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This week and some thoughts on Kaspersky

Posted on October 13, 2017 By Michael Kavka No Comments on This week and some thoughts on Kaspersky

Interesting week this week for me. I uploaded a few new Powershell Scripts to my Github, mind you that while changing telephone numbers or unchecking an attribute box in AD is not sexy security, these scripts do show how to do some manipulation. The Attribute box for “Deny this user permission to Remote Desktop Session…

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TDL-4: Is it the Godfather of Botnets?

Posted on July 5, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on TDL-4: Is it the Godfather of Botnets?

“I’ll make them an offer, they can’t refuse.” Remember that line? Well it seems that the TDL-4 botnet is using the same line, and very effectively. TDL-4 has over 4.5 Million Zombies according to recent reports. It removes Malware it doesn’t like. It hides in the MBR of a machine, making it difficult to remove….

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Can’t see a website… OOOPS thanks Kaspersky

Posted on May 18, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Can’t see a website… OOOPS thanks Kaspersky

Don’t you hate it when you can’t see a website? I know it drove me crazy for a few days. Then I checked my security software settings. I was trying to check a couple of websites recommended to me out, and couldn’t see them on one of my machines. Laptop was fine, but my desktop…

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