The email, which contained no body text, included a dot-SCR screen saver dummy file within an executable RTF file, the spokeman said. T is for Two-factor authentication The spokesman added that all the emails were addressed to a single person...
Adware and spyware writers' favourite tricks will be banned by the pack: Microsoft have promised no more pop-unders, no more unwanted Flash ads, no ads bigger than the screen so that you can't find the close box, that kind of thing.
A situation where the screen may go blank when a user tries to upgrade the video driver has been addressed, as has a problem with the screen going blank after an external display device connected to the computer is turned off.
The group has confirmed the vulnerability on a system with IE 6 on Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and all current patches, this person said. The malicious code embedded in the websites installs a backdoor on the computer of the person who visits it...
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first Vista service pack may serve dual purposes for Microsoft: fixing the operating system's rough edges while simultaneously indicating that it's ready for mass adoption. Also, the company urged businesses not to wait for a service pack to...
Windows Vista is not even fully out the door but Redmond is already laying the groundwork for its first service pack release of bug fixes and other enhancements for the operating system. Understandably, the company has not finalised what it will...