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04 Sep

In the wild: Rogue Antivirus XP 2008 SPAM - Donna’s SecurityFlash

 In the wild: Rogue Antivirus XP 2008 SPAM - Donna’s SecurityFlash
In the wild: Rogue Antivirus XP 2008 SPAM
The campaign by bad guys to spread their rogue antivirus program’s installer of Antivirus XP 2008 is not only thru trojan infection but also via email SPAM:

Going to the bad link will try to auto-download the installer of [...]

26 Aug

Up to 35% of new PCs running Windows XP | musicradar.com

Up to 35% of new PCs running Windows XP | musicradar.com 
Up to 35% of new PCs running Windows XP
Research suggests that Vista take-up remains slow
Ben Rogerson, Wed 20 Aug, 10:21 am BST

Windows XP is still going strong.
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Microsoft’s Windows XP may no longer be officially on sale, but a new report has suggested that [...]

04 Mar

My 10 favorite Windows programs ever | Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise |

 
Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise
Tips, tricks, news, and advice about Windows and other Microsoft technology
My 10 favorite Windows programs ever
Published March 3, 2008 by Ed Bott
New at ZDNet:
My 10 favorite Windows programs of all time

In this article and accompanying gallery, I list 10 Windows programs I use every day. Every one adds a feature that makes [...]

12 Feb

Some Surprises in "Worst Vendor Poll"…

February 04, 2008Some Surprises in Worst Vendor Poll (InfoWorld)Filed under: None
The polls are still open, but the outcome is not in doubt. In a wire-to-wire victory, Microsoft ran away with the GripeLog’s Worst Vendor of 2007 poll. But looking behind the numbers and the exit poll comments, some intriguing trends suggest the direction our gripes [...]