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Comment Re:System Tools (Score 1) 79

by flowerpotgirl on Thursday March 03, 2011 @01:38PM (#35370674) Attached to: Malware Declines, Trojans Dominate

I have had exactly the same experience this week, I had 3 infected machines on Monday, and a further 12 on Tuesday, and yes, most had fully updated AV on them. In a normal week I would clear about 4 or 5 machines of various types of malware and trojans, but something has been running riot this week! The desktop image on all the infected machines looks like old school malware that I used to see around 6 or 7 years ago!

Microsoft Fights Apple Trademark On 'App Store' 425

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @01:41AM from the this-post-tagged-appstore dept.

angry tapir writes "Microsoft is asking the US Patent and Trademark Office to deny Apple a trademark on the name 'App Store,' saying the term is generic and competitors should be able to use it. Apple applied for the trademark in 2008 for goods and services including 'retail store services featuring computer software provided via the internet and other computer and electronic communication networks' and other related offerings."

Tales From the Tech Trenches 99

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 29, 2010 @07:33PM from the try-plugging-it-in dept.

GMGruman writes "Anyone in IT has a story or two involving stupid users, crazy co-workers, kludgy technology, and airhead managers. Lisa Blackwelder has collected top tales of the tech trenches, covering user antics, office politics, and unusual technical challenges that IT pros faced (usually) with aplomb, insight, and savvy."

Energizer USB Battery Charger Software Infects PCs 260

Posted by Soulskill on Monday March 08, 2010 @12:49PM from the bad-bunny dept.

swandives writes "Researchers at US-CERT have warned that software accompanying the Energizer DUO USB battery charger contains a Trojan that gives hackers total access to a Windows PC. The product was sold in the US, Latin America, Europe and Asia starting in 2007. Upon installation, the software creates the file 'Arucer.dll,' a Trojan that listens for commands on TCP port 7777. Upon receiving instructions, the Trojan can download and execute files, transmit files stolen from the PC, or tweak the Windows registry. Uninstalling the software disables the automatic execution of the Trojan. Users can also remove Arucer.dll from Windows' system32 directory and reboot the machine to disable the backdoor component."

How the Internet Didn't Fail As Predicted 259

Posted by samzenpus on Monday March 08, 2010 @12:22PM from the series-of-popular-tubes dept.

Lord Byron Eee PC writes "Newsweek is carrying a navel-gazing piece on how wrong they were when in 1995 they published a story about how the Internet would fail. The original article states, 'Nicholas Negroponte, director of the MIT Media Lab, predicts that we'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Intenet. Uh, sure.' The article continues to say that online shopping will never happen, that airline tickets won't be purchased over the web, and that newspapers have nothing to fear. It's an interesting look back at a time when the Internet was still a novelty and not yet a necessity."

Volt Asks Temps To 'Vote" For Microsoft Pay Cut 412

Posted by kdawson on Sunday March 01, 2009 @04:47PM from the one-contractor-one-vote dept.

theodp writes "In an email sent Friday evening to its Microsoft temp workers, Volt Workforce Solutions asked the techies to 'vote' to agree to a 10% pay cut. From the email: 'We want to support you in continuing your assignment at Microsoft and respectfully ask that you respond by going to the upper left hand corner of this email under the "Vote" response option and select, "Accept'" by close of business Tuesday, March 3, 2009. By accepting you agree to the [-10%] pay adjustment in your pay rate.' Microsoft managed to keep the Feb. 20 email detailing plans to slash rates from leaking while it pitched its Elevate America initiative at the 2009 Winter Meeting of the National Governors Association, touting Microsoft skills as just the ticket to economic recovery."

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