Vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Microsoft is investigating a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user. When using Internet Explorer, code execution is remote and may not require any user intervention.
We are aware of attacks attempting to exploit the vulnerability.
Our investigation has shown that there are no by-design uses for this ActiveX Control in Internet Explorer which includes all of the Class Identifiers within the msvidctl.dll that …

Are you frustrating with Vista security measures that always annoy you with UAC popup? Did you feel you want trow away your PC when it do that even though you are an Administrator? Calm down. Frust no more. Just follow this steps.
Using msconfig.
1. At vista run menu, type “msconfig”
2. At the tools tab, scroll down until you find “Disable UAC”
3. Click on it and press launch.
4. A popup will appear wait untill it finished.
5. Reboot the pc.

Using Control panel.
1. Open User Accounts at control panel.
2. Click “Turn User Account Control …

The active, vocal forum environment has become a destination of choice for all types of users who want latest information on Internet security
Jersey City, NJ, July 31, 2008 – Comodo, a global leader in Identity and Trust Assurance Management solutions, announced today that the Comodo Forum has emerged as the destination of choice for people interested in having up to date information related to PC security and staying safe online. Since its launch in 2006, the Comodo Forum with 50,000 members now represents a large constituency of a diverse set …

Recently i get the following error when i try to post something in my blog.
Not Acceptable
An appropriate representation of the requested resource /wp-admin/post.php could not be found on this server.
Googling around and found the solution. It need to be add in your .htaccess file.
<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine on
</IfModule>

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When the first time you installed Ubuntu, there is no password for root account. You have to set it first for a security reason.
You must type “sudo passwd”
hostmaster@hostmaster-desktop:~$ sudo passwd
[sudo] password for hostmaster:
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
To login as root, type “su”
hostmaster@hostmaster-desktop:~$ su
Password:
root@hostmaster-desktop:/home/hostmaster#
The “#” indicate that you are login as root.

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April 22, 2008 – Rack-Soft launched today the latest version of the backup solution for Parallels Plesk. 4PSA Total Backup 2 is a Parallels Plesk add-on that automates the server backup processes and maximizes hosting server availability. This release of the popular 4PSA backup solution comes with new features and design enhancements oriented to improve usability, flexibility, and server performance during the backup job.
4PSA Total Backup handles the entire backup lifecycle: backup, storage, alerting, restore. The software is also able to encrypt backups, a very important feature targeted to customers …

CAPTCHA or the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart is widely advertised but one wonders if it is really useful or not. But, before we discuss its practical utility, let us see what CAPTCHA is all about. It is a test, which helps the computer to distinguish between machines and human beings. It creates and grades tests that automatically accept all humans and reject all machines.
It gives you a test to decipher distorted numbers and letters, which are pretty easy for a person to do, …

Have you ever had pop up after pop up on your computer screen? Or have you ever seen it happen on someone else’s? This is something that is happening everyday. What is it? It is either Adware or Spyware.
What is Spyware?
Spyware is a program that monitors or spies on what computer users do on their computers. They then send the information that is gathered over the internet back to companies. The companies then bombard computers with advertisements.
What is Adware?
Adware is a program that monitors or spies on what computer users …

When thin clients first appeared on the market over 10 years ago, IBM was a great proponent of this technology even though the first units had slow CPUs, limited memory, and Linux-based operating systems. In the early days of thin clients, networks were still employing hubs instead of switches. Hubs share all network traffic with all the attached devices; therefore, this type of technology did not work well with the boot-server type of thin clients. In other words, when many thin clients were started at the same time, the network …

MCSE stands for Microsoft certified system engineer. An MCSE professional can become a system and network administrator, capable of working on Servers, Windows 2000 and 2003, Active Directory, MS Exchange 2000 and 2003, and SQL Server 2000. He can also become an infrastructure management analyst if he possesses additional qualifications, such as Citrix and back-up Wintel Engineering.
Other jobs include server management, for which it is mandatory to be a MCSE, with the ability to recognize, troubleshoot and repair complex systems, storage, networking and equipment issues. Candidates can also perform the …