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Seagate hard drives ship with virus
Interesting…an undisclosed number of Seagate’s Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200 units have shipped with a virus that steals passwords to online games, such as World of Warcraft. Identified as Virus.Win32.AutoRun.ah by Kaspersky Labs, the virus also deletes similar viruses and can disable virus detection software as well. The virus, which was loaded onto the Maxtor…
OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse
A company named Intego apparently found a malicious Trojan Horse that actually is harmful (OS X attacks and exploits were previously developed that lacked malicious power). According to Intego the Trojan Horse: …disguises itself as a video codec that offers access to a pornographic video…and users attempting to install the codec receive a piece of malware…
ICANN tweaks root DNS server
I read about it via The Register…ICANN set up a new IP address for one of the “root name servers,” and is retiring the old address, i.e., from 198.32.64.12 to 199.7.83.42. They’re apparently doing it for two reasons: For one, the old IP address wasn’t officially under ICANN’s control. But (two) more importantly, the organization wanted to…
SQL Injection-proof your integrated SQL search in ASP.NET 2.0
I had forgotten to add SQL Injection prevention logic when I integrated and implemented a SQL search function for my employer’s internal ASP.NET app. So in this post, I’m adding it for archival and sharing purposes. SQL injection is an attack in which malicious code is inserted into strings that are later passed to an instance of…
The complete guide to Mac/Windows Interoperability
Here’s an excellent post from Lifehacker, the Geek To Live site, that shows you how to make Mac OS and Windows work together in harmony. It covers file sharing, file and application compatibility, file sync and system files, printer and fax sharing, running Windows on your Mac, remote server access, and finally iTunes and your…
Print Screen in Mac OS X under Parallels
If you’re a Mac convert using Parallels to run Windows, you’re probably wondering where the Print Screen (used for screen captures in Windows) OS X is. Well, unfortunately, there’s no exact keyboard stroke for it; however equivalent; however, you can either use a third-party app like SnagIT, or go the smarter route by using the Windows built-in…