A user recently informed me that they were receiving an error message when they tried to view a PDF that apparently had Chinese characters in its text. The message they received was: The Simplified Chinese Language Support Package is required to display this page properly. Under the current configuration, this resource is not available. I was aware of the foreign language … [Read more...]
An XP Internet Security 2010 Infection Campaign Update
Earlier this month, the computers I'm responsible for were being hit hard by the XP Internet Security 2010 FakeAV that I posted about previously. A few computers each day would get infected. A lot of it was caused by the users veering off to visit non-work-related sites. I was already deploying the latest Java and Adobe Flash through Group Policy to all of my computers but I … [Read more...]
Eraser – Securely Delete Your Files
I have a guest post over at Freewaregenius discussing Eraser, an open-source application that allows you to securely delete your files. Just deleting a file with sensitive information doesn't get rid of it, often it can be retrieved or undeleted. Eraser allows you to securely get rid of these files unlike the normal delete function built into Windows. Check out the full article … [Read more...]
Mozilla Gets Firefox 3.6.2 Out the Door Early
Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.2 a full week ahead of schedule. The development and release of this latest version was accelerated to address a highly critical vulnerability that could allow remote execution of code which Mozilla has been providing updates on through their security blog. Due to this vulnerability, a department of the German government had just advised its … [Read more...]
Internet Explorer 9 Preview Available
Microsoft has released its Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 9. It's touting a lot of cool features like faster Javascript, HTML5 compatibility, and GPU-rendered HTML5 graphics. From the Internet Explorer Team's Blog: The Internet Explorer Platform Preview is a light-weight frame around the core IE platform which includes the rendering and layout, object model, parsing, … [Read more...]