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Getting Around IE 7 App Problems
By Jim Rapoza
While IE 7 is a major upgrade from IE 6, the big changes in standards support and security defaults have caused problems with applications that thought that they were optimized for IE. One of the main culprits is the strict lockdown attitude that now IE 7 takes towards ActiveX controls. One vendor that has run into problems is McAfee and their suggestions on getting their products to work with IE 7 will probably be helpful to many users who are running into similar application problems. << Back to home
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After installing Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) , McAfee Consumer 2007 products do not update correctly
Summary: This document explains how to perform a manual update of the McAfee Consumer 2007 products after installing Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7).
Affected Products:
* McAfee VirusScan 11.0
* McAfee Security Center 7.0
* McAfee Personal firewall Plus 8.0
* McAfee SpamKiller 8.0
* McAfee Privacy Services 9.0
* McAfee Data Backup 1.0
* McAfee Wireless Network Security 2.0
* McAfee Site Advisor 1.6
* McAfee Easy Network 1.0
* McAfee Network Manager 1.0
* McAfee Anti-Spyware 3.0
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
Affected Operating Systems:
* Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
* Microsoft Windows XP Professional
* Microsoft Windows XP Home
Description
After installing IE 7, multiple yellow Information Bars will be displayed when you attempt to update McAfee Consumer 2007 products. Nine Information Bar warnings must be accepted to successfully update the products.
Solution
Update the McAfee Consumer 2007 products
1. Right-click the McAfee icon and select Update. A browser window opens and displays website declined to show this webpage.
2. Click Go back to the previous page. A Log In window displays.
3. Type the email address and password for your account and click Log in. An information bar is displayed.
4. Click the information bar to continue. The Internet Explorer - Security Warning window displays:
Do you want to install this software?
McAfee installer Control.
5. Click More Options, and set the option to the one desired.
Ask me every time is set by default.
* Always install software from "McAfee, Inc."
* Never install software from "McAfee, Inc."
* Ask me every time.
6. Click Update. A Log In window is displayed.
7. Type the email address and password for your account and click Log in.
8. Click the information bar to continue and select Run ActiveX control from the dropdown window. The Internet Explorer - Security Warning window displays:
Do you want to run this ActiveX control?
Microsoft License Manager DLL.
9. Click Run.
10. Click the information bar to continue. The Internet Explorer - Security Warning window displays:
Do you want to run this ActiveX control?
McAfee installer Control.
11. Click Run.
12. Click the information bar to continue. The Internet Explorer - Security Warning window displays:
Do you want to run this ActiveX control?
McAfee Download control.
13. Click Run.
14. Click the information bar to continue. The Internet Explorer - Security Warning window displays:
Do you want to run this ActiveX control?
McAfee installer Control.
15. Click Run.
16. Click the information bar to continue. The Internet Explorer - Security Warning window displays:
Do you want to run this ActiveX control?
McAfee installer Control.
17. Click Run.
18. Click the information bar to continue. The Internet Explorer - Security Warning window displays:
Do you want to run this ActiveX control?
McAfee installer Control.
19. The information bar displays that a pop-up was blocked.
20. Click Update. the McAfee update window displays with an information bar at the top.
21. Click the information bar to continue and select Run ActiveX control from the dropdown window. The Internet Explorer - Security Warning window displays:
Do you want to run this ActiveX control?.
McAfee Installer control.
22. Click Run.
23. Click the information bar to continue. The Internet Explorer - Security Warning window displays:
Do you want to run this ActiveX control?
McAfee Installer Control.
24. Click Next.
25. Click Restart.
Additional information
* For instructions on Installing McAfee Consumer products in IE 7 Click here
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/faq3.asp?docid=410052
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31. October 2006 @ 09:44 |
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MY PROBLEM...I NEED A WEATHER BALLOON,
Condom woes lead to erection 'deflation'
* 16:59 31 October 2006
* NewScientist.com news service
* Anna Gosline
The nervous excitement of sex with a new partner, paired with ill-fitting condoms and men?s lack of confidence in condom application can lead to high levels of erection loss, say researchers.
Such ?deflation? can lead men to engage in unprotected sex, raising risks of sexually transmitted infections.
