Los hackers están trabajando contrarreloj para desarrollar sus propias herramientas que les permitan atacar una vulnerabilidad de día cero en Internet Explorer. Esto está presionando a Microsoft para que lance, cuanto antes, un parche que resuelva el problema antes de que los ataques se disparen.

Desde que Microsoft confirmara la existencia de un nuevo fallo que podría comprometer la seguridad de los PC que trabajan con Internet Explorer 6 e Internet Explorer 7, todas las alarmas se han disparado. También al publicar un segundo aviso en el que afirmaba que los usuarios de Windows 2000, Windows XP y Windows Vista están, asimismo, en peligro. Ya que el código de ataque fue hecho público a una lista de correo muy amplia de personas, los investigadores de seguridad afirman que ya se ha dado el pistoletazo de salida y la carrera ha comenzado.

“Se trata, claramente, de una vulnerabilidad crítica y se está haciendo cada vez más peligrosa”, ha declarado Ben Greenbaum, responsable de investigación senior del equipo de respuestas de seguridad de Symantec, quien continúa explicando que “se trata de una carrera, realmente lo es”.

Desde Microsoft han ofrecido diferentes modos para que los usuarios protejan sus PC hasta que un parche esté disponible. Entre estas soluciones se encuentra la posibilidad de poner en marcha la característica de seguridad DEP, (data execution prevention) en IE6 y en IE7, para impulsar las capacidades de seguridad del navegador. Esta posibilidad ha sido la más implantada por diferentes compañías de seguridad, como un modo de minimizar la posibilidad de sufrir ataques a partir de este fallo. Sin embargo, Kandek no cree que este tipo de medidas sean suficientes. “Estas mitigaciones son muy complicadas y no son muy viables para la mayor parte de los usuarios. Para los clientes, poner y quitar esto puede hacer que no les funcione el navegador”.

Otra opción, sugerida por Microsoft, es instalar IE8, que no contiene esta vulnerabilidad. Es una posibilidad que los usuarios deberían tener en cuenta y que, según Kandek, deberían poner en marcha, aunque es difícil cuando no imposible, que los trabajadores puedan cambiar el navegador de sus equipos empresariales. “Puedo pasarme a IE8 en casa, y los usuarios domésticos deberían hacerlo, pero los empleados no pueden hacerlo en sus equipos empresariales”.

Microsoft lanzará sus actualizaciones de seguridad habituales en dos semanas, concretamente, el 8 de diciembre, pero la mayoría de los investigadores de seguridad no creen que la compañía llegue a solucionar este problema para entonces. “No creo que eso ocurra. IE es una pieza de software crítica y Microsoft querrá probar el parche de manera exhaustiva antes de hacerlo público”, ha declarado Kandek.

Históricamente, Microsoft tarda alrededor de un mes o más tiempo en lanzar un parche para una vulnerabilidad conocida de IE. En raras ocasiones ha lanzado una actualización fuera de fecha, es decir, fuera del segundo martes de cada mes. Además, a día de hoy, desde la compañía afirman no haber tenido evidencias de ataques que utilicen el código publicado, algo que desde Symantec también confirman. Aunque Greenbaum también matiza que “no hay duda de que se están produciendo movimientos en este sentido y los atacantes están probando las aguas para ver cómo funcionan sus respectivas agresiones”.

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If you are thinking of buying a computer then you need to know every thing about it including its accessories. It has been seen that people know only a few details about computers. They are content by knowing only about its hardware, software and processing details, and never give a thought about the accessories that are needed or used along with the computer. The following paragraphs summarize the work of computer accessories experts who are completely familiar with all the aspects of computer accessories. If you follow their advice you can avoid any confusion in buying computer accessories surprises.

Yesterday, we spent about three hours trying to convince a client of ours that brand new computers just don’t come equipped with the all things that most computers need in a PC. We tried to convince him that a fully functional computer is one that is personalized with specially selected hardware and software accessories – and that the computer purchased at the store doesn’t come with these things. Unfortunately, all of our convincing was to our avail. Our client insisted that he should never need more than what came with his boxed product and that we were just trying “bilk” more money out of him.

As computer consultants, it’s our job and mission to make sure our clients are 100% satisfied when they walk out our offices. But our job is unnecessarily made harder when people don’t take the time to learn about computer accessories and familiarize themselves with the limitations of store-bought computers. Hopefully by the time you finish reading this article, you’ll understand the lesson that we were trying to teach our client: “What comes out of the box is really just a starter kit.”

