TheRegister | 3rd July 2009

“IT admins across the globe are letting out a collective groan after servers and PCs running McAfee VirusScan were brought down when the anti-virus program...

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Adobe Security Bulletin Advance Notification: critical fixes/patches
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2009, 11:01:25 PM »
Adobe Security Bulletin Advance Notification: critical fixes/patches

Announcement Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT)

June 4, 2009

Adobe expects to deliver security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x for Windows and...

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Profound Malwarebytes’ (MBAM) Anti-Malware Scanner Review
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Profound Malwarebytes’ (MBAM) Anti-Malware Scanner Review

Test organization: Softpedia | Ionut Ilascu, Editor, Software Reviews

Date: 2nd of June 2009

Version reviewed: Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware 1.37

Program description

Malwarebytes’...

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Microsoft Update Quietly/Unsolicited Installs Firefox Extension via .Net Framework Service Pack
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Microsoft Update Quietly/Unsolicited Installs Firefox Extension via .Net Framework Service Pack

Washington Post

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