November 2006 - Posts

WARNING: Phishing Scam on MySpace. Test your profile themes!

I went to post a comment on a friends MySpace profile tonight, and I clicked the top navigation banner to go Home to my main screen. I could have chosen Mail or Bog does not matter. Instead I got re-directed to a login screen and thought it was a corny flaky MySpace server. It was not, I looked at the URL and guess what? I had been phished. And IE7's Phishing filter does not even have a clue (Nor does the latest version of FireFox.). I had to report the profile to MySpace saying I think the user did not know and I told my friend his theme is phishing people for passwords. I know my friend would not do this, so what is the point?

When you apply a theme to MySpace from a theme site, test out the MySpace links and if they try to phish someone, report them to MySpace and get your theme from another site.

How do you know if you maybe phished?
Your in the middle of doing something and your asked to login. I know MySpace does this on occasion due to a server hiccup or an expired cookie, but if Internet Explorers password fill-in does not work or just look up the the URL is www.cake.fi with a MySpace login. Immediately let the user know and go directly back to MySpace by typing www.myspace.com.

If, like me did not catch it change your password. Here is a catch, cannot be more than 10 characters long. Kinda hard to make one to remember and be secure? Why are there these limitations on services, if your gonna put one on make it 25 characters or something.

Update: The website takes your login info, runs a script on myspace and it will add the phishing info to your profile. It sticks the code at the end of your About Me section so look for foreign code and you can then remove it. Like mine I saw Cakeit in it so I deleted all that plus up to the <Style and then I saw I lost the nav bar, so I went and deleted to the next <style and it was back to normal. Please check back, I may edit / add more later.

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BlueScreen Screen Saver v3.2

 

One of the most feared colors in the NT world is blue. The infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) will pop up on an NT system whenever something has gone terribly wrong. Bluescreen is a screen saver that not only authentically mimics a BSOD, but will simulate startup screens seen during a system boot.

• On NT 4.0 installations it simulates chkdsk of disk drives with errors!

• On Win2K and Windows 9x it presents the Win2K startup splash screen, complete with rotating progress band and progress control updates!

• On Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 it present the XP/Server 2003 startup splash screen with progress bar!

Bluescreen cycles between different Blue Screens and simulated boots every 15 seconds or so. Virtually all the information shown on Bluescreen's BSOD and system start screen is obtained from your system configuration - its accuracy will fool even advanced NT developers. For example, the NT build number, processor revision, loaded drivers and addresses, disk drive characteristics, and memory size are all taken from the system Bluescreen is running on.

Use Bluescreen to amaze your friends and scare your enemies!

Bluescreen runs on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 9x (it requires DirectX).

Source: BlueScreen Screen Saver v3.2 (Microsoft/SysInternals)

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Windows&reg; Defender has been updated!

 

Overview

This is the most current release of Windows Defender. If Windows Defender informed you that an update is available, you are running an older version. We encourage you to upgrade to this version. You can check your version of Windows Defender by clicking the down arrow next to the help icon and choosing ‘About Windows Defender’.
Note: If you have version 1.1.1592.0, you must first manually uninstall Windows Defender before you can install this newer version. To configure or remove the existing version, use Add/Remove programs in the Control Panel.
This release includes enhanced features that reflect ongoing input from customers, as well as Microsoft’s growing understanding of the malicious software landscape.

Source: Download details: Windows® Defender

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Microsoft Live Labs: Photosynth - What is Photosynth?

 

Our software takes a large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed three-dimensional space.

With Photosynth you can:

  • Walk or fly through a scene to see photos from any angle.
  • Seamlessly zoom in or out of a photo whether it's megapixels or gigapixels in size.
  • See where pictures were taken in relation to one another.
  • Find similar photos to the one you're currently viewing.
  • Send a collection - or a particular view of one - to a friend.

Source: Microsoft Live Labs: Photosynth

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Windows Live OneCare (v1.5) and Windows Vista set to Launch Same Day (Plus Special Deal)

 

Windows Live OneCare Team Blog: Windows Live OneCare (v1.5) and Windows Vista set to Launch Same Day

As you may have heard, Microsoft announced some big news today – the Windows Vista has now been released to manufacturing and the general availability date is set for January 30, 2007!  So what does this mean for Windows Live OneCare?  Quite a bit.  The next generation of Windows Live OneCare (v1.5) will launch globally the same day Windows Vista rolls out to the general public.  Because the new version of OneCare was designed with Windows Vista in mind, we think every homeowner and small business owner that purchases Windows Vista for their PC will like OneCare equally as much for its unified antivirus and antispyware filtering capabilities, and more backup options, not to mention the ongoing PC maintenance it provides.

If you’re already a OneCare subscriber, we encourage you to check out Windows Vista when it comes out next year, knowing that OneCare will still be there to help you with your PC care needs.  And if you’re one of the lucky few who’s already running the pre-released version of Windows Vista, you can still test v1.5 of Windows Live OneCare by downloading it at http://ideas.live.com/. As the Windows Vista launch date nears, Microsoft will begin providing a special offer to Windows Live OneCare beta testers. We’ll share more details on the special offer soon.

All the best,

Gina, Lead Product Manager and OneCare team guest blogger

Source: Windows Live OneCare Team Blog: Windows Live OneCare (v1.5) and Windows Vista set to Launch Same Day

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BetaNews | Microsoft Shuts Down 'Max' Project

 

Microsoft Max, a beta application that was a testbed for new technologies and was designed to showcase the capabilities in Windows Vista's new graphics and communication frameworks has concluded, Microsoft disclosed this week...

Source: BetaNews | Microsoft Shuts Down 'Max' Project

 

I really liked this product, even saw a presentation by the team. I wish this product would come out as a free add-on, like Windows Live! Max.

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BetaNews | Microsoft Relaxes Vista License Terms

 

Responding to a wave of criticism following news that the licensing terms in Windows Vista allowed the operating system to be moved to another computer only once, Microsoft has changed its position and relaxed the restriction for retails copies of Vista...

Source: BetaNews | Microsoft Relaxes Vista License Terms

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BetaNews | Novell, Microsoft Ink Linux Partnership

In a surprise move that left many jaws on the floor, Microsoft and Novell held a joint press conference Thursday afternoon announcing a broad partnership to make sure Windows interoperates with SUSE Linux, and includes promises not to sue over patents

Link to BetaNews | Novell, Microsoft Ink Linux Partnership

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