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Our advice: don’t bother. Keep your money. We’ve never seen any hard evidence that there is any advantage in a so-called registry optimizer. Under some specific circumstances, they can be useful, but they can also do a lot of damage. The Windows Registry does not need to be cleaned in the same way that...
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This superficially amusing article about one customer’s experience with Lloyds Bank Plc actually raises a more interesting security issue. The BBC news article reports (emphasis mine): Lloyds TSB stressed there was no security lapse in this case. A spokesperson said: "On the majority of transactions...
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I saw this article in Microsoft's UK Security Newsletter (which you can subscribe to online). Ed Gibson, chief security advisor, relates the following story: The owner of a '.com' web domain name is telephonically contacted by someone claiming to work for a domain registration service. The...
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Another blog article I've been meaning to write for a long time: how to construct a strong password. Much has been written on this subject, but it is also out of date. To understand what makes a password strong, first we need to be clear what would make it weak by understanding how black-hats can...
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Fri, Jan 18 2008
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I received the following email today, which is clearly a rather crude hoax: From: <deleted> @hotmail.co.uk To: <24 MSN/Hotmail addresses removed to protect privacy> Subject: PLEASE READ Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:48:22 +0000 Hey it is tara and john the directors of MSN, sorry for the interruption...
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Fri, Jan 11 2008
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I received the following email today, which is clearly a rather crude hoax: From: <deleted> @hotmail.co.uk To: <24 MSN/Hotmail addresses removed to protect privacy> Subject: PLEASE READ Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:48:22 +0000 Hey it is tara and john the directors of MSN, sorry for the interruption...
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Fri, Jan 11 2008
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Back in 2000 I was in Fry's Electronics in San Jose, California and I stumbled accross a little device called " U.are.U 2000 ". It was a fingerprint reader and some software that replaced the normal Windows login screen with one that allowed you to use your fingerprint to log in. It was...
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I was reading an article by David Overton , a Microsoft employee whose opinions I really respect. Of course, being a Microsoft employee he is always keen to play up the benefits of Microsoft's products, but I think he manages to do so in a fair and reasonable way and his comments are always rooted...
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Fri, Oct 19 2007
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An interesting post on the IMPACT blog referred to an incident where two people were arrested and cautioned for wardriving (piggybacking on WiFi networks). This got me thinking about the whole area of protecting your wireless network. Whose responsibility is it to ensure that you have permission to use...
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People are always telling us to be careful who we trust - never open attachments or download files if they are not from a trusted source. But the trouble is, who do you trust? You'd think you could trust Microsoft, right? Well, come on a little journey with me and let's see. We begin at Microsoft’s...
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People are always telling us to be careful who we trust - never open attachments or download files if they are not from a trusted source. But the trouble is, who do you trust? You'd think you could trust Microsoft, right? Well, come on a little journey with me and let's see. We begin at Microsoft’s home...
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If it sounds too good to be true, then it is! I've been receiving emails offering me a download-only version of Office 2007 Enterprise for over 80% discount. Well, if someone is offering me a deal where I save more than I'm paying, then the alarm bells in my head are deafening. Someone, somewhere, is...
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If it sounds too good to be true, then it is! I've been receiving emails offering me a download-only version of Office 2007 Enterprise for over 80% discount. Well, if someone is offering me a deal where I save more than I'm paying, then the alarm bells in my head are deafening. Someone, somewhere, is...