‘Security’ Archives
Microsoft Patch Tuesday: May 11th 2010
On Tuesday May 11th Microsoft released another round of updates for the Windows Operating System. Here’s what they are and what they do: SECURITY UPDATES: Update: MS10-030/KB978542 Type: Critical Affected Systems: XP, 7, 2003, 3008, 2008 R2, Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 for 2000 What it does: Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live [...]
AVG Free vs Microsoft Security Essentials
For the longest time when asked about a free anti-virus/anti-spyware software that I would use and recommend, usually top of the list would be AVG Free and I think that many of the techs that I worked with would agree with it. Infact another tech originally turned me on to the software and it became part of my virus/spyware removal [...]
Q&A Monday: Test your Security
Question: Hi, I'm not a computer expert, but I just switched internet providers and I want to make sure that my home network is secure by seeings what "ports" are open? -Leah J. Hemby, Stockbridge, GA Answer: There is a website that I've used and recommended to other to use to self test their own network. The website is hosted by GRC and the [...]
Exchange 2007 and Shared Mailboxes
In many environments it might come in handy to create a "Shared Mailbox", this would be a mailbox that does not have an "active" user associated with this. Exchange 2007 lets you create a shared mailbox, that created and then disabled an active directory account. This creates the mailbox without the pesky problem of having an active [...]
Helpful XP Registry Hacks – Part 2
I had a couple more registry hacks that I thought might be interesting, but not as useful as the first bunch. Since it is Friday and usually I have these things thought out, I'm going to throw more registry hacks at you...and maybe you'll find them more useful than I do. Change categories in the Control Panel Windows XP’s Control Panel is [...]
Helpful XP Registry Hacks
Every-once in a while, someone asks me for neat little tricks or how to customize their computer. One of the things that I find fun to do, are registry hacks to make Windows XP do things that otherwise I couldn't do. Also some of these things can be implemented as minor security measures or help you troubleshoot a problem. So below are five [...]
Q&A Wednesday: Screen Saver Group Policy
Since I for some reason thought that Monday was Wednesday, it only seems right for me to post Q&A Monday on Wednesday: Question: Hi I am currently running Windows 2003 on my servers. I have two DC's in my environment. Clients are running Windows XP. I have 5 OUs created for the varying users in the different departments in my [...]
Cool Site: Prey Project
In today's world system admins can't be too careful about where their equipment ends up, I've seen many Admins get panicked when a laptop goes missing, especially when the company doesn't have a decent check-in and check-out system for their equipment. Though there isn't any fool proof way to find a stolen laptop, I've recently come across an [...]
Q&A Monday: Hard Drive Wipe
Question: At my company we are throwing out a bunch of older computers, and I want to make sure that all the data on the computer and servers are completely non recoverable, is there an easy way to do this? Answer: I've seen two major approaches to this kind of problem. One of them being the low tech approach, where you just physically [...]
Remove the .NET Framework Assistant for Firefox
Like me you may have abandoned the Internet Explorer browser for the more secure Firefox. Well if you recently updated your computer, Microsoft may have snuck a vulnerability into Firefox without even telling you. If you take a look at the installed add-ons in Firefox you might notice an add-on called Microsoft .net Framework Assistant. If [...]