I trust that what you’ve read so far has been informative. The following section should go a long way toward clearing up any uncertainty that may remain.

The typical computer package comes with a CPU unit, keyboard, mouse, and speaker set. That may be just fine for some, but most people require more than that especially in today’s “connected” society. Today’s users require full multimedia capabilities, a wide range of graphics tools, and accommodations for the various portables we now enjoy. These extras aren’t included with “what comes out of the box,” and the only way to get them is to accessorize.

To illustrate the importance of accessorizing, we like to use the “plain dough” analogy. Let’s say that a brand new computer is a batch of plain dough – waiting to be flavored and baked into something useful. If we want to use this dough to make a delicious batch of chocolate chip cookies, we would need to “accessorize” this dough with chocolate chips and a little brown sugar. If we want to use this dough into in a warm loaf of sesame seed bread on the other hand, we’d need to “accessorize” the dough with yeast and sesame seeds.

Like “plain dough,” the brand new computer isn’t very useful by itself. It needs accessorizing.

Depending on what’s needed, accessorizing doesn’t need to be expensive.  In fact, you can get away with paying a minimal amount for extra software and hardware if these accessories are for children. It’s when these accessories are work requirements or when they’re needed to produce works of quality for any other reason that they can become rather expensive. And this expense applies to microphones, digital cameras, PDAs, scanners, video cams, and more.

Regardless of cost, it’s important to understand that accessories can become “necessities,” and that the best time to get them is the moment you buy a new computer. Waiting too long to accessorize can cause more problems than necessary because while you wait, manufacturers continuously develop new technologies – technologies that your computer won’t be able to accommodate in the future. Once you’re ready to accessorize, the new products on the market are too advanced for your computer and they just won’t work. This is a typical problem experienced by those who want to use hardware designed for Windows Vista on a Windows XP or Windows 2000 machine.

I hope that reading the above information was both enjoyable and educational for you. Your learning process should be ongoing–the more you understand about any subject, the more you will be able to share with others.

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Security experts raised privacy concerns after a US National Security Agency official revealed that the Agency collaborated with Microsoft during the development stage of Windows 7. The revelation was made in a prepared statement by NSA information assurance director Richard Schaeffer, before the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, which operates under the Judiciary panel.

Speaking during a hearing on cybersecurity on November 17, Schaeffer acknowledged that the NSA drew on its “unique expertise and operational knowledge of system threats and vulnerabilities to enhance Microsoft’s operating system security guide”. Schaeffer ‘s prepared statement is available on video here (forward to 32^nd minute).

Commenting on Schaeffer’s revelation, security experts and watchdog groups expressed privacy concerns, citing the Agency’s controversial domestic intelligence operations in recent years.

Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), said “the obvious concern is [that the NSA has built] in back doors that enable tracking users and intercepting user communications”. This is the third time in recent years that the NSA is found to have collaborated with Microsoft in developing operating systems. The secretive Agency worked with the US-owned vendor on Windows 9X, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Vista.

Aplikasi managemen hard disk yang sudah dibeli Norton ini masih sangat populer. Dan jika anda merupakan penggemar setianya disini saya sediakan yang praktis yaitu versi portable. Dengan aplikasi partisi magic atau PartitionMagic Portable ini anda tidak perlu lagi melakukan intalasi ke kekomputer anda sehingga menjadikan pekerjaan kita sangat mudah dan cepat dalam mengelola media hard disk kita. Dan aplikasi ini bisa dijalankan atau digunakan pada windows 98, windows ME, windows 2000 dan windows XP. Selain aplikasi managemen hard disk PartitionMagic paket aplikasi portable ini dilengkapi pula dengan aplikasi lain seperti DriveMapper, PertitionInfo dan PQBoot for windows. Aplikasi ini bisa dijalankan dari media penyimpan data flash disk. Anda berminat silahkan download partisi magic ini disini

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A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier.

The order, which came on Monday, said Microsoft exceeded its rights under licensing agreements with Zhongyi Electronic Ltd., a Beijing company that developed Chinese character fonts used in the software.

Microsoft must stop selling versions of Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 with Zhongyi’s fonts, the Beijing People’s No. 1 Intermediate Court said in its ruling, a copy of which was released by Zhongyi.

Microsoft said it would appeal.

“Microsoft respects intellectual property rights. We use third party IPs only when we have a legitimate right to do so,” the company said in a statement. “We believe our license agreements with the plaintiff cover our use of the fonts.”