?These men are more likely going to take condoms off before sex is over or not use condoms altogether. They just give up on condom use because they know they are not going to have reliable erections, and this puts them and their partners at risk.? So says Cynthia Graham, Associate Research Fellow at Kinsey Institute for Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University, US and clinical psychologist at University of Oxford, UK.
Graham and colleagues surveyed 278 men attending a sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic in the US. All had used a condom for sex at least three times in the prior three months.
Participants were asked whether they had experienced erection loss, and reported their number of sexual partners, the frequency of unprotected sex, problems with condom breakage or slippage and the fit and feel of condoms. The men were also assessed for confidence in their skill at applying condoms.
Responding to loss
The researchers found that 37% of men had at least one erection loss either while applying condoms or during sex in the previous three months. Men who reported erection loss had more unprotected sex over the study period ? an average of 10.6 times, versus 7.0 times for those with no erection loss.
And 40% of men with erection loss reported removing condoms before sex was over ? twice as many as those with no erection problems. Men who had three or more sexual partners over the study period, participants who had trouble applying condoms and men who experienced problems with condom comfort were all almost twice as likely to lose their erections.
Men that had multiple partners were likely having sex with new partners, which can increase anxiety and lead to erection loss, says Graham.
Though improved condom education is key, especially for a high risk population attending an STI clinic, the issue is bigger, says Graham. ?We know that a lot of men aren?t aware that it is usual to lose your erection. So it?s not just education about proper condom use, it?s about men?s sexuality. No man is completely invincible, even younger men. It?s how they respond to erection loss that is important.?
Journal Reference: Sexual Health (November issue, 2006)
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31. October 2006 @ 09:45 |
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Comcast caters to horror fans
October 31, 2006 9:07 AM PST
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Slasher film fans hold onto your heads, Comcast has created a Web site and video-on-demand channel that caters to fans of horror films.
The site called FearNet.com launched appropriately on Tuesday?Halloween. There's no question the horror genre is hot with Hollywood blockbuster movies such as "Saw III" topping box office sales.
FearNet offers movie titles and other content from Sony and Lionsgate on the Internet as well as through its video-on-demand service. The list of movies includes famous slasher titles such as "Halloween" and classic scary movies, such as "Carrie", as well as suspense thrillers like "Jagged Edge".
Registered users or "victims", as FearNet calls them, are also able to buy or rent movies on the site and download them onto their computers using the video download service Guba. Titles range in price from $0.99 to $9.99. They can also buy ringtones and wall papers for their mobile phones. FearNet also has developed a user community that allows fans to chat in open forums, create Web pages and post pictures. Eventually, they'll allow fans to post their own short videos.
Posted by Marguerite Reardon
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31. October 2006 @ 13:05 |
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New attack can flatten XP firewall
Posted by l33tdawg on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 12:26 AM (Reads: 1623)
Source: Computer World
Hackers have published code that could let an attacker disable the Windows firewall on certain Windows XP machines. The code, which was posted on the Internet early Sunday morning, could be used to disable the Windows firewall on a fully patched Windows XP PC that was running Windows' Internet Connection Service (ICS). This service allows Windows users to essentially turn their PC into a router and share their Internet connection with other computers on the local area network (LAN.) It is typically used by home and small-business users. The attacker could send a malicious data packet to another PC using ICS that would cause the service to terminate. Because this service is connected to the Windows firewall, this packet would also cause the firewall to stop working, said Tyler Reguly, a research engineer at nCircle Network Security Inc., who has blogged about the issue.
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31. October 2006 @ 15:11 |
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would it be a good idea to wait e.g. maybe 6 months for IE7 to maybe get most of the bugs out before considering downloading.
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Good morning ireland my friend, and all the other members. Third cup of coffee and finally can catch up on some news......then yard cleanup from Halloween decorations. The older I get the harder these holidays become, too much work :)
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1. November 2006 @ 04:36 |
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Good morning Arniebear; how have you been? Living in downtown Philly, halloween is more of an adult occasion than one for kids. I should have taken today out of work and gone bar hopping last night. Would have been a great night for people watching which I always find amusing.
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1. November 2006 @ 04:45 |
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what i look like b-4 me first cup of coffee..
good morning arniebear and to ye all..
FREE,OUTLOOK EXPRESS TWEAKER..........
