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I had lot's of fun on this show.. Pile of things to cover. I am headed to Texas next week so will be taking the show on the road. I will be doing a Thanksgiving evening show so if your full of Turkey and still awake, I will try and knock out a show earlier in the evening Hawaii time.
Some news reports out today are leading the public to believe that the April 1st threat of Conficker has been a whole lot of nothing. Yes, the worm had a trigger date to take over machines on the 1st, and for machines that weren't protected, that takeover happened. I'm currently working with a friend of my son's on one of
How many of the geeks out there are safe from Conflicker, a nasty little worm set to go all doomsday on us on April 1st? Hopefully, 99.9% of us are (there's never a 100% guarantee). I know I am, as is every machine on my home network and that I have control over at work. But what about those family
This is a monster show with a huge number of listener comments that I had to get caught up. This show is packed end to end with good info. Sponsors: Sponsor: Save Money with all our GoDaddy Codes see our Promo Code Page [Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit card needed.] Twitter Me http://www.twitter.com/geeknews My Facebook
Panda Software, a respected vendor of antivirus software applications within the technical community, has named a Trojan, Downloader.GK, as the most malicious virus of 2004. Even though Downloader.GK isn't technically a virus, an application that independently distributes itself, the program has caused the most damage to users' computers, according to data collected by Panda Software's ActiveScan process. Until now, the
The new Santy worm uses the Google search engine to find vulnerable websites and then defaces the sites' bulletin boards. The worm, formally named Net-Worm.Perl.Santy, attacks website bulletin boards (Internet forums or message centers) running versions of the popular phpBB bulletin board application. The worm exploits a known security vulnerability in early releases of the phpBB application, defacing the contents
Watch out for a special present included with your e-mail Christmas greetings. A mass-mailing worm, W32/Zafi.d@MM or Zafi.d, is making the rounds of e-mail users and is transmitted in the form of a Christmas greeting card with the subject line of either "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays." The e-mail message will appear to come from one of your acquaintances. The