Microsoft did not respond to a question about what proportion of its products sold in China use Zhongyi fonts or how many copies might be affected.

Zhongyi said its agreement with Microsoft allowed the Seattle-based software producer to use its fonts only in Windows 95 and they were added to later products without permission.

China is a leading source of pirated copies of software, movies and other goods and its government has long been accused of failing to do enough to stop the thriving underground industry.

China’s small but ambitious technology companies say they are among the biggest victims of piracy and are turning to the courts to help defend their intellectual property.

In December, a group of 11 people who were convicted of selling unlicensed copies of Microsoft software were sentenced by a Chinese court for up to six and a half years in prison.

On the Net:

Zhongyi Electronic Ltd.: www.china—e.com.cn/en/profile/ZhongYiProfile.htm   

Microsoft Corp.: www.microsoft.com

On July 13th, 2010, Extended Support for Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional will end. At the same time Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 will go from Mainstream Support to Extended Support. ‘Mainstream Support’, ‘Extended Support’ – what exactly does that mean? This  diagram lists the major differences:

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At first, I wouldn’t want to release this article. But after I see there is so many people who over fancy about Windows 7 and willing to pretend not seeing its disadvantage but continue on bashing Linux, so I have decided to publish this article.

As you all know, Windows 7 is officially released at 22nd October 2009. It is serve as a replacement of Windows Vista. I’m sure a lot people wondering why is Windows 7 release so fast while Vista only on the market officially just for 2 years time? I will explain that later.

Vista was released 30th January 2007. It had been a long waited OS from Microsoft by a lot of people. But everyone was very frustrated with the result as Vista was consuming too much disk space, RAM etc. The minimum requirement that Vista require is too high, until most people not able to catch up. A lot of people was forced to upgrade the PC just to be able to install Vista.

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Now Test your SMTP Configuration using this ASP Page.

You can also test Gmail / Yahoo Email Send functionality using this Page.

Instructions to follow:

1. Save the source Code in ASP Page
2. Move the ASP Page on the root of your website / VD (or any other Location)
3. Visit the URL of your webpage via (http://xxxxxxx/xxx.asp)
4. Fill in the required details
5. By default SMTP Service’s Port is 25.

Source Code :

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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME=”GENERATOR” Content=”Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0″>
<TITLE>Send Mail</TITLE>

<script language =”javascript”>

function IsEmpty(strValue)
{ 
 strValue = TrimAll(strValue);

 if(strValue.length==0)
    return true;
    else
     return false;

} 

function TrimAll(sString)
 {
  while (sString.substring(0,1) == ‘ ‘)
  {
   sString = sString.substring(1, sString.length);
  }
  
  while (sString.substring(sString.length-1, sString.length) == ‘ ‘)
  {
   sString = sString.substring(0,sString.length-1);
  }
  
  return sString;
 }

function IsValidEmailAddress(strEmail)
{
 var EmailFilter=/^(.+@.+\..{2,3}){0,1}$/;
 if(!(EmailFilter.test(strEmail)))
  return false;
 else
  return true;
}

function SubmitME()
{

 /* var objData ;
 
 objData = document.getElementById(“txtFrom”) ;
 if(IsEmpty(objData.value))
 {
  alert(“Please provide from email address.”);
  return false;
 }
 else if(!IsValidEmailAddress(objData.value))
 {
  alert(“Please provide valid from email address.”);
  return false;
 }
 
 */

 document.getElementById(“hidAction”).value = “SEND”;
 document.frmMail.action = “SendEmail.asp”;
 document.frmMail.submit();  
}
</script>

</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM NAME=”frmMail” method=”post”>
 <%
  if Len(TRIM(Request.Form(“hidAction”))) <> 0 And  TRIM(UCASE(Request.Form(“hidAction”))) = “SEND” Then

   
  Dim strError ,strFrom,strTO,strCC,strBCC,strSubject,strMessage,strSMTPServer,strUserID,strPassword
  Dim intPortNo
  Dim objMail
  DIm iConf,Flds
  set objMail = Server.CreateObject(“CDO.Message”)
  Set iConf = Server.CreateObject(“CDO.Configuration”)
  Set Flds = iConf.Fields

  strFrom = Trim(Request.Form(“txtFrom”))
  strTO = Trim(Request.Form(“txtTO”))
  strCC = Trim(Request.Form(“txtCC”))
  strBCC = Trim(Request.Form(“txtBCC”))
  strSubject = Trim(Request.Form(“txtSubject”))
  strMessage = Trim(Request.Form(“txtMessage”))
  
