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Adobe Patches Flash Player (12/10/2009)
A patch was released yesterday to fix seven vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. Six of them are critical bugs. The update was the first for the software since July. One of the bugs that were fixed is in the Flash Player ActiveX control for IE. An attacker can pilfer information by taking advantage of the [...]

Net Pioneer GeoCities Finally Laid To Rest (10/28/2009)
The closure of GeoCities marks the end of an era, as the Internet community says goodbye to the pioneering Web site creation and hosting service portal. Yahoo shut down the site Monday, 10 years after it bought the Web property for almost US$3.6 billion in stock–though the value was later revised to US$4.5 billion…. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-357081.html?tag=content;col1 [...]

Web Addresses May Adopt Non-English Characters: (10/26/2009)
The Internet may be getting friendlier for a significant chunk of the world. A proposal is up for a vote to let Web addresses use non-English characters. end photo The proposed change (PDF), known as Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), will allow the use of non-Latin characters in the entire address. Currently, such characters are allowed [...]

WINDOWS 7 IS HERE: Why Do You Want It? Check Out These Commercials� (10/24/2009)
Long Island Computer Repair Company HeroTechs brings you some official Microsoft commercials to show you why Windows 7 is NOT like the prior versions of Windows. If you need a Long Island Computer Expert to help you with a Windows 7 upgrade or choosing a new computer with Windows 7 then call 1-888-4-HEROTECHS, that''s 1-888-443-7683 or visit us on the web at www.herotechs.biz. And remember folks, "Why Call a Geek? When You Can Call a Hero!"

Best Antivirus Right Now! (AVG) (10/13/2009)
I have been asked many times why I recommend AVG as the anti-virus tool of choice.� Well for one reason it is free for Home use.� Other products charge you first for the software license and then for the subscription service.� Worse yet when a Major� revision takes place to the engine you can keep [...]

(9/22/2009)
A security hole that is two years old is being exploited by scammers. If the front gate of your castle is your login page to Yahoo Mail, they�ve done a good job of securing it,� said Ryan Barnett of Breach Security regarding a backdoor that exists due to Yahoo�s failure to carry out a variety [...]

�Shipping Confirmation� Malware. (9/16/2009)
Sophos has posted a blog entry about malware regarding �shipping confirmation�. The spam tells a user to open an attached zip file. Two examples are included in the blog entry. Both of them notes that the user has ordered an electronic item and that the item has been shipped to their shipping address. The zip [...]

Skype Trojan (9/01/2009)
A researcher for Sophos has created a Trojan for research and education purposes. This Trojan injects code into a .dll component of the skype application which then hooks into the send and receive of skypes API�s. This allows the Trojan to intercept the incoming and outgoing conversations being transmitted between callers and send this video [...]

Free Networking & Diabetes Charity Awareness Event Sponsored By HeroTechs (8/22/2009)
Cornell Cooperative Extension is a key outreach system of Cornell University with a strong public mission and an extensive local presence that is responsive to needs in New York communities. Save The Date:Monday, October 19, 2009 6PM – 8PM Host: Mac’s Steakhouse 12 Gerard Street Huntington, NY 11743 Charity:Health and Wellness Program of Cornell Cooperative [...]

Twitter & Facebook Outages And The Koobface Internet Worm� (8/07/2009)
Did Koobface Cause Twitter, Facebook Outages? August 6, 2009By Alex Goldman: A new variant of the widespread Internet worm Koobface made its debut today — just as Twitter and Facebook were hit by denial-of-service attacks (define). Coincidence? Researchers admit it’s too early to say for sure, but some say it’s likely.Koobface is a virulent worm [...]

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