Tweaker for Outlook Express allows you to: hide ?MSN Messenger? in Outlook Express menu. turn off the Outlook Express splash screen. change the path where message attachments are stores. change the path where Address Book is stored. change the Outlook Express start page location. use smooth message scrolling. hide the Accounts Settings dialog from menu (to protect it from the changes). block executable attachments to protect you from the viruses. hide or show the attached images at the bottom of the message. change the Windows title for the dialogs of Outlook Express. change the small animation logos in Outlook Express and Internet Explorer. change the indent character from " -> " to other when you reply the message. change the database location for messages and news. hide ?Hotmail? tab from menu ?Tools? -> ?New Account Signup?.....(free).....GO THERE!
http://www.mapilab.com/outlook_express/tweaker/
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1. November 2006 @ 04:58 |
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new update
ieSpell 2.5.1 (Build 106)
Author: Red Egg Software
Date: 2006-10-31
Size: 2 Mb
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All
eSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage. It should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of web-based text entry (e.g. web mails, forums, blogs, diaries). Even if your web application already includes spell checking functionality, you might still want to install this utility because it is definitely much faster than a server-side solution. Plus you get to store and use your personal word list across all your applications, instead of maintaining separate ones on each application.
The program installs as a new button in the IE toolbar (as well as a new menu item under Tools) - after filling in a form, just hit the ieSpell button and it pops up a dialog, similar to the MS Word spell check.
ieSpell is not spyware or adware. Its free for personal and not-for-profit use. Commercial use requires a separate license.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2476.html
or the Author's Site
ieSpell v2.5.1 (build 106) released!
31/10/2006
This is primarily a maintenance release to fix a debug prompt that managed to slip into the last official build. Sorry about that! Also took the opportunity to add in a small feature:
* NEW - "Check Spelling" in Internet Explorer's right click menu now shows up in editable fields only.
http://www.iespell.com/
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1. November 2006 @ 05:12 |
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Hello gerry, been fine just really busy lately, not much time for anything. With 8 gkids it is always something, lol. Seems like Halloween has become a holiday for all, even the grownups get into it beyond parties. Never saw so many firepits going in my life, everyone in my neighborhood had one going at the end of their drive to hand out candy.....outs was Saturday Night and it ways windy and cold, thank the lord the rain got out of the way for awhile.
@ireland
That is how I looked this morning, you must have been peeking at my mirror.
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1. November 2006 @ 05:41 |
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RIAA sues wheelchair mother
p2pnet.net News:- In a new infamy, the Big Four Organized Music cartel's RIAA is suing a disabled, wheelchair-bound New York mother who's never downloaded a song in her life and who until the RIAA appeared, didn't know what file sharing was.
The RIAA (Recording Industry Assocation of America) accuses Rae Schwartz of distributing music online.
However, her lawyer, Ray Beckerman, is making a counterclaim for attorneys' fees and asking the Court for a pre-motion conference, or waiver of such a conference, so she can proceed ask for summary judgment.
In a court document, Beckerman states:
The plaintiffs have engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the Courts of the United States, by bringing lawsuits against persons who are not known to have infringed copyrights, and to make false and unsupported allegations that the defendants have infringed copyrights; by utilizing a corporation known as Settlement Support Center LLC to make extortionate threats of criminal action and of defaming defendants' names and credit; by conducting ex parte 'John Doe' lawsuits which they have no intention of pursuing, but in which they interact with Judges, Magistrates, and other officials on a daily basis, without notice or opportunity to be heard being offered to defendants; by bringing the 'John Doe' lawsuits in jurisdictions far removed from the domiciles of the 'John Does' so that they have no meaningful opportunity to be heard or to retain counsel of their own choosing; by sending out press releases for the purpose of humiliating, embarrassing, and extorting; and by other unconscionable conduct.
Stay tuned.
http://p2pnet.net/story/10289?PHPSESSID=...874784fe5198bc3
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
New Contested Case in Brooklyn, Elektra v. Schwartz
A disabled mother, who has never engaged in file sharing or downloading, has been sued in Brooklyn, in Elektra v. Schwartz. She has interposed a counterclaim for attorneys fees, and has asked the Court for a premotion conference, or waiver of such a conference, so that she can proceed with a motion for summary judgment:
Answer and Counterclaim*
Exhibit A to Answer and Counterclaim (Amicus Brief in Capitol Records v. Debbie Foster)*
October 28, 2006, Letter of Ray Beckerman to Judge Trager (In connection with summary judgment motion)*
November 1, 2006, Letter of Richard J. Guida to Judge Trager (In connection with summary judgment motion)*
* Document published online at Internet Law & Regulation
Commentary & discussion:
p2pnet.net
LittleRadio.com
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http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspo...yn-elektra.html
court info
Provided as a courtesy from Internet Law & Regulation
http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?fil...anscounterclaim
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1. November 2006 @ 05:46 |
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My Dad turned 100 in June. It was amazing when I went home a couple of weeks ago...five generations at one table... dad, two of his three kids, seven grand kids, 18 great grand kids and just one great great grand son. (Not all were there though).