  intPortNo = Trim(Request.Form(“txtPort”))

  strSMTPServer = Trim(Request.Form(“txtSMTPServer”))
  strUserID= Trim(Request.Form(“txtUserID”))
  strPassword = Trim(Request.Form(“txtPassword”))
   
  if (TRIM(UCASE(Request.Form(“optServer”)))) = “LL” Then
      
   objMail.From = strFrom
   objMail.Subject = strSubject
   objMail.To = strTO

   if Len(Trim(strCC)) <> 0 Then
    objMail.Cc  = strCC
   END IF
  
   if Len(Trim(strBCC)) <> 0 Then
    objMail.Bcc = strBCC
   END IF

   objMail.HTMLBody = strMessage
      
   objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing“) = 2
   ’Name or IP of Remote SMTP Server
   objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver“) = “127.0.0.1″
   ’Server port (typically 25)
   objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport“) = intPortNo
   objMail.Configuration.Fields.Update
   
   objMail.Send
   set objMail = nothing
   
   strError = “Mail sent !”
   ’Local as a SMTP Server :-127.0.0.1
  Else
    
    ’REsponse.Write “strSMTPServer” & strSMTPServer
    ’REsponse.Write (TRIM(UCASE(Request.Form(“optEnableSSL”)))) 
    ’Response.End()
    Const cdoSendUsingPickup = 1 ‘Send message using the local SMTP service pickup directory.
    Const cdoSendUsingPort = 2 ‘Send the message using the network (SMTP over the network).
    Const cdoAnonymous = 0 ‘Do not authenticate
    Const cdoBasic = 1 ‘basic (clear-text) authentication
    Const cdoNTLM = 2 ‘NTLM
    objMail.Subject = strSubject
    objMail.From = strFrom
    objMail.To = strTO
    objMail.TextBody = strMessage

    IF Len(Trim(strCC)) <> 0 Then
     objMail.Cc = strCC
    END IF
  
    IF Len(Trim(strBCC)) <> 0 Then
     objMail.Bcc = strBCC
    END IF

    ’==This section provides the configuration information for the remote SMTP server.
    
    schema = “http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/“
    Flds.Item(schema & “sendusing”) = 2
    Flds.Item(schema & “smtpserver”) = strSMTPServer
    Flds.Item(schema & “smtpserverport”) = intPortNo
    Flds.Item(schema & “smtpauthenticate”) = 1
    Flds.Item(schema & “sendusername”) = strUserID
    Flds.Item(schema & “sendpassword”) =  strPassword
    IF(TRIM(UCASE(Request.Form(“optEnableSSL”))))=”T” THEN
     Flds.Item(schema & “smtpusessl”) = 1
    ELSE
     Flds.Item(schema & “smtpusessl”) = 0
    END IF 
    Flds.Update 

    ’objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing“) = 2

    ’Name or IP of Remote SMTP Server
    ’objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver“) =strSMTPServer

    ’Type of authentication, NONE, Basic (Base64 encoded), NTLM
    ’objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate“) = cdoBasic
    ’Your UserID on the SMTP server
    ’objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername“) =strUserID
    ’Your password on the SMTP server
    ’objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword“) = strPassword
    ’Server port (typically 25)
    ’objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport“) = intPortNo
    ’Use SSL for the connection (False or True)
    ’IF(TRIM(UCASE(Request.Form(“optEnableSSL”))))=”T” THEN
    ’ objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl“) = False
    ’ELSE 
    ’ objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl“) = True
    ’END IF
    
    ’Connection Timeout in seconds (the maximum time CDO will try to establish a connection to the SMTP server)
    ’objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item(“http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpconnectiontimeout“) = 60

    ’objMail.Configuration.Fields.Update

    ’==End remote SMTP server configuration section==
    objMail.Configuration=iConf
 
    objMail.Send()
    strError = “Mail sent !”
  End if

  REsponse.Write strError
  Response.End
 END IF
%>

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME=”GENERATOR” Content=”Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0″>
<TITLE>Send Email</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM NAME=frmTest method=post action=”SendEmail.asp”>
 <table bgcolor=”#e9f5fe” >
 <tr>
  <td>
   From :
  </td>
  <td>
   <input id=”txtFrom” type=text name=”txtFrom” size=30 value=”Admin@PMAM.com”></td>
 </tr>
 
 <tr>
  <td>
   To :</td>
  <td>
   <input id=”txtFrom0″ type=text name=”txtTO” size=30 value=”KedarK@PMAM.com”></td>
 </tr>
 
