Archive for January 21st, 2008

Several security research companies have warned PC users about the upcoming Storm, due to take off on 14 February. Love is not all Storm worm delivers of course, it also has got some nasty attachments with romantic names (i.e. withlove.exe) ready for you in an e-mails entitled “I would dream” or “Memories of you”.
The […]

Blocking the unwanted content in your HOSTS file may sound challenging, but the truth is that even an inexperienced user can do it in just a few of seconds.
Locating HOSTS file
First, you have to find the HOSTS file in your system. These are the usual locations:
Windows 95/98/ME = C:\Windows
Windows NT/2K/XP = C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc
"C:" is what usually […]

Excel user's are not entirely safe. A new vulnerability was found in Microsoft's spreadsheet program, Excel. This vulnerability can be exploited by hackers to create a malicious Excel document, which, when opened, would compromise the system.
Even though, as Microsoft has stated, these exploits are likely to be used in targeted attacks, the risk is still […]