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(hx) 11:27 AM CET - Jan,27 2004
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- MyDoom / Novarg Virus Epidemic -
Mydoom, Novarg, and Mimail.R- it's all the same pest, and it's probably in
your inbox. A new e-mail worm is spreading rapidly on the Internet,
clogging e-mail servers and staging an attack on the Web site of Unix vendor
The SCO Group, antivirus software vendors say. The worm surfaced Monday and
has been given several names by antivirus software vendors, including Mydoom,
Novarg, and Mimail.R (the latest variant of the prolific Mimail virus).
Experts don't all agree on the worm's payload, but they do agree that it is
spreading faster than Sobig-F, the worm that topped the charts for the most
widespread email worm last year. Symantec has posted
a details W.32 Novarg.A@mm.
- New worm targets online payment system -
A new worm
targeting another online payment service is spreading rapidly via email.
Dumaru-Y installs a keystroke logger and backdoor on infected PCs and targets
user information for an online payment service called e-gold.com, according to
Symantec's Security Response Centre. In a statement the Centre said: "The worm
may harvest passwords for a variety of applications, however it does
specifically target those for www.e-gold.com.
- Off-topic: The Worst Cars Of All Time -
Now, it's hard to find poorly made cars at all. True, nascent auto
industries in places like Sri Lanka, Vietnam and other developing nations are
a long way from turning out flawless automobiles. But even here the general
quality is ensured, because most of the manufacturers have joint ventures with
Japanese and Western carmakers.
- Dell Offers FreeDOS With New PCs - Dell now offers businesses
a chance to
purchase computers without a Windows operating system. The N-Series
computers start at $319 from Dell's website and ship with a FreeDOS CD in the
box. (thanks Slashdot.org)
- Atheros Puts 802.11g on Single Chip - Atheros Communications
expects to support 802.11g wireless networking on a single chip to be
released in the second quarter, potentially lowering the cost of putting the
technology in notebooks and personal digital assistants. The AR5005G combines
a baseband processor, a media access controller (MAC), and a radio on a single
chip. This integration represents an industry first, says Colin Macnab, vice
president of marketing and business development for Atheros. The company will
be able to provide the wireless technology on a single chip for a lower cost
than the multiple chips that currently provide that capability, he says.
- Small office printers - roundup - PCMag has posted
a roundup of affordable laser printers, they have tested 17 monochrome,
color, and multifunction models.
- The Athlon 64 Motherboard Shootout - Hardware Zone have posted
an extensive Athlon 64 motherboard shootout with boards from Abit,
Albatron, AOpen, Asus, Biostar, Chaintech, Epox, Gigabyte, Leadtek, MSI,
Shuttle & Soltek.
- SystemGuide Winter 2003-2004 - Madshrimps have offer
4
new systems that hopefully fulfill all your wishes for 2004.
- Using SQL Server 2000 Technologies to Deliver Data - MSDN has
posted
an article about the Notification Services and Reporting Services in SQL
Server 2000.
- Windows XP SP1 vs Windows XP SP2 - Is Windows XP still the Windows
XP from the past? Does this new Service Pack slow down the performance or give
a boost? Is the system more stable? Do games play better than before? All
those questions give the spirit to make some benchmarks.
Game benchmarks and software benchmarks should give us a good view of
stability and performance.
- BSPlayer 0.100.804 RC1 Beta -
BSplayer (download)
is a Windows player that plays back all kinds of media files ( avi / mpg / asf
/ wmv / wav / mp3...) and specialises in video and divx playback
- BootSkin 1.0 - Unlike other programs that can change the Windows XP
boot screens,
BootSkin
does so in a safe manner. It doesn't patch the Windows XP kernel. Nor does
it require the user to download replacement Windows XP kernels to do so.
- AIDA32 3.91.1 Beta -
AIDA32 (download
beta) is a professional system information, diagnostics and benchmarking
program running on Win32 platforms. It extracts details of all components of
the PC. It can display information on the screen, print it, or save it to file
in various formats like HTML, CSV or XML.
- Hitachi Feature Tool 1.92 -
The
Feature Tool allows you to control some of the features in our newer
Deskstar and Travelstar high performance ATA hard disk drives. This version
adds support for our latest drives (including 48-bit addressing for capacities
beyond 128GB).
- IBM - Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 3.60 -
This
download creates a self-booting DOS diskette to run the DFT utility. The
Drive Fitness Test (DFT) provides a quick, reliable method to test SCSI and
IDE hard disk drives.
AMD Athlon 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP 1.1.0.1 -
The Athlon 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP may be used on both Athlon
64 Processor Mobile and Athlon 64 Cool 'n' Quiet enabled platforms.
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