Well it’s a sort of birthday. As of 23:31:30 today, UNix will be 1234567890 seconds old! Google has celebrated with yet another unique graphic for the occasion. Click on the link below for a Google search on this string: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=unix+1234567890&ct=unix1234567890&oi=ddle Unix’s calendar started the first second after the end of the sixties. Like all clocks [...]
Problems with Conficker or Downadup?Or How to Disable Autoruns – to Stop This Particular Infection Route This is a brief summary of what to do… Make sure you have a proper anti-virus program running NOD32 is a good one! AVG is too Kaspersky, Trend, CA are also good brands Make sure your anti-virus is current and updated. Check like [...] |
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Bad PasswordsIn a follow up to my earlier post about the current rampant piece of malware, Computer Piracy on the High Seas, I’ve found that the malware, variously called Downadup, Conficker, and Kido scans an in-built list of well-used passwords. So if your password is on this list, change it now! :-) Ha Ha. 123 1234 [...] |
Computer Piracy on the High SeasIn an amazingly co-incidental follow up to my earlier post, Not all Pirates Win, but Most Do!, on the very same day news was just being released that some Royal Navy ships had their NavyStar (N*) computers compromised by a virus originating from “the former eastern bloc”. Token News Links: Royal Navy warships lose email [...] |
