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Oh Boy

Posted on February 23, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Oh Boy

So it seems that we have a real nasty couple of viruses (virii?) that came out in the last couple of weeks. The Virut.CE and Virux viruses are two of the worst viruses I’ve seen in a long time. You see, I spent the better part of evenings in the last week trying to remove…

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Well Well Well, Look what they figured out…

Posted on February 5, 2009February 5, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Well Well Well, Look what they figured out…

So it seems that a company called Beyond Trust did a little research into Microsoft’s disclosed vulnerabilities, and found that 92% of them could have been avoided if people didn’t have Admin rights.  You can read the full article at Computer World. Honestly, I would have thought it was quite obvious that this was a…

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