Edit: It would have been great to have Dad's older sister there LOL! She's 102. They're the last two of 18 kids. (Catholic farmers lol!)
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Blockbuster to take mail order returns at stores
11/1/2006 9:47:58 AM, by Eric Bangeman
Effective today, customers of Blockbuster's online DVD rental service?Blockbuster Online?will be able return movies to the company's stores through a program called Blockbuster Total Access. Blockbuster Online customers who opt to drive their rented DVDs to a local Blockbuster for return will be rewarded with a coupon for a free in-store rental. Those rentals would then be subject to regular store rental terms and would have to be returned at the same store from which they were rented.
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1. November 2006 @ 06:17 |
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AVG Free? Nope... not any more.
Posted by: Digital Dave on November 01, 2006 8:48 AM
As of January 15 of 2007 AVG free will go the way of the dinosaur's.
- grisoft.com
STAY PROTECTED: Your AVG Anti-Virus Free 7.1 will be discontinued on 15. January 2007!
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1. November 2006 @ 06:22 |
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Firefox - Fasterfox 2.0.0
Posted by: Digital Dave on November 01, 2006 8:26 AM
Updated for people who love updates.
- fasterfox.mozdev.org
Fasterfox - performance and network tweaks for Firefox.
* Prefetch Links
Dynamic speed increases can be obtained with Fasterfox's unique prefetching mechanism, which recycles idle bandwidth by silently loading and caching all of the links on the page you are browsing.
* Tweak Network
Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay.
* Page Load Timer
A millisecond accurate page load timer tests the effectiveness of your settings.
* Block Popups
A popup blocker for popups initiated by Flash plug-ins is also included.
* Locales included for Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Frisian, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.
Download Fasterfox (Requires Firefox 1.5 - 2.0)
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1. November 2006 @ 06:25 |
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iTunes 7.0.2
Posted by: Digital Dave on October 31, 2006 11:07 PM
Fixes, fixes, and more fixes...
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iTunes 7.0.2
Author: Apple Computer
Date: 2006-10-31
Size: 35 Mb
License: Freeware
Requires: Win XP/2K
Download iTunes 7 and make yourself at home. Buy music, movies, TV shows, and audiobooks, or download free podcasts from the iTunes Store 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Play everything on your Mac or PC. Then sync it to your iPod and bring it along. Anywhere.
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1. November 2006 @ 06:28 |
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S3 Twice as Power-Hungry as XBox 360
Posted by: Digital Dave on October 31, 2006 5:02 PM
Holy crap!
Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3, due on US shores on November 17, sucks up 380 watts of power, a far cry from the PS2 which sips a mere 45 watts. That means the PS3 uses more than twice the 160 watts consumed by the Xbox 360. The PS3's 380 watts will cost you around $40 a year to run if you play it two hours a day.
- gizmodo.com
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1. November 2006 @ 07:52 |
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I came across this newsstory that i just had to share with you boys and girls, because i believe it's a perfect example of how we should treat murderers, rapists and child molesters :
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/30/inmate.tattoo.ap/index.html
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Victim's cousin charged with tattooing killer
POSTED: 12:17 p.m. EST, October 30, 2006
COLUMBUS, Indiana (AP) -- An inmate accused of forcibly tattooing a slain 10-year-old girl's name onto her killer's forehead in an Indiana prison was the victim's cousin, a family friend said.
Jared Harris, 22, is a cousin of Katlyn "Katie" Collman, family friend and spokesman Terry Gray told The Republic newspaper. He said he did not believe they knew each other well.
Harris, 22, who is serving time on a burglary conviction at Wabash Valley state prison in Carlisle, has been charged with battery and accused of tattooing "KATIE'S REVENGE" across Anthony Ray Stockelman's forehead.
