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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2009 by rodtrent

  Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: January 8, 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: January 13, 2009 This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft...

Microsoft kicks fake security software off 400,000 PCs - Network World by rodtrent

  In the second month of a campaign against fake security software, Microsoft has booted the rogue application "Antivirus 2009" from almost 400,000 PCs, the company recently claimed. December's...
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Symantec Awarded $12 Million Judgment in Counterfeit Software Case by rodtrent

Symantec Awarded $12 Million Judgment in Counterfeit Software Case Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - myITforum.com CUPERTINO, CA--(Marketwire - December 17, 2008) - Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC ) today announced...

LegalZoom sells your personal information… by rodtrent

Tony Stubblebine says: “For the record, I recommend against using LegalZoom for the simple reason that they sell your info to an evil org called "The Tax Club"”
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AVG’s fix for destroying Windows XP… by rodtrent

http://www.avg.com/faq.num-1575#faq_1575   In case you you are not able to run your Windows XP operating system after AVG 8.0 virus definition update (DB: 270.9.0/1777) and you do not have Windows...
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Shavlik claims that if you don’t use their product, you are vulnerable by rodtrent

Shavlik Technologies has claimed that organisations that rely on patch management solutions limited to Microsoft-only applications will be hit by the Adobe vulnerability. http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm...

Latest news on MS08-067 by rodtrent

Hi, this is Christopher Budd. We’ve been getting some questions from customers this week asking if we’ve seen any changes in the threat environment around MS08-067 . We do have some information that we...

Recommendations for antivirus exclusions in MOM 2005 and OpsMgr 2007 by rodtrent

Exclusions by process executable: Creating exclusions based on the executable can potential be very dangerous in that it limits the control of scanning potentially dangerous files handled by the process...

How did ConfigMgr help you during the critical patch rollout? by rodtrent

I’ve heard from a few others that deploying the critical update the past couple days really made ConfigMgr shine.  They say that ConfigMgr has completely alleviated the patching woes of the past....

Additional Microsoft Security Bulletin Webcast and for MS08-067 by rodtrent

For the Friday, 10/24/08, 11:00 AM Webcast, customers can register at: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032394179&Culture=en-US

First reports – IE7 has problem with the latest out of band patch? by rodtrent

Several people in different companies have reported that IE7 will either hang or just not work at all after the October 23, 2008 patch is applied. So, far there is no discerning relationship between the...

Special Live OneCare Message for the October 23, 2008 out of band update by rodtrent

Because I continually test Live OneCare updates, I run OneCare on my computer exclusively.  This is the first time an update from Microsoft has produced the following message (and, yes, Microsoft...

Sunbelt says – patch now, it’s serious! by rodtrent

Pay attention folks! The urgency is quite real — unpatched, you’ve got the spectre of another SQL Slammer , Code Red type of scenario if the malware writers create a worm. http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com...

Public Bulletin Webcast for today’s critical patch by rodtrent

Title : Information about Microsoft Security Bulletins (Level 200) Date : Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:00 P.M. Pacific Time (U.S. & Canada) URL : http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails...

Out-of-band patch marked Critical by rodtrent

Bulletin Identifier Windows Bulletin Maximum Severity Rating Critical Impact of Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Detection Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer can detect whether your computer system...

Cyber Dangers rate as high as drunk driving or experimenting with drugs by rodtrent

According to McAfee and your Mom… http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5841&zoneid=71
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Not using Adobe’s Flash makes web browsing a better experience by rodtrent

Adobe’s products take a big hit in the communities.  No one seems to like them, but instead are forced to use them.  Will Adobe take notice someday?  Or, has there been so much backlash...
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Can 5 minutes in the wild harm your environment? by rodtrent

What if you are migrating from one security product to another?  Could the small amount of exposure cause significant security issues? This article at OregonLive.com should open your eyes to the realization...
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Security Compliance Management for SCCM/DCM by rodtrent

Beta Download Available : http://www.microsoft.com/securitycompliance . Feedback welcome! The Security Compliance Management toolkit provides customers with best practices from Microsoft about how to plan...

Supported configurations for using WSUS to distribute Forefront Client Security Definition updates within SCCM 2007 by rodtrent

Want to distribute the Forefront Client using ConfigMgr 2007?  Microsoft has posted a new KB Article you’ll want to review: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/958491

Symantec Launches New PC Help Service by rodtrent

I wonder how many calls about slow computers will end in “Sorry sir.  That’s our product causing your computer slowdown.  I’ll walk you through how to uninstall it.” -- only in a perfect world...

Microsoft finds published exploit of Vista privilege elevation hole by rodtrent

http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5792&zoneid=71

Apple finally fessin’ up to security issues? by rodtrent

Could they be going to monthly updates, instead of “oh, whenever we can get to it”…? http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5776&zoneid=71 …probably not.

Network Access Protection Design Guide is live! by rodtrent

Complete with community content enablement… http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd125338.aspx
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Network Access Protection Design Guide available October 9th by rodtrent

From the NAP blog : Hey NAP fans! Great news from the documentation front: The Network Access Protection Design Guide from our intrepid technical writer and NAP Forum hero Greg Lindsay is going to be published...
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New Intel vPRO™ Security FAQ by rodtrent

http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-1989
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McAfee, Inc. Agrees to Acquire Secure Computing by rodtrent

http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5701&zoneid=71
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2 Acresso software (Installshield) Vulnerabilities by rodtrent

Title : FLEXnet Connect InstallShield Update ActiveX Remote Vulnerability Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-2625 CVE ID : CVE-2008-2470 Rated as : Critical Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable :...
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Yahoo’s web email security hasn’t gotten any better… by rodtrent

I once swore by Yahoo web email services – until my account was hacked and was then used to ruin my eBay account status. So, its extra interesting to me to read news about Sarah Palin’s Yahoo account getting...

Security agencies rally against Google Chrome by rodtrent

http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5658&zoneid=71
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