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 Morning Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 11:28 AM CET - Jan,29 2004
  • Beware: New Version of Mydoom - Kaspersky Labs, a leading information security software developer has detected a new version of Mydoom (Novarg) - Mydoom.b. Kaspersky Labs has received reports of infections by this malicious program. Their analysts believe that Mydoom.b is probably using machines infected by the original Mydoom, which could mean as many as 600,000 units. These infected computers may have received a command to send out copies of Mydoom.b. Therefore, the computer community may be facing a much more serious outbreak than the one caused by Mydoom.a yesterday, January 27. The new version contains minimal technical innovations. Mydoom.b also spreads via email and the KaZaA file-sharing network. The email contains a different set of text strings in the body. The carrier file is about 28 KB in size and contains the text string: "sync-1.01; andy; I'm just doing my job, nothing personal, sorry". Mydoom.b is scheduled to launch a DoS attack between February 1 and February 12 2004 on two web sites: www.sco.com and www.microsoft.com.
  • Internet Explorer File Download Extension Spoofing - http-equiv has identified a vulnerability in Internet Explorer (an example), allowing malicious web sites to spoof the file extension of downloadable files. The problem is that Internet Explorer can be tricked into opening a file, with a different application than indicated by the file extension. This can be done by embedding a CLSID in the file name. This could be exploited to trick users into opening "trusted" file types which are in fact malicious files. Another article can be found here.
  • Microsoft to remove support for usernames in http urls - A forthcoming update to Internet Explorer will disallow the use of the "@" character in URLs, addressing an issue which has helped fraudsters to obscure the true destination in a web site addresses. Once the update is installed, including the @ symbol in urls will return an "invalid syntax error" message. Microsoft's advisory did not say when the update would be available. Presently, using @ signs in urls is a conventional approach for fraudsters trying to trick bank customers into revealing their account details. including recent attacks on customers of Barclays and Citibank among others. To make the url appear plausible, attackers conventionally put an “@” sign in the url, where the text to the left of the “@” is the name of the site to which the victim is expecting to connect to, and the text to the right of it is the location of the attackers site. When the http protocol was originally designed, the “@” character was intended to denote a username at a particular site, in the style of http://[email protected] where sir.tim.berners-lee is the username, and www.w3.org is the name of the site.
  • Off-topic: Mars rover recovering from memory problems  - A full revival of the Mars rover Spirit from its electronic ailments now seems highly likely. Engineers now think there is no real hardware or software problems, but something much easier to fix - a simple overload of files in its onboard memory. If further testing confirms this diagnosis, that will be very good news for Spirit's twin, Opportunity. Any software bug or hardware weakness would probably be present in both rovers and might require weeks of analysis and repair.
  • Xbox for $99? Xbox 2 in 2005?  - Microsoft's Xbox may be on the verge of a substantial price cut, falling from $179 to $99 by Labor Day, according to P.J. McNealy, an analyst with American Technology Research. "It is our belief that the price on the consoles in North America could see a stepped drop this year, with both the PS2 and Xbox being cut to $129 between now and the May E3 trade show, with [Microsoft] then cutting the Xbox further to $99 in the late summer," he wrote in a research note released Wednesday. McNealy also believes Microsoft will launch its next generation console in late 2005 – a year earlier than has been previously rumored. That would put the Xbox 2 on store shelves up to a full year before Sony's PlayStation 3.
  • Intel Planning Earlier Price Cuts, Analyst Says - According to Nguyen, Intel will release a Prescott-based processor on Monday that runs at clock speeds ranging from 3.0 gigahertz to 3.4 gigahertz, or billions of cycles per second. The 3.4 gigahertz chip will be sold for $417 in large quantities, 35 percent lower than its original list price of $637, Nguyen said. Chips that run at 3.2 gigahertz will be cut in price to $278 in large quantities from a current price of $417, Nguyen said.
  • Asus DRW-0402P/D - 4X DVD +/- R/RW Drive review - HotHardware has posted a review of Asus DRW-0402P/D - 4X DVD +/- R/RW drive.
  • Home-made CPU-,GPU-,Chipset-blocks tested - The Madshrimps test a collection of Custom made waterblocks, pitting them against the Asetek Waterchill kit.
  • First benchmark results ATI RV380 & NVIDIA FX5200 with PCI Express - OnlyNewZ let us know that the Chinese HKEPC website has posted some PCI Express benchmarks.
  • Creative GigaWorks S750 Speaker System review - ExtremeTech has posted a review of the Creative GigaWorks S750 Speaker System.
  • Logitech Cordless Desktop MX for Bluetooth review - Hardware Pacers has posted a review on the Logitech Cordless Desktop MX for Bluetooth.
  • Windows XP Security Guide (updated) - This guide includes settings for Windows XP clients deployed in a Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 Active Directory domain. The document also includes guidance for an environment requiring an extremely high level of security in which application compatibility or usability may be constrained. Finally, this guide discusses procedures for implementing Windows XP security settings in stand-alone clients.
  • Windows Server 2003 Security Guide (updated)  - The Windows Server 2003 Security Guide focuses on providing a set of easy to understand guidance, tools, and templates to help secure Windows Server 2003 in many environments.
  • FMV-Extractor 1.2 - FMV-Extractor is a freeware 32-Bit GUI utility for extracting video/audio clips from other files, such as games, non-interactive demos or self-playing movies (thanks Peter)
  • Intel Active Monitor 1.20 - Intel Active Monitor (download) is an alerting utility created by Intel and available exclusively on Intel Desktop Boards1. As PCs increase in performance and decrease in size, monitoring the cooling and overall system health becomes more important.
  • Nu Technology DUAL firmware updated - Nu Technology have released an updated firmware that adds Dual capability to your 8X DVD-RW DVD burner.

Comments from meposted - 11:51 AM CET - Jan,29 2004
Can you make a biger webpage man, I have 3.6 Mb's down and 2.4 Mb's up, and page load times jest suck for you site.

Comments from giGGlerposted - 12:49 PM CET - Jan,29 2004
Maybe you need a better isp. No problems here.

Comments from hxposted - 01:12 PM CET - Jan,29 2004
me: the frontpage has only 240kb (Including pictures)

Comments from capriposted - 02:27 PM CET - Jan,29 2004
gameguru really is one of the fastest sites i know around...maybe your uber-conn just sucks

Comments from me2posted - 06:42 PM CET - Jan,29 2004
Yaw this http://www.goldenpalace.com/playnow_aff.php?profile=gamegurup&banner=-&member=mdart&t=0 Was making your site slow this moring, becuse that loads and then your site loads, rather than the other way around, if that server is slow then your site is slow also... stupid ad's the google one's are good,as for the other one's are crap... never heard of goldencrap.com...

Comments from hxposted - 08:22 PM CET - Jan,29 2004
me2: Yeah it's possible. However I cannot do nothing with the ads since we need some money to keep the site alive:)

Comments from duke nukemposted - 10:07 PM CET - Jan,29 2004
quit your b!tching. go get broadband. HX rocks! Gameguru rulez. Nuff said.

Comments from Peteposted - 01:25 AM CET - Jan,30 2004
Alternatively, download something like Opera that will open, restrict or open authorised pop ups only.

Comments from Tomposted - 06:24 PM CET - Jan,30 2004
ya site has been slower(99% of time its fast).. for popups use google bar.. but guy is right, over last week site takes long time to initially load, i assume those embedded ads..depending on your routing I guess you will have the issue.

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