Harris told prison officials the attack was in revenge, according to an affidavit.
Stockelman is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to abducting, molesting and killing the fourth-grader, who lived about 70 miles south of Indianapolis. She was missing for five days before her body was found January 30, 2005, in a creek about 15 miles from her home.
The affidavit said that prison officials transferred Harris to the same prison wing as Stockelman on September 19, three days before the attack, and that Harris subsequently threatened Stockelman's life several times.
Harris slipped into the open cell Stockelman shared with another prisoner on September 22 and, when Stockelman returned, Harris closed the locking cell door, according to the affidavit.
Stockelman told investigators that Harris put his right hand around his throat and told him, "I'm either gonna stick you and leave you bleeding or I'm gonna tattoo you." After applying the tattoo, Harris discarded the tattoo gun in a prison trash can, he told investigators.
It was unclear how he had gotten the tattoo gun.
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Now this, i think, is a great example of frontier justice.
irc://arcor.de.eu.dal.net/wasted_hate
Wanna tell me off, go ahead.
I dare ya !
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1. November 2006 @ 08:10 |
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@The_FIend....here's his photo. It was on the front page of the Philly Daily News LOL! (must have been a slow day for news!):
Looks more like needles and ink than an actual gun.
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1. November 2006 @ 13:54 |
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ireland, they are just discontinuing AVG ver 7.1 free edition for ver 7.5. they did the same from ver 6 to ver 7.
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1. November 2006 @ 14:22 |
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when i posted the info i did not have time to check it out...
i just checked it,your right ddp
Get free anti-virus and anti-spyware
avg75free_430a828.exe 7.5.430
* AVG Anti-Virus Free
* AVG Anti-Spyware Free
AVG Anti-Virus Free and AVG Anti-Spyware Free is for private, non-commercial, single home computer use only.
New Free Anti-Virus
GRISOFT is announcing a new version of the AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. This new 7.5 version with improved performance and user interface is available. Users that are using AVG Free 7.1 will be provided with a specific dialog, within the next few weeks, with the opportunity to choose the right option fulfilling their needs. AVG Free 7.1 version will be discontinued on 15th of Jan 2007.
GRISOFT launched AVG 7.5 product line with new flagship - AVG Internet Security suite 7.5
GRISOFT today launched new version of its AVG security portfolio with improved performance and unified easy to use interface. The 7.5 lineup includes new products such as AVG Internet Security for complex protection against all types of internet threats, AVG Anti-Malware and AVG Anti-Spyware.
Learn more about new AVG 7.5
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1. November 2006 @ 14:33 |
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Another denial-of-service bug found in Firefox 2
By Joris Evers
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: November 1, 2006, 12:52 PM PST
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A second security flaw that could cause the new Firefox 2 browser to crash has been publicly disclosed.
The vulnerability lies in the way the open-source browser handles JavaScript code. Viewing a rigged Web page will cause the browser to exit, a representative for Mozilla, the publisher of the software, said Wednesday. Contrary to claims on security mailing lists, the bug cannot be exploited to run arbitrary code on a PC running Firefox 2, the representative said.
This flaw in the JavaScript Range object is different from the denial-of-service vulnerability in Firefox 2 that was confirmed by Mozilla last week. That bug is related to a more serious security hole, which was fixed in earlier versions of Firefox, the organization has said.
The two "crashers" are the only publicly released vulnerabilities that have been confirmed by Mozilla in the week since Firefox 2 was launched. The issues are only minor, the organization has said.
By contrast, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 update suffers from a spoofing flaw, discovered a week after Microsoft released IE 7 on Oct. 18. The vulnerability could help crooks mask phishing scams, the type of attack Microsoft designed the browser to thwart.
According to Secunia, a security monitoring company, there are at least two other vulnerabilities in IE 7. Microsoft has disputed these issues, saying that one reported problem lies in Outlook Express, not IE 7, and the other is a part of the product design, not a flaw.
Release of the new Web browsers set off a race among bug hunters to come up with the first security hole in either program. So far, though, none of the reported flaws could be exploited to hijack a PC running the browser, the most serious type of vulnerability.
http://news.com.com/Another+denial-of-se...ml?tag=nefd.top
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1. November 2006 @ 17:22 |
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gerry1, bieng from Philly are you familiar with 4th and Bainbridge?