 <tr>
  <td>
   CC :</td>
  <td>
   <input id=”txtCC” type=text name=”txtCC” size=30 value=”VinayZ@PMAM.com”></td>
 </tr>
 
 <tr>
  <td>
   BCC :</td>
  <td>
   <input id=”txtBCC” type=text name=”txtBCC” size=30></td>
 </tr>
 
 <tr>
  <td>
   Subject :</td>
  <td>
   <input id=”txtSubject” type=text name=”txtSubject” size=30 value=”This is a Test Message”></td>
 </tr>
 
 <tr>
  <td height=”53″ valign=”top”>
   Message :</td>
  <td height=”53″>
   <textarea rows=”6″ name=”txtMessage” id=”txtMessage” cols=”25″></textarea></td>
 </tr>
 
 <tr>
  <td>
   Port :</td>
  <td>
   <input id=”txtPort” type=text name=”txtPort” value=465 size=8>
   <input type=”Checkbox” value=”T” name=”optEnableSSL” Checked> Enable SSL
   </td>
 </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
   SMTP Server :</td>
  <td>
   <input type=”radio” value=”LL” name=”optServer”> Local</td>
 </tr>
 
 <tr>
  <td>
   &nbsp;</td>
  <td>
   <input type=”radio” value=”TP” name=”optServer” checked> Third Party</td>
 </tr>
 
 <tr>
  <td>
   &nbsp;</td>
  <td>
   <table border=”0″ width=”100%” id=”table1″>
    <tr>
  <td>
   SMTP Server :  
  </td>
     <td>
   <input id=”txtSMTPServer” type=text name=”txtSMTPServer” size=30 value=”SMTP.GMail.Com”></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
  <td>
   User ID :</td>
     <td>
   <input id=”txtUserID” type=text name=”txtUserID” size=30 value=”   @GMail.Com”></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td>Password :</td>
     <td>
   <input id=”txtFrom7″ type=password  name=”txtPassword” size=30></td>
    </tr>
   </table>
  </td>
 </tr>
 
 <tr>
  <td>
   &nbsp;</td>
  <td>
   <input type=button name=”btnSend” value=”SEND” onclick=”return SubmitME();”>
   <input id=”hidAction” name=”hidAction” type =”hidden”  value=”COMPOSE” />
  </td>  
 </tr>
</table> 
</Form> 
</BODY>
</HTML>

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I work in a newspaper office. Its very small and has even a smaller budget.  When I started here, I had an older computer that had a few problems.  I don’t know how the other people who had my position used it, but it was not long until I was having problems.  The power supply was bad and would overheat, causing the computer to lock up and occasionally crash.  The control S key was my lifesaver many times as I learned that I often had to rebuild my work from scratch if I did not.   It was common for me to work about 10 minutes then save.

Well I kept the beast up for about another year, working with the case off so that it was not quite as likely to over heat.  We had a big project beginning of May and it began to get a few quirks.  Luckily, it lasted until after the project was complete before it died.  I just turned it on one morning and it kept locking up,  it would not even run on safe mode!  Turns out the power supply finally gave up the goat and died.  The hard drive was salvageable and we were able to get the stuff onto a portable hard drive, but the tower itself was finished.

Since the budget here is so limited, we moved the computer from the front to my station.  I thought my computer was old, but this thing?  It’s a dinosaur!  I’m not sure what all it has in it, but I still think there is a hamster in there somewhere doing computations it is so slow.  It runs on win. 2000 and barely at that.  I have to be careful not to have too many windows open as they will go poof!  And the best part? It will not support some of the programs we use here every day, for instance it will only update to Adobe reader 5…  the rest of the computers here in the office use at least 6 or 7 I think.  I cannot open most pdf’s from the internet or from my email.

This morning, when I turned on my computer I looked at the time.  It read 6:48 a.m.  Apparently this old dog didn’t get the updates on when daylight savings time begins.  I doubt that it can be updated.  But heck I wish I could go on its time.  I would get an extra hours sleep!

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Τρεις από τις δημοφιλέστερες εταιρίες του χώρου των Antivirus & Security (Kaspersky, Panda, IObit) θέλοντας να τιμήσουν την σημερινή ημέρα κυκλοφορίας των Windows 7, προσφέρουν εντελώς δωρεάν μόνο για σήμερα 22 Οκτ. 2009 ένα (1) χρόνο δωρεάν συνδρομής.[next]