Apple released a patch to update Java on it’s Mac OS X from previous version of 1.6.0_29 to 1.6.0_31. The older version of Java caused malicious code to be executed when users visited an insecure website. This trojan downloads a malicious executable on infected system and which then opens a backdoor to controlling servers thereby making …
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Finally moved this blog from blogger to WordPress yesterday. 🙂 Here is how it was basically done : 1. Since the domain avp-blogs.com is a custom domain through Google Apps, first step was to make sure it stayed the same after move and be online the whole time during the move process. For this, a …
Now Macs are being vulnerable to trojans that used to effect Windows for years. How this works is when someone opens a Word document attachment on their Mac, the trojan kicks in and steals information. Latest victims of this trojan were two NGOs. The trojan creates a connection to the remote server and transmits user …
As the popularity of Blu ray format increases, it is essential to have applications that can make it simple to convert Blu ray movies to other formats and also do the reverse – convert other video files to Blu ray. Blu ray Ripper and Blu Ray burner (Blu ray Creator Express) by ImToo are a …
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[This is a guest post by Excel Everest which specializes in Excel based tutorials. ] For whatever reason, most people remain unaware of these 5 ultra-simple and ultra-useful aspects of Excel. Many people use Excel on a daily, or at least a weekly basis. But many of these people also haven’t had or taken …
Plenty of new security updates released on Patches Tuesday by Microsoft. Find the details here. Again, would strongly recommend to subscribe to security notifications from Microsoft to stay updated on all the security updates that are released. Subscribe at following link. Cheers.
[ N.B : The following is a guest post by Anna Watson on behalf of Ztronics ] Everyone owns a Laptop nowadays. There are many advantages of laptop over computers as they are more portable, easy to handle, they do not occupy much space and can be placed in a smaller space. Though you take …
It is here, update Windows 7 with SP1. Go to Windows Updates and click on Search for updates for the SP to be listed, then download and install it by simply selecting Install Updates. Should take about 20-30 minutes from download to few restarts of Windows 7. Cheers and happy patching.