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2. November 2006 @ 09:53 |
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RIAA goes after Santangelo kids
p2pnet.net News:- It was inevitable.
Having made New York mother Patti Santangelo's life quite literally a living hell, Warner Music, EMI, Sony BMG and Vivendi Universal have now turned their attentions to two of her children, Michelle, 20, and Robert, 16, going so far as to blackmail Robert's best friend into making statements against him.
"With Christmas only sixty days away, the Big Four Organized Music labels are bent on using children to continue their bizarre attack on people they allege have shared files online," p2pnet posted last year. Because, "looming over her children," Michelle, Nicole, Bobby Jack and Ryan, was the RIAA.
Members of the Organized Music cartel, the Big Four, are completely out of control as they go after, and deliberately and knowingly terrorize, innocent men and women, and even children, around the world who don't have a hope in hell of standing up to them, their billions of dollars, their corrupt political and media connections, their legions of lawyers.
'Competition' is an obscene word to Warner Music, et al. They have to have it all and as an integral part of their efforts to make sure they gain total control of how, and by whom, music is distributed online, they're accusing their own customers of being 'criminals' and 'thieves,' aided and abetted in this by the mainstream media who repeat cartel allegations unchallenged as though they're proven facts from credible sources.
Almost a year ago p2pnet readers decided to do what they could to help Patti Santangelo, the New York mother of five who decided she'd stand up to the Big Four.
They've so far contributed $14,299.41 to the Patti Santangelo Fight Goliath defence fund.
But who's standing up for Michelle and Robert as their legal representative? At the time of writing, no one.
'Hard fought discovery and investigation'
Here's part of what the Big Four say through Robinson & Cole and Holme Roberts & Owen, the companies fielding the teams of lawyers Warner Music, EMI, Sony BMG and Vivendi Universal are paying to savage the Santangelos.
Notwithstanding the vigorous and public denials by Patricia Santangelo and by the Defendants of their involvement in the substantial copyright infringement alleged, which denials went on for over one year, the evidence developed from these themselves and other witnesses in the Particia Santangelo Action has conclusively established that these Defendants are, indeed, responsible for the infringement at issue, having downloaded and distributed over 1,000 sound recordings through such sharing programs.
And,
...after a year of hard-fought and expensive discovery and investigation, Plaintiffs have discovered that both engaged in massive infringement at issue here. Indeed, notwithstanding their prior denials of their involvement, Defendant Michelle Santangelo has now admitted under oath to substantial and ongoing infringement of Plaintiff's significant copyright interests. Similarly, although Robert Santangelo, Jr. testified under oath that he took no part in the infringement at issue, his former neighbor and best friend testified at length as to how he and Defendant Robert Santangelo, Jr. had together downloaded a file-sharing program and distributed these same recordings (the neighbor has settled Plaintiff's claims against him by paying a settlement amount and by agreeing to the same injunctive language that Plaintiffs seek to have entered in this case).
The impression given is that Michelle was testifying during a trial. However, it was actually a deposition hearing during which is evidence given under oath for use in a court at some future date. In the US, it's part of the discovery process through which both sides get information from each other for the upcoming trial.
Jordan Glass, Patti Santangelos' lawyer, says he was there, but doesn't remember Michelle "admitting or acknowledging" downloading.
Michelle may be 20 how, but she was 16 when the RIAA first zoomed in on her, and Robert - Bobby - was only 12.
Moreover, claims made in this kind of document are by no means evidence. In fact, they're often little more than one step above the extortionate frighteners lawyers routinely mail and email to their clients' victims as part of the softening up process.
The labels: haemorrhaging credibility and customers
File sharing is no more a form of theft now than it was the past when people taped music from the radio and vinyl discs, re-playing the music for themselves, or passing it around to friends. Music lovers do the same today, although in this digital 21st century, tracks come from CDs legally bought in record stores, or downloaded.
Warner Music, EMI, Sony BMG and Vivendi Universal claim sharing music results in sales lost, as though someone who's received a track would have otherwise gone out and bought it.
However, the reality is the same now as it was in the 40s, 50s, 60, 70s, 80s and 90s. That's to say if someone hears something they like, no matter where they heard it, they'll probably go and buy it.
Meanwhile, the labels are haemorrhaging credibility and customers wholly and solely because of bad product, bad business decisions, bad management, and bad taste.
