News Report: Microsoft OneCare Flunks Virus Test
Beta News is reporting that Microsoft acknowledged that their Microsoft Onecare product flunked the Anti-virus tests given by the Virus Bulletin in February. From the article… “We are looking closely at the methodology and results of the test to ensure that Windows Live OneCare performs better in future tests,” the Microsoft spokesperson told us, “and, [...]
Annoying Antivirus Software
PC World had an article titled “The 20 Most Annoying Tech Products“. At number 4 (voted by the readers) are McAfee Internet Security and Symantec Norton Internet Security. From the article… Norton and McAfee are constantly prompting us to check our security settings, update our subscriptions, and/or buy more products. Given that most new PCs [...]
Microsoft Releases Patch for Animated Cursor Vulnerability
Microsoft has released a patch for the animated cursor vulnerability. The bulletin is MS07-017. They also address six other vulnerabilities in the Graphics Rendering Engine (GDI), although none are rated critical. They make a note of an known issue with the Realtek HD Audio Control Panel (Rthdcpl.exe) on Windows XP SP2 which is documented here. [...]
Windows PC Have Cursor Hole
Microsoft released a security advisory about a flaw in animated cursors which would allow drive-by installs. Windows 2000 SP4 and all recent operating systems are affected, including Vista. IE 7 running on Vista would be protected by a drive-by install if is it running in protected mode. Also, Outlook 2007 uses Word to display messages [...]