The issue that's most urgent, "for the four big companies that dominate the production and distribution of music - Universal, Sony/BMG, Warner and EMI" is sSo far, they've been slow to embrace the Net, "which has seemed to them not an opportunity but their nemesis," says The Economist.
And that was in 2004. "Rather than putting their product on file-sharing applications, they are prosecuting free-download users for theft," it said, concluding that online music, "might truly take off if the majors were to make a truce with the file-sharing networks".
'Hundreds of millions of wicked file sharers'
I've known the Santangelos for more than a year now and they're just like you and me. They're no more criminals and thieves than the labels are honest, aggrieved companies trying to keep their heads above water as they're being "devastated" (their word) by the depredations of hundreds of millions of wicked file sharers.
In fact, the only people being devastated are the families being sued by Warner Music, EMI, Sony BMG and Vivendi Universal.
The lawsuits are terrifying. Victims, all of them very ordinary people with very ordinary means, don't know what to do, how to respond, how to find legal help, or how to pay for it if they can manage that.
And on top of it, they're continually harrassed by the so-called settlement centres which try to extort payments on behalf of the Big Four.
Some people are lucky enough to find attorneys willing to represent them pro bono. But they're few and far between and anyway, to be blunt, services rendered by a pro bono lawyer aren't likely to be on the same level as those delivered by lawyers who are being paid for their time and whose client can afford the "expensive discovery and investigation" processes flaunted by the Big Four and their legal teams.
But music lovers don't depend on the Big Four. It's the other way around and Warner Music, EMI, Sony BMG and Vivendi Universal can no longer get away with this kind of corporate terrorism.
They used to control the international press corps but today, thanks to the Net, people everywhere are now their own information providers and there's a phrase the Big Four would do well to bear in mind:
Critical mass.
Stay tuned.
Jon Newton
Also See:
around the world - RIAA sues wheelchair mother, November 1, 2006
stand up to the Big Four - RIAA victim talks to p2pnet, September 4, 2005
bizarre attack - RIAA ready to attack more kids, December 19, 2006
The Economist - Music's brighter future, October 28, 2004
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for ye vista lovers out there,some good news..
MICROSOFT HAD A CHANGE OF HEART!!!!!!!
Microsoft backtracks on Vista transfer limits
By Ina Fried
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: November 2, 2006, 11:00 AM PST
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REDMOND, Wash.--Reversing a licensing change announced two weeks ago, Microsoft said on Thursday that it will not limit the number of times that retail customers can transfer their Windows Vista license to a different computer.
On Oct. 16, Microsoft issued the new user license for Vista, including terms that would have limited the ability of those who buy a boxed copy of the operating system to transfer that license. Under the proposed terms, users could have made such a switch only one time.
However, the new restriction prompted an outcry among hardware enthusiasts and others. Microsoft is returning the licensing terms to basically what they were in Windows XP--users can transfer their license to a new PC an unlimited number of times, provided they uninstall and stop using it on the prior machine.
The software maker said it paid attention to the response both directly to the company and on blogs and decided to reverse course. Microsoft had hoped to use the change to aid its ongoing efforts to thwart piracy.
"We're trying to be really clear about our intention to prevent piracy," said Microsoft product manager Mike Burk. "At the same time, after listening to the feedback that came in, (we) felt that we needed to make this change."
By reversing course, Burk said, Microsoft hoped to assuage users' concerns, particularly those of hobbyists who frequently upgrade the components of their PC, in some cases triggering Windows to consider the machine a new PC.
The plan to limit transfers was part of a series of changes to the terms that apply to boxed copies of Vista, not to the license that comes on a new, Vista-equipped PC. Separate rules apply for the versions of Windows installed on new PCs, which is how the majority of buyers get their copy of Windows. Typically, copies of Windows purchased on a new PC cannot legally be transferred to another PC.
Burk said that Microsoft isn't planning to back off any of its other planned licensing changes, including a move related to virtualization, in which a computer runs multiple operating systems, or multiple copies of the same operating system, at the same time.
Under those new license terms, any Windows version can serve as the primary, or host, operating system. However, only the Business and Ultimate editions of Vista can run as guest operating systems in virtualization.
"We're not planning on making any other changes," Burk said. "We'll keep listening to people's